Seaport Res Ptn Comments on KB Home FY2026 Earnings

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) – Investment analysts at Seaport Res Ptn issued their FY2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of KB Home in a report issued on Tuesday, January 14th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst K. Zener expects that the construction company will post earnings of $7.41 per share for the year. Seaport Res Ptn currently has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for KB Home’s current full-year earnings is $8.42 per share.

Other analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. UBS Group reduced their target price on shares of KB Home from $105.00 to $100.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on KB Home from $74.00 to $65.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 13th. Wedbush boosted their price target on shares of KB Home from $67.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 25th. Evercore ISI lifted their price objective on KB Home from $88.00 to $95.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lowered their price target on shares of KB Home from $85.00 to $76.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $75.79.

KB Home Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:KBH opened at $67.99 on Friday. KB Home has a 52 week low of $58.05 and a 52 week high of $89.70. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $72.80 and a 200 day simple moving average of $77.86. The company has a market cap of $4.99 billion, a PE ratio of 8.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.54 and a beta of 1.86.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January 13th. The construction company reported $2.52 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.44 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $2 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.99 billion. KB Home had a net margin of 9.31% and a return on equity of 15.69%. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.85 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 19.5% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On KB Home

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in KBH. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC increased its position in KB Home by 6.8% during the 2nd quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 6,689 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $469,000 after purchasing an additional 427 shares in the last quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV boosted its position in KB Home by 19.5% in the second quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 26,753 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $1,878,000 after purchasing an additional 4,357 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of KB Home by 4.2% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 11,128 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $781,000 after buying an additional 446 shares in the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC lifted its holdings in shares of KB Home by 236.8% in the second quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 56,920 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $4,010,000 after buying an additional 40,018 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Seven Eight Capital LP raised its holdings in shares of KB Home by 21.3% in the 2nd quarter. Seven Eight Capital LP now owns 13,761 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $966,000 after acquiring an additional 2,415 shares in the last quarter. 96.09% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About KB Home

KB Home operates as a homebuilding company in the United States. It operates through four segments: West Coast, Southwest, Central, and Southeast. It builds and sells various homes, including attached and detached single-family residential homes, townhomes, and condominiums primarily for first-time, first move-up, second move-up, and active adult homebuyers.