Zacks Research Has Negative Forecast for KB Home Q1 Earnings

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) – Research analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for KB Home in a research note issued on Monday, January 27th. Zacks Research analyst S. Mukherjee now forecasts that the construction company will earn $1.62 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.73. The consensus estimate for KB Home’s current full-year earnings is $8.50 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for KB Home’s Q2 2026 earnings at $2.44 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $11.20 EPS.

KBH has been the topic of several other reports. Royal Bank of Canada upgraded KB Home from an “underperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and reduced their target price for the stock from $70.00 to $67.00 in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Bank of America cut their price objective on shares of KB Home from $76.00 to $71.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Monday. Evercore ISI boosted their target price on shares of KB Home from $88.00 to $95.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on shares of KB Home from $70.00 to $65.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of KB Home from $85.00 to $60.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, KB Home has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $76.21.

KB Home Price Performance

NYSE:KBH opened at $67.15 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $4.92 billion, a PE ratio of 7.93, a P/E/G ratio of 0.93 and a beta of 1.86. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $71.27 and a 200-day simple moving average of $77.98. KB Home has a 1-year low of $58.15 and a 1-year high of $89.70.

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. KB Home had a return on equity of 16.46% and a net margin of 9.45%. The business had revenue of $2 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.99 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.85 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 19.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

KB Home Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, February 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 6th will be issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.49%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 6th. KB Home’s dividend payout ratio is currently 11.81%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Barclays PLC boosted its stake in KB Home by 24.5% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 196,229 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $16,816,000 after acquiring an additional 38,638 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in KB Home by 22.1% during the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 906,236 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $77,655,000 after purchasing an additional 164,010 shares during the period. Neo Ivy Capital Management bought a new position in KB Home during the 3rd quarter worth $956,000. Cerity Partners LLC increased its position in KB Home by 24.7% in the third quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 38,742 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $3,320,000 after buying an additional 7,679 shares during the period. Finally, Citigroup Inc. lifted its stake in KB Home by 62.1% in the third quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 107,051 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $9,173,000 after buying an additional 40,992 shares during the last quarter. 96.09% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

KB Home Company Profile

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.