Wedbush Has Negative Forecast for KB Home Q4 Earnings

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) – Analysts at Wedbush cut their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for shares of KB Home in a note issued to investors on Monday, March 24th. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now forecasts that the construction company will post earnings of $2.45 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.55. Wedbush has a “Neutral” rating and a $75.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for KB Home’s current full-year earnings is $8.42 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for KB Home’s Q4 2026 earnings at $2.91 EPS.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price target on shares of KB Home from $81.00 to $72.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, March 7th. Barclays dropped their target price on shares of KB Home from $60.00 to $56.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price target on KB Home from $63.00 to $57.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their price objective on KB Home from $76.00 to $65.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Evercore ISI raised their target price on KB Home from $88.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $71.21.

KB Home Stock Performance

KB Home stock opened at $59.14 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $4.23 billion, a PE ratio of 6.98, a PEG ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.89. The company has a current ratio of 5.51, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. KB Home has a 1 year low of $56.41 and a 1 year high of $89.70. The company’s 50-day moving average is $63.81 and its two-hundred day moving average is $72.71.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) last released its earnings results on Monday, March 24th. The construction company reported $1.49 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.56 by ($0.07). The firm had revenue of $1.39 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.51 billion. KB Home had a return on equity of 16.46% and a net margin of 9.45%. The company’s revenue was down 5.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.76 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of KBH. FMR LLC boosted its position in KB Home by 47.9% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 5,411,255 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $463,690,000 after acquiring an additional 1,752,498 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in KB Home by 1.3% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,539,328 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $303,285,000 after purchasing an additional 45,311 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its position in KB Home by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,396,967 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $157,529,000 after purchasing an additional 56,142 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC increased its stake in KB Home by 3.4% in the 4th quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 2,281,315 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $149,928,000 after buying an additional 75,143 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in KB Home by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,938,359 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $166,125,000 after buying an additional 16,593 shares in the last quarter. 96.09% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at KB Home

In other KB Home news, CFO Jeff Kaminski sold 27,500 shares of KB Home stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $68.77, for a total value of $1,891,175.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 34,473 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,370,708.21. This trade represents a 44.37 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 3.89% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

KB Home Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 6th were issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 6th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.69%. KB Home’s payout ratio is 11.81%.

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.