Comparing KB Home (NYSE:KBH) & Everus (NYSE:ECG)

Everus (NYSE:ECG) and KB Home (NYSE:KBH) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Everus and KB Home, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Everus	0	2	2	0	2.50
KB Home	3	6	3	0	2.00

Everus presently has a consensus price target of $67.67, indicating a potential upside of 0.86%. KB Home has a consensus price target of $79.17, indicating a potential upside of 20.20%. Given KB Home’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe KB Home is more favorable than Everus.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Everus and KB Home”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Everus	$2.73 billion	1.25	$137.23 million	N/A	N/A
KB Home	$6.60 billion	0.73	$590.18 million	$7.80	8.44

KB Home has higher revenue and earnings than Everus.

Profitability

This table compares Everus and KB Home’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Everus	N/A	N/A	N/A
KB Home	9.31%	15.69%	9.11%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

96.1% of KB Home shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of KB Home shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

KB Home beats Everus on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Everus

Everus Construction Group is providing a full spectrum of construction services through its electrical and mechanical and transmission and distribution specialty contracting services principally in United States. Its specialty contracting services are provided to utility, transportation, commercial, industrial, institutional, renewable and other customers. Everus Construction Group is based in BISMARCK, N.D.

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. The company also provides financial services, such as insurance products and title services, as well as mortgage banking services, including residential consumer mortgage loans to homebuyers. It has operations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington. The company was formerly known as Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation and changed its name to KB Home in January 2001. KB Home was founded in 1957 and is based in Los Angeles, California.