Wedbush Has Bearish Forecast for KB Home Q1 Earnings

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) – Stock analysts at Wedbush dropped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of KB Home in a research report issued on Monday, January 13th. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now anticipates that the construction company will earn $1.61 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.79. Wedbush currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $75.00 target price 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 Q3 2025 earnings at $2.30 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.77 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.51 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $2.73 EPS.

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

KBH has been the subject of a number of other reports. Royal Bank of Canada upgraded KB Home from an “underperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and lowered their target price for the company from $70.00 to $67.00 in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Bank of America decreased their price target on KB Home from $80.00 to $76.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on KB Home from $74.00 to $65.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday. Barclays dropped their price target on KB Home from $85.00 to $60.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Evercore ISI raised their price objective on KB Home from $88.00 to $95.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $75.88.

KB Home Price Performance

KBH stock opened at $68.36 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $5.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.76, a PEG ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.86. KB Home has a 1-year low of $58.05 and a 1-year high of $89.70. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $73.32 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $77.92.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC increased its position in KB Home by 0.8% during the third quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 21,494 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $1,842,000 after buying an additional 161 shares in the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans increased its position in KB Home by 0.9% during the second quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 18,578 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $1,304,000 after buying an additional 162 shares in the last quarter. CWM LLC increased its position in KB Home by 10.2% during the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,975 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $169,000 after buying an additional 183 shares in the last quarter. Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado boosted its holdings in shares of KB Home by 3.9% during the second quarter. Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado now owns 5,029 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $353,000 after purchasing an additional 189 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jupiter Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of KB Home by 1.2% during the third quarter. Jupiter Wealth Management LLC now owns 18,891 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $1,619,000 after purchasing an additional 225 shares during the last quarter. 96.09% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.