What is Seaport Res Ptn’s Estimate for KB Home Q1 Earnings?

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) – Equities research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of KB Home in a research report issued on Tuesday, January 14th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst K. Zener forecasts that the construction company will post earnings of $1.48 per share for the quarter. 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. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for KB Home’s Q2 2025 earnings at $2.09 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.24 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.56 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $8.36 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also recently weighed in on KBH. Bank of America cut their price objective on shares of KB Home from $80.00 to $76.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. Barclays cut their price target on KB Home from $85.00 to $60.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on KB Home from $74.00 to $65.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday. Royal Bank of Canada upgraded KB Home from an “underperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and cut their price objective for the company from $70.00 to $67.00 in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Finally, Wedbush increased their target price on KB Home from $67.00 to $75.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 25th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, KB Home presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $75.88.

KB Home Price Performance

NYSE:KBH opened at $68.33 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $73.08 and a 200-day moving average price of $77.86. KB Home has a 1-year low of $58.05 and a 1-year high of $89.70. The firm has a market cap of $5.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.54 and a beta of 1.86.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) last announced its quarterly earnings results 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. The company had revenue of $2 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.99 billion. KB Home had a return on equity of 15.69% and a net margin of 9.31%. KB Home’s revenue for the quarter was up 19.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.85 earnings per share.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On KB Home

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lifted its stake in shares of KB Home by 6.8% in the second quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 6,689 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $469,000 after buying an additional 427 shares in the last quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV boosted its holdings in shares of KB Home by 19.5% during the 2nd 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 grew its position in shares of KB Home by 4.2% in the second quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 11,128 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $781,000 after purchasing an additional 446 shares in the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC increased 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 valued at $4,010,000 after purchasing an additional 40,018 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Seven Eight Capital LP lifted its position in KB Home by 21.3% during the second quarter. Seven Eight Capital LP now owns 13,761 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $966,000 after buying an additional 2,415 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.09% of the company’s stock.

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.