Wedbush Comments on KB Home’s FY2025 Earnings (NYSE:KBH)

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) – Equities research analysts at Wedbush lowered their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of KB Home in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, January 13th. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now forecasts that the construction company will earn $8.72 per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of $9.67. Wedbush currently 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 2025 earnings at $2.55 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $3.14 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $10.14 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on shares of KB Home from $82.00 to $74.50 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. UBS Group dropped their price objective on shares of KB Home from $105.00 to $100.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Royal Bank of Canada raised shares of KB Home from an “underperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $70.00 to $67.00 in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Evercore ISI upped their price target on KB Home from $88.00 to $95.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on KB Home from $74.00 to $65.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 13th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, KB Home has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $75.79.

KB Home Stock Performance

NYSE KBH opened at $67.99 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $72.80 and a 200 day moving average price of $77.86. The company has a market cap of $4.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.72, a P/E/G ratio of 0.54 and a beta of 1.86. KB Home has a one year low of $58.05 and a one year high of $89.70.

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

Institutional Trading of KB Home

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Financial Management Professionals Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of KB Home in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc. acquired a new stake in KB Home in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $43,000. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB acquired a new stake in KB Home in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $59,000. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise purchased a new stake in KB Home in the third quarter valued at approximately $61,000. Finally, Versant Capital Management Inc lifted its stake in KB Home by 275.7% during the fourth quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 759 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $50,000 after purchasing an additional 557 shares in the last quarter. 96.09% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.