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KB Home

$KBH·$3.3B·Residential Construction·Consumer Cyclical
$61.45+16.5%YTD-6.7%1Y-1.1%
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KBKBH
$KBHKB Home
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $KBH, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersStalledAI verdict · as of 2026-06-24

The move has stalled — likely just drifts unless something new shows up.

KB Home just printed Q2 with revenue down 27% YoY — the muted housing market is the macro that's pinning the stock at 35% of 52-week range.

KB Home (KBH) is the US homebuilder serving first-time and first-move-up buyers across the West Coast, Southwest, Central, and Southeast regions plus financial services. The stock is down 7% year-to-date and 1% over twelve months as the housing market reset compressed the multiple.

  • Today's Q2 print is the proximate catalyst: revenue of $1.11B was down 27% YoY with gross margin compressed to -15% and EPS of $0.44 meeting estimates — Wall Street Journal framed it as 'difficult housing market persists' and Seeking Alpha as 'muted housing market unlikely to recover soon'.
  • The four-quarter trajectory is the bigger concern: revenue growth of -27%, -23%, -15%, -8% shows the deceleration is widening, not narrowing — that's the macro reality that's pinning the stock despite the homebuilder cohort's broader resilience.
  • Valuation reflects the reset: 13x trailing earnings with a 15% FCF yield is value-tape territory, and FY 2027 EPS consensus of $4.45 puts the forward multiple at 12x — that's the math the dip-buyers are watching if mortgage rates roll over.
  • Capital structure is clean: no recent dilutive filings, just the routine 8-K for the Q2 earnings exhibit and the May 1 officer-departure 8-K — leadership stability without major moves.
  • Insider tape is silent in the bundle — consistent with a stable governance backdrop ahead of the earnings print.
  • Technical setup is mid-range: 35% of 52-week range, +3% vs 50-day, -9% vs 200-day — the chart is consolidating with the volume multiplier of 2.24x today on the earnings reaction.
  • Next earnings date is not set in the bundle — typically late September for Q3 fiscal.

A real bottom needs the Q3 fiscal print (typically late September) to show revenue deceleration narrowing plus margin recovery. Continued housing-market softness or mortgage-rate stickiness extends the stalled tape.

What to watch: The Q3 fiscal print (typically late September) on revenue trajectory and gross-margin recovery, mortgage-rate direction, plus any homebuilder-cohort rotation — clean execution restarts the move; continued housing softness extends the stalled tape.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

US homebuilder targeting first-time and move-up buyers in West Coast, Southwest, Central, and Southeast markets.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Residential Construction sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $KBH.

Residential Construction · Consumer Cyclical

Affordability compression at 7%+ mortgage rates is the structural headwind, but Lennar's Q2 beat on cost discipline confirms builders can maintain earnings through incentives and rate buy-downs. Luxury and active-adult (TOL) holds better; manufactured housing (SKY) benefits from affordability constraint driving alternative format demand.

Top industry ETF

$ITBiShares U.S. Home Construction ETF
+0.6%YTD
+5.2%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
12.6How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
4.4%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
5.8%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
15.1%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.6Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
6.7%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
10.7%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.4Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$1.1B-27.3%-15.1%2.2%$0.44—
Q1 FY26$1.1B-22.6%15.5%3.4%$0.53$-138.6M
Q4 FY25$1.7B-15.3%17.3%7.3%$1.59$293.0M
Q3 FY25$1.6B-7.5%18.4%8.4%$1.64$185.8M

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 8 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$5.1B$4.9B – $5.2B$3.20$2.68 – $3.838
FY27$5.5B$5.4B – $5.6B$4.45$3.94 – $5.368
FY28$5.8B$5.8B – $5.8B$5.97$5.58 – $6.353

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.2.2×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.35%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+3.1%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-9.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 59.8M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today4.4% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.385-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

No open-market buys or sells in the last 180 days.

+ 27 other (14 awards · 13 inkinds) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KOfficer or director changeMay 18-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

Delaware 1-9195 95-3666267 reported departure or retirement of an officer: the registrant under any of the following provisions: ☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) unde.

8-KShareholder voteApr 248-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
8-K/AOfficer or director change (amended)Feb 268-K/A — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 8.01: Other event
8-KOfficer or director changeJan 288-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
8-KOfficer or director changeJan 238-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
8-KOfficer or director changeJan 78-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
+ 10 other (2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 13Gs · 2 proxys · 1 11-K) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Compared to Estimates, KB Home (KBH) Q2 Earnings: A Look at Key Metricszacks.com·23h agoKB Home Q2 Review: Muted Housing Market Unlikely To Recover Soonseekingalpha.com·23h agoKB Home (KBH) Q2 Earnings Meet Estimateszacks.com·23h agoKB Home Reports Lower Revenue as Difficult Housing Market Persistswsj.com·1d agoKB HOME REPORTS 2026 SECOND QUARTER RESULTSprnewswire.com·1d ago

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