KB Home (KBH) Shares on the Rise: Short-term Analysis

KB Home [KBH] stock is trading at $57.54, up 3.47%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The KBH shares have lost -0.33% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -10.69%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

KB Home [NYSE: KBH] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 06, 2025, when Seaport Research Partners upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $79 for it. Previously, Seaport Research Partners upgraded its rating to Neutral on January 15, 2025. On January 10, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Sector Perform and revised its price target to $67 on the stock. Barclays downgraded its rating to a Equal Weight and decreased its price target to $85 on December 11, 2024. Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to a Underweight and raised its price target to $83 on October 07, 2024. RBC Capital Mkts downgraded its rating to Underperform for this stock on September 05, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $70. In a note dated August 05, 2024, Seaport Research Partners downgraded an Sell rating on this stock but restated the target price of $65.

KB Home [KBH] stock has fluctuated between $54.91 and $89.70 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $72.4 within the next 12 months. KB Home [NYSE: KBH] shares were valued at $57.54 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 25.83% based on the average KBH price forecast.

Analyzing the KBH fundamentals

KB Home [NYSE:KBH] reported sales of 6.85B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -5.18%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.21% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.11%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.11%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.09%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.09, Equity is 0.16 and Total Capital is 0.12. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.35.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 54.81 points at the first support level, and at 52.07 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 59.49, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 61.43.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, KB Home’s Current Ratio is 6.01. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.56, while the Cash Ratio is 1.56. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.60, the price to book ratio is 1.01 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 7.02.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Kaminski Jeff, EVP & Chief Financial Officer, that happened on Jan 28 ’25 when 27500.0 shares were sold. Officer, Kaminski Jeff completed a deal on Jan 28 ’25 to buy 27500.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP, Real Estate & Bus. Dev. PRAW ALBERT Z sold 18324.0 shares on Nov 14 ’24.

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