Putting The Spotlight On KB Home (KBH)

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.22M but it saw 1286520 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 4.86B USD, the company’s current market price of $67.31 came rising about 1.22 while comparing to the previous closing price of $66.50. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $89.70 and as low as $58.15. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $66.29 while lowest mark touched by it was $67.64.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of KB Home (KBH) gives us an average price of $66.95, while its current price level is -24.96% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 15.75% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $70.79 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $75.18. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.77% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 3.52%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 47.97 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

RBC Capital Mkts upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Sector Perform” from “Underperform” on January 10, 2025 while assigning a price target range of $70-$67. Barclays issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $99 and $85.

Over the week, KBH’s stock price is moving 0.28% up while it is 2.83% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 2.42% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 12.33%.

Currently, KB Home’s total number of outstanding shares is 72.16M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 11.26% and return on equity (ROE) at 16.52%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 7.95 while having a 7.49 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.88. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.20 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.70. Its return on asset (ROA) is 9.51% on average.