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In the latest session, KB Home (NYSE: KBH) closed at $50.90 down -0.97% from its previous closing price of $51.40. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.97 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.91 million shares were traded. KBH stock price reached its highest trading level at $51.005 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $48.9.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of KB Home’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.60 and its Current Ratio is at 6.38. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.44 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.44.
RBC Capital Mkts Upgraded its Underperform to Sector Perform on January 10, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $70 to $67.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jan 28 ’25 when Kaminski Jeff sold 27,500 shares for $68.77 per share. The transaction valued at 1,891,303 led to the insider holds 34,473 shares of the business.
Kaminski Jeff bought 27,500 shares of KBH for $1,891,253 on Jan 28 ’25. On Nov 14 ’24, another insider, PRAW ALBERT Z, who serves as the EVP, Real Estate & Bus. Dev. of the company, sold 18,324 shares for $79.18 each. As a result, the insider received 1,450,894 and left with 117,188 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, KBH now has a Market Capitalization of 3651235584 and an Enterprise Value of 5198118912. As of this moment, KB’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 6.21, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 6.72. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 6.82. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.53 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.89. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.758 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.34.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for KBH is 1.45, which has changed by -0.19385493 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.059571505 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, KBH has reached a high of $89.70, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $49.75. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -16.47%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -30.50%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, KBH has traded an average of 1.60M shares per day and 1947980 over the past ten days. A total of 71.73M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 68.99M. Insiders hold about 3.83% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 100.02% stake in the company. Shares short for KBH as of 1743379200 were 3878330 with a Short Ratio of 2.42, compared to 1740700800 on 4611779. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3878330 and a Short% of Float of 7.6899999999999995.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for KBH is 1.00, from 1.0 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.019455252The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.38. The current Payout Ratio is 11.24% for KBH, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-06 with an ex-dividend date of 1738800000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2005-04-29 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
