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In the latest session, KB Home (NYSE: KBH) closed at $53.21 down -1.39% from its previous closing price of $53.96. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.39 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.67 million shares were traded. KBH stock price reached its highest trading level at $54.045 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $52.935.
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 May 16 ’25 when Collins Arthur Reginald sold 5,000 shares for $54.38 per share. The transaction valued at 271,900 led to the insider holds 10,262 shares of the business.
ARTHUR R. COLLINS bought 5,000 shares of KBH for $271,950 on May 16 ’25. On Jan 28 ’25, another insider, Kaminski Jeff, who serves as the EVP & Chief Financial Officer of the company, sold 27,500 shares for $68.77 each. As a result, the insider received 1,891,303 and left with 34,473 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 3816939776 and an Enterprise Value of 5363823104. As of this moment, KB’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 6.49, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 7.16. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 7.13. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.56 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.93. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.783 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.542.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for KBH is 1.35, which has changed by -0.2373513 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11936104 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 $48.90. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -4.58%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -24.36%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, KBH has traded an average of 1.44M shares per day and 944140 over the past ten days. A total of 71.73M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 68.95M. Insiders hold about 3.88% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 95.98% stake in the company. Shares short for KBH as of 1745971200 were 3789923 with a Short Ratio of 2.62, compared to 1743379200 on 3878330. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3789923 and a Short% of Float of 7.510000499999999.
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 0.018532246The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.39. The current Payout Ratio is 11.24% for KBH, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-08 with an ex-dividend date of 1746662400. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2005-04-29 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
