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How to buy KB Home stock | $34.19
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KB Home is a residential construction business based in the US. KB Home shares (KBH) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. KB Home employs 2,140 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$4.5 billion.
How to buy shares in KB Home
- Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
- Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
- Search for KB Home. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: KBH. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until KB Home reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$34.19, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of KB Home, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of KB Home. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.
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KB Home share price
Use our graph to track the performance of KBH stocks over time.KB Home shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-10-20.
| Latest market close | USD$34.19 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | USD$9.82 - USD$42.2 |
| 50-day moving average | USD$38.33 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$32.3225 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$43.87 |
| PE ratio | 12.3042 |
| Dividend yield | USD$0.6 (1.47%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$3.328 |
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KB Home price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the close of $34.19 from 2020-11-16
| 1 week (2020-11-25) | -4.97% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2020-11-06) | 0.65% |
| 3 months (2020-09-04) | -1.16% |
| 6 months (2020-06-04) | -1.70% |
| 1 year (2019-12-04) | -0.96% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2018-12-04) | 70.78% |
| 3 years (2017-12-04) | 12.28% |
| 5 years (2015-12-04) | 148.11% |
Is KB Home under- or over-valued?
Valuing KB Home stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of KB Home's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
KB Home's P/E ratio
KB Home's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 12x. In other words, KB Home shares trade at around 12x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
KB Home's PEG ratio
KB Home's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.63. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into KB Home's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
KB Home's EBITDA
KB Home's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$452.3 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a KB Home's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
KB Home financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$4.5 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 9.31% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$869 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 5.18% |
| Return on equity TTM | 12.98% |
| Profit margin | 6.89% |
| Book value | $28.332 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$4 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting KB Home shares
There are currently 2.5 million KB Home shares held short by investors – that's known as KB Home's "short interest". This figure is 21.2% down from 3.2 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting KB Home shares can be evaluated.
KB Home's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
KB Home's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of KB Home shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of KB Home shares traded daily (recently around 1.8 million). KB Home's SIR currently stands at 1.39. In other words for every 100,000 KB Home shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1390 shares are currently held short.
However KB Home's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of KB Home shares, or, against the total number of tradable KB Home shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case KB Home's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 KB Home shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0308% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable KB Home shares, roughly 31 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against KB Home.
Find out more about how you can short KB Home stock.
KB Home share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 10.37% of net profits
Recently KB Home has paid out, on average, around 10.37% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.47% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), KB Home shareholders could enjoy a 1.47% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In KB Home's case, that would currently equate to about $0.6 per share.
While KB Home's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that KB Home is investing more in its future growth.
KB Home's most recent dividend payout was on 26 November 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 10 November 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have KB Home's shares ever split?
KB Home's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 29 April 2005. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your KB Home shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for KB Home shares which in turn could have impacted KB Home's share price.
KB Home share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, KB Home's shares have ranged in value from as little as $9.82 up to $42.2. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while KB Home's is 1.8759. This would suggest that KB Home's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
KB Home overview
KB Home operates as a homebuilding company in the United States. It operates through four segments: West Coast, Southwest, Central, and Southeast. The company builds and sells various homes, including attached and detached single-family residential homes, townhomes, and condominiums primarily for first-time, first move-up, second move-up, and active adult homebuyers. It also offers financial services, such as insurance products and title services. It has operations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington. The company was formerly known as Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation and changed its name to KB Home in January 2001. KB Home was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
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