A new trading day began on Tuesday, with KB Home (NYSE: KBH) stock price up 0.76% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $65.90. KBH’s price has ranged from $58.05 to $89.70 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Cyclical Sector giant was 10.55%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 19.65%. With a float of $70.82 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $73.33 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 2205 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 41.13%, operating margin of 11.01%, and the pretax margin is 10.66%.
KB Home (KBH) Insider Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Residential Construction Industry. The insider ownership of KB Home is 3.43%, while institutional ownership is 98.18%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 14 ’24, was worth 1,450,894. In this transaction EVP, Real Estate & Bus. Dev. of this company sold 18,324 shares at a rate of $79.18, taking the stock ownership to the 117,188 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 14 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 18,324 for $82.20, making the entire transaction worth $1,506,232.
KB Home (KBH) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.54 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 19.65% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 12.96% during the next five years compared to 32.69% growth over the previous five years of trading.
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are KB Home’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.69. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.74. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 17.91.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 7.80, a number that is poised to hit 2.45 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 8.89 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of KB Home (KBH)
Looking closely at KB Home (NYSE: KBH), its last 5-days average volume was 1.49 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 1.21 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 11.08%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.25.
During the past 100 days, KB Home’s (KBH) raw stochastic average was set at 6.69%, which indicates a significant decrease from 10.68% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 25.92% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 34.33% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $77.98, while its 200-day Moving Average is $75.22. However, in the short run, KB Home’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $66.88. Second resistance stands at $67.37. The third major resistance level sits at $68.14. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $65.62, it is likely to go to the next support level at $64.85. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $64.36.
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 4.91 billion, the company has a total of 73,334K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 6,411 M while annual income is 590,180 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 1,753 M while its latest quarter income was 157,330 K.
