The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

KBH

Concerning the House

KB Home operates as a homebuilding company in the United States. It builds and sells 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. The company also provides financial services, such as mortgage banking services, such as residential consumer mortgage loan originations to homebuyers; property and casualty insurance services, as well as earthquake, flood, and personal property insurance products to homebuyers; and title services. It conducts operations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, 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 based in Los Angeles, California.

United States · www.kbhome.com

The Long Run

FY 2010–2025 · 16 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$6.24B+4.9%
Gross profit$177.02M+19.2%
Operating income$345.72M+30.3%
Net income$655.02M+42.7%
Cash from ops$362.72M+0.3%
Quotation

$56.33

+0.53 (+0.9%)

52w hi$66.79
52w lo$44.85
Vol519.07K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.24

Short+0.12
Medium-0.37
Long-0.73

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

KB Home

Consumer Cyclical · Residential Construction

Market cap$3.45B
Enterprise value$5.22B
Trailing P/E13.71x
Forward P/E12.70x
EV / EBITDA12.63x
P / S (ttm)
Profit margin4.9%
Return on equity7.0%
Revenue growth-27.3%
Earnings growth-71.2%
Debt / equity52.64
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.72
Corr SPX0.31
Annual vol37.7%
Annual ret-10.4%
Sharpe-0.27
Max DD-49.7%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental-0.03
Sector+0.01
Technical+0.06
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$56.61$56.90$55.79$56.33519.07K
Aug 12$57.76$57.78$55.64$55.80988.70K
Aug 11$56.68$58.03$56.50$57.73638.80K
Aug 10$57.55$57.78$56.15$56.521.01M
Aug 7$57.25$59.04$57.00$58.59855.30K