KB Home (KBH) is a publicly traded company in the Consumer Cyclical — Residential Construction industry listed on NYSE. This overview shows the latest price, key valuation ratios, profitability metrics and financial-health indicators used by fundamental investors.
KB Home functions as a prominent residential construction enterprise across the United States. Its operations are strategically divided into four key geographical areas: the West Coast, Southwest, Central, and Southeast regions. The company is engaged in both constructing and selling a wide range of housing types, from attached and detached single-family dwellings to multi-family options like townhouses and condominiums.
Is KB Home stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?
KB Home (KBH) trades at 13.0× earnings (P/E), against a median of 17.9× across the 209 consumer cyclicals companies above $2bn in Kaplio's universe. No valuation verdict: it is a cyclical and today's P/E (13.0) does not tell whether it is cheap.
Kaplio overview: KB Home
Market cap $3B · 52 weeks $42 – $66 (30 % below the high) · P/E 13.0× · 2027 expected P/E 12.9× · Dividend 2.2 % · 7 years rising · Next earnings December 17, 2026 · expected EPS $1.21 · Closing price, Oct 28 · accounts published Sep 22.
- Valuation: P/E 13.0× (no verdict).
- Business: 5-year ROIC 10.2 % (weak).
- Balance sheet: Net debt/EBITDA 2.5× (solid).
- Earnings: 5 of 8 (uneven).
What would it be worth at its usual multiples?
No valuation verdict: it is a cyclical and today's P/E (13.0) does not tell whether it is cheap.
In cyclicals the P/E misleads; on its average earnings over 10 years it trades at 9.3 times.
What matters in consumer cyclicals: 5 of 7 pass
- Inventory turnover 0.9×, fails.
- 5y avg ROIC 10.2 %, fails.
- 5y avg operating margin 11.6 %, passes.
- Net debt / EBITDA 2.5×, passes.
- Current Ratio 6.39, passes.
- Altman Z-Score 3.7, passes.
- EV/Sales vs history 0.9×, passes.
- P/E read in reverse (cyclicals) 13.0×, info.
Against its peers (reference peers) — KB Home: P/E 13.0×; EV/EBITDA 14.8×; ROIC 3.5 %; $2.8B. Green Brick Partners, Inc. (P/E 9.5×; EV/EBITDA 7.2×; ROIC 13.6 %; $2.7B), M/I Homes, Inc. (P/E 11.8×; EV/EBITDA 8.2×; ROIC 6.2 %; $3.1B), Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. (P/E 35.0×; EV/EBITDA 17.7×; ROIC -15.0 %; $4.0B).
Expensive or cheap against its last ten years?
P/E at each close: today 13.0× · median 11.1× · minimum 3.7× · maximum 30.0× · cheap below 7.1× · expensive above 15.3×. It has been cheaper than today 66% of the time over its last ten years.
Dividend
solid · Yield 2.2 % ($1.01 per share in 2025) · Years raising it 7 · 5-year growth +19 % a year · Free cash flow coverage 8.1× · With $1,000 invested today you'd collect $21.70 a year ($1.81 a month).
Profitability
| Return on Equity | 5.93% |
| Return on Invested Capital | 3.50% |
| Return on Assets | 3.27% |
| Gross Margin | 16.46% |
| Operating Margin | 5.08% |
| Net Margin | 4.39% |
Financial Health
| Debt / Equity | 0.56 |
| Current Ratio | 6.39 |
| Piotroski F-Score | 4 |
| Altman Z-Score | 3.74 |
Price Performance
| 1 month | -2.65% |
| 3 months | -16.01% |
| Year-to-date | -18.15% |
| 1 year | -26.38% |
| 3 years | +6.53% |
| 5 years | +14.99% |
| 10 years | +217.54% |
Dividend History
Paid in the last 12 months: $1.0000 per share in 4 payments.
| Date | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2026-11-12 | $0.2500 |
| 2026-08-06 | $0.2500 |
| 2026-05-07 | $0.2500 |
| 2026-02-05 | $0.2500 |
| 2025-11-13 | $0.2500 |
| 2025-08-07 | $0.2500 |
| 2025-05-08 | $0.2500 |
| 2025-02-06 | $0.2500 |
| 2024-11-14 | $0.2500 |
| 2024-08-08 | $0.2500 |
Amounts adjusted for stock splits.
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