KBH Consumer Cyclical

KB Home

$48.93-3.41%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 9, 2026

Basics

Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Residential Construction
Country: United States
Market cap: 3.0B USD
Enterprise value: 4.9B USD
Full-time employees: 2,118

Overall health

Strength: lower risk than most peers: more short-term liquiditylower risk: more liquidity
Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers
Drawback: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.34 vs a peer median of 0.63)bigger price swings (beta 1.34 vs peers 0.63)
About average: profitability and valuation

Ranks #958 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (bottom 37%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Profit isn't fully turning into cash. Free cash flow is only 13% of reported profit.
Free cash flow is only 13% of reported profit. That usually means heavy spending on facilities and equipment, or cash tied up in inventory and unpaid bills. Worth checking whether it's a phase of investment or a lasting pattern.
Valuation signals disagree. Cheaper than 77% of peers on earnings, but only 24% on free cash flow.
Relative to its earnings, KB Home looks cheaper than 77% of peers; relative to its free cash flow, cheaper than only 24%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.
Revenue is falling. Revenue fell 21% in the 12 months to August 2026 vs the 12 months before.
KB Home's revenue fell 21% in the 12 months to August 2026 vs the 12 months before.
More volatile share price. Beta 1.34: tends to move more than the market.
KB Home's shares have swung more with the market than most peers' (beta 1.34, above the market's 1.0).

StockQuotient Score

45/ 100▼ 1 since Oct 27 close

Oct 5 50 → Nov 4 45 (-5)

Valuation

Is the price right?

45/100

Moderate▼ 1 since Oct 27 close

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major changeValuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Score 46 → 45

Share price +4.6%-2
Peer companies moved+1

Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.

Why

Mixed versus peers:

▲ Earnings yield
▼ FCF yield
▼ EBITDA yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield7.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to Aug 2026Reported value30% base weight · Z-score 0.99Sector median: 0.0439 · MAD: 0.0329

EBITDA yield6.9%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC enterprise value unavailable (debt or EBITDA not reported in standard form) · trailing 12 monthsReported value50% base weight · Z-score -0.40Sector median: 0.0877 · MAD: 0.0461

Free cash flow yield1.0%

SEC filings · 12 months to Aug 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingReported value20% base weight · Z-score -0.95Sector median: 0.0614 · MAD: 0.0545

Other data (not scored)

Book yield127.9%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.5650 · MAD: 0.3500

Growth

Is it growing?

5/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▼ Weaker

12-month revenue fell 5.9%

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Revenue growth
▼ EPS growth
▼ 3-yr revenue

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growth-53.2%

SEC filings · 12 months to Aug 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.26Sector median: 0.0420 · MAD: 0.2537

3-year revenue growth-8.1%

SEC filings · 3 years to Aug 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.94Sector median: 0.0425 · MAD: 0.0636

Revenue growth-20.8%

SEC filings · 12 months to Aug 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -3.28Sector median: 0.0373 · MAD: 0.0653

Profitability

Does it earn well?

46/100

Moderate

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Mixed versus peers:

▲ Operating margin
▼ ROIC

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin8.4%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC operating income not reported in standard form · fiscal year to Nov 2025Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.44Sector median: 0.0638 · MAD: 0.0461

Return on assets3.3%

SEC filings · 12 months to Aug 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.02Sector median: 0.0331 · MAD: 0.0254

Return on invested capital4.3%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC operating income or invested capital unavailable · trailing 12 monthsReported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.51Sector median: 0.0733 · MAD: 0.0600

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin17.1%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC figure unavailable or out of date · trailing 12 monthsReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3025 · MAD: 0.1399

Return on equity6.0%

SEC filings · 12 months to Aug 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0746 · MAD: 0.0674

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Lower

Lower relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ Current ratio

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta1.34

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.36Sector median: 0.6345 · MAD: 0.2980

Current ratio6.18×

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC figure unavailable or out of dateOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score 6.28Sector median: 1.4800 · MAD: 0.5570

Debt / equity0.55×

Yahoo Finance fallback · no standard SEC debt tagReported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.25Sector median: 0.4646 · MAD: 0.3556

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about KB Home

Is KB Home getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Oct 8, 2026) got weaker in some ways: 12-month revenue fell 5.9%. Its overall score is 45/100, down 1 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is KB Home valued vs its peers?: Priced about in line with its peers. Valuation scores 45/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Earnings yield 7.7% vs a peer median of 4.4% (stronger than 77% of peers).Earnings yield 7.7% vs peers 4.4% (stronger than 77% of peers). Free cash flow yield 1.0% vs a peer median of 6.1% (weaker than 76% of peers).Free cash flow yield 1.0% vs peers 6.1% (weaker than 76% of peers).
Is KB Home growing?: More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 5/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Revenue growth -20.8% vs a peer median of 3.7% (weaker than 100% of peers).Revenue growth -20.8% vs peers 3.7% (weaker than 100% of peers).
How profitable is KB Home?: About as profitable as its peers. Profitability scores 46/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Operating margin 8.4% vs a peer median of 6.4% (stronger than 61% of peers).Operating margin 8.4% vs peers 6.4% (stronger than 61% of peers). Return on invested capital 4.3% vs a peer median of 7.3% (weaker than 64% of peers).Return on invested capital 4.3% vs peers 7.3% (weaker than 64% of peers).
How risky is KB Home?: Lower risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Current ratio 6.18× vs a peer median of 1.48× (stronger than 95% of peers).Current ratio 6.18× vs peers 1.48× (stronger than 95% of peers). Beta 1.34 vs a peer median of 0.63 (weaker than 87% of peers).Beta 1.34 vs peers 0.63 (weaker than 87% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Aug 31, 2026 · filed Oct 8, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended May 31, 2026

Got weaker

12-month revenue fell 5.9%

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	5.5B USD	5.2B USD	−5.9%
Net income (12 months)	272.1M USD	227.6M USD	−16.4%
Free cash flow (12 months)	359.5M USD	28.7M USD	−92.0%
Cash	200.8M USD	160.1M USD	−20.3%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Sector: Consumer Cyclical · 182 companies

Valuations in Consumer Cyclical are within their usual range since 2016.

36% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
15% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +0% and earnings +10% (medians): prices and earnings moved broadly together.
Median price-to-sales is −55% vs the whole market, against a usual −41%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Shown for Consumer Cyclical: too few Residential Construction companies have a long enough history of their own.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY Nov 2021	FY Nov 2022	FY Nov 2023	FY Nov 2024	FY Nov 2025	Change
Net margin	9.9%	11.8%	9.2%	9.5%	6.9%	▼ 2.6 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	9.7%	12.3%	8.9%	9.4%	6.4%	▼ 3.0 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	18.7%	22.3%	15.5%	16.1%	11.0%	▼ 5.1 pts
Free cash flow margin	-1.3%	2.0%	16.3%	4.7%	4.6%	▼ 0.1 pts

KBH price history

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Strength: lower risk than most peers: more short-term liquiditylower risk: more liquidity

Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers

Drawback: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.34 vs a peer median of 0.63)bigger price swings (beta 1.34 vs peers 0.63)

About average: profitability and valuation

Ranks #958 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (bottom 37%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Profit isn't fully turning into cash. Free cash flow is only 13% of reported profit.

Free cash flow is only 13% of reported profit. That usually means heavy spending on facilities and equipment, or cash tied up in inventory and unpaid bills. Worth checking whether it's a phase of investment or a lasting pattern.

Valuation signals disagree. Cheaper than 77% of peers on earnings, but only 24% on free cash flow.

Relative to its earnings, KB Home looks cheaper than 77% of peers; relative to its free cash flow, cheaper than only 24%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.

Revenue is falling. Revenue fell 21% in the 12 months to August 2026 vs the 12 months before.

KB Home's revenue fell 21% in the 12 months to August 2026 vs the 12 months before.

More volatile share price. Beta 1.34: tends to move more than the market.

KB Home's shares have swung more with the market than most peers' (beta 1.34, above the market's 1.0).

Questions investors ask about KB Home

Is KB Home getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Oct 8, 2026) got weaker in some ways: 12-month revenue fell 5.9%. Its overall score is 45/100, down 1 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is KB Home valued vs its peers?

Priced about in line with its peers. Valuation scores 45/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Earnings yield 7.7% vs a peer median of 4.4% (stronger than 77% of peers).Earnings yield 7.7% vs peers 4.4% (stronger than 77% of peers). Free cash flow yield 1.0% vs a peer median of 6.1% (weaker than 76% of peers).Free cash flow yield 1.0% vs peers 6.1% (weaker than 76% of peers).

Is KB Home growing?

More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 5/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Revenue growth -20.8% vs a peer median of 3.7% (weaker than 100% of peers).Revenue growth -20.8% vs peers 3.7% (weaker than 100% of peers).

How profitable is KB Home?

About as profitable as its peers. Profitability scores 46/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Operating margin 8.4% vs a peer median of 6.4% (stronger than 61% of peers).Operating margin 8.4% vs peers 6.4% (stronger than 61% of peers). Return on invested capital 4.3% vs a peer median of 7.3% (weaker than 64% of peers).Return on invested capital 4.3% vs peers 7.3% (weaker than 64% of peers).

How risky is KB Home?

Lower risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Current ratio 6.18× vs a peer median of 1.48× (stronger than 95% of peers).Current ratio 6.18× vs peers 1.48× (stronger than 95% of peers). Beta 1.34 vs a peer median of 0.63 (weaker than 87% of peers).Beta 1.34 vs peers 0.63 (weaker than 87% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

5.5B USD

5.2B USD

−5.9%

Net income (12 months)

272.1M USD

227.6M USD

−16.4%

Free cash flow (12 months)

359.5M USD

28.7M USD

−92.0%

Cash

200.8M USD

160.1M USD

−20.3%

Key ratios

FY Nov 2021

FY Nov 2022

FY Nov 2023

FY Nov 2024

FY Nov 2025

Change

Net margin

9.9%

11.8%

9.2%

9.5%

6.9%

▼ 2.6 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

9.7%

12.3%

8.9%

9.4%

6.4%

▼ 3.0 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

18.7%

22.3%

15.5%

16.1%

11.0%

▼ 5.1 pts

Free cash flow margin

-1.3%

2.0%

16.3%

4.7%

4.6%

▼ 0.1 pts