What is Seaport Res Ptn’s Estimate for KB Home Q1 Earnings?

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) – Seaport Res Ptn issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for KB Home in a report released on Tuesday, January 14th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst K. Zener anticipates that the construction company will post earnings of $1.48 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for KB Home’s current full-year earnings is $8.42 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for KB Home’s Q2 2025 earnings at $2.09 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.24 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.56 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $8.36 EPS.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January 13th. The construction company reported $2.52 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.44 by $0.08. KB Home had a net margin of 9.31% and a return on equity of 15.69%. The business had revenue of $2 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.99 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.85 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 19.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

A number of other brokerages also recently issued reports on KBH. Evercore ISI lifted their price target on KB Home from $88.00 to $95.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday. Wedbush lifted their target price on KB Home from $67.00 to $75.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 25th. Royal Bank of Canada raised shares of KB Home from an “underperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and decreased their price target for the company from $70.00 to $67.00 in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on shares of KB Home from $74.00 to $65.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday. Finally, Barclays decreased their target price on shares of KB Home from $85.00 to $60.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $75.88.

KB Home Stock Up 1.8 %

Shares of NYSE:KBH opened at $68.36 on Thursday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $73.32 and a 200 day moving average of $77.92. The company has a market capitalization of $5.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.54 and a beta of 1.86. KB Home has a 52 week low of $58.05 and a 52 week high of $89.70.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC boosted its holdings in KB Home by 15.4% in the fourth quarter. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC now owns 699,668 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $45,982,000 after purchasing an additional 93,277 shares during the last quarter. Hennessy Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of KB Home in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $44,118,000. Mirador Capital Partners LP acquired a new position in KB Home during the fourth quarter worth $239,000. Burney Co. acquired a new position in shares of KB Home during the 4th quarter worth about $230,000. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its holdings in shares of KB Home by 7.3% during the fourth quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 27,843 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $1,830,000 after acquiring an additional 1,890 shares during the last quarter. 96.09% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About KB Home

KB Home operates as a homebuilding company in the United States. It operates through four segments: West Coast, Southwest, Central, and Southeast. It 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.