Health score, competitive moat, risk signals, and key metrics at a glance.
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.
Competitive analysis based on 64 quarters of fundamental data
Operating margins are positive at ~7.6% on average, but show some variability — pricing power may be sensitive to market conditions.
ROE is positive at ~12.7% on average, adequate but below the threshold typically associated with wide moats.
Data-driven red flags and warnings across 64 quarters
Operating margins dropped 48.5% over recent quarters — a sharp decline suggesting serious cost or pricing challenges.
FCF/Net Income has dropped below 0.7x in 3 quarters — monitor for earnings quality deterioration.
Limited debt-to-equity data available.
TTM revenue has contracted 10.6% — significant decline indicating deteriorating demand.
FCF turned negative in 3 of the last 8 quarters — occasional cash consumption.
Shares decreased 17.0% — net buybacks are reducing shares outstanding and boosting per-share value.
as of May 2026
Revenue, EBITDA, operating income, net income, EPS, and shares
Gross, EBITDA, operating, and net margin trends
P/E, P/S, P/B, EV/EBITDA, FCF yield, and earnings yield
Total assets, cash, debt, book value, and leverage
Operating cash flow, free cash flow, FCF margin, and earnings quality
5 of the last 8 quarters generated positive FCF. The company generally funds itself but has occasional cash consumption quarters.
Revenue has been flat or declining over recent quarters, which may indicate eroding demand or competitive pressure.
