With 0.77 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.3 million shares. The 52-week range on KBH shows that it touched its highest point at $89.70 and its lowest point at $59.89 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $75.79. With its current market cap of 4.40 billion, KBH has annualized dividend of $1.00 while the current yield stands at 1.64%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.89.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of KBH was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.90%, but this was down by -10.76% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -23.16% while six-month performance fell -28.11%. The stock lost -3.80% in the past year, while it has lost -7.17% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KBH yields 8.47 with Next year EPS estimates of 8.99. For the next quarter, that number is 1.59. This implies an EPS growth rate of -0.93% for this year and 7.36% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 7.11% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 24.25%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 72.16 million KBH shares are outstanding with a float of 69.63 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for KBH since 17 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 7 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $8.47471 being high and $8.3348 being low. For KBH, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $8.41475. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $2.27 and the low estimate is $1.81. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.96.
