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KB Home (KBH) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for KBH, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 46/100 · S&P 500 fund at 46, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-23
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 81th percentile of the window, -14.3% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-23
  • Sector × region Consumer discretionary in US: +0.6% week · +2.5% month · +2.3% quarter · +5.4% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLY.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-24
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.16 · down 1.91 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-23
How it trades on rate days beta 2.09 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How KBH has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 2.09 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), KB Home moved 2.09% on average · correlation 0.51 · higher than 99% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 2.10 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.82% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +1.06% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Residential Construction · US · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Residential Construction · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against KBH on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

The Street on this name 4 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Evercore ISI, 2026-09-23 · last print 2026-09-22

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for KBH from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Evercore ISI — target 59 from 62 Target cut to $59 from $62 (+22.2% to spot) 2026-09-23
  • Price target RBC Capital — target 50 from 53 Target cut to $50 from $53 (+2.9% to spot) 2026-09-23
  • Price target BofA Securities — target 54 Target set to $54 (+11.1% to spot) 2026-09-23
  • Latest print EPS 1.05 against 0.89 expected — a +17.7% beat 2026-09-22

4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 4 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.13%, quarterly · buybacks 541 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What KBH pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.00 USD per share · a 2.13% yield on the 2026-10-23 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-23
  • Change on the year +33.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.75 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.25 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-06
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.00 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.75 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-06
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 69 m USD 28% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 541 m USD 20.7% of today's market value
  • Share count −10.0% in FY2025 46 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 610 m USD · 212% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

About KB Home

KB Home (KBH) trades on US exchanges, classified under Consumer Cyclical.

The Closelooknet company score reads 37/100 composite (momentum 24, quality 26, valuation 45) across 7 modules — the full three-layer breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-24

Quick answers

What is KB Home (KBH)?

KB Home trades as KBH on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Consumer Cyclical in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-24.

Is KBH in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — KB Home is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-24.

What is KB Home's Closelooknet composite score?

37 out of 100, with momentum 24, quality 26 and valuation 45 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-24. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does KBH trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -3.7% vs the 50-day and -12.3% vs the 200-day average, 29.7% below the 52-week high and +15% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 33 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-23 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does KB Home compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Residential Construction · US), KB Home (KBH) sits 29.7% below its 52-week high, 3.7% below its 50-day average; Installed Building Products Inc (IBP) is 42.4% below, Hovnanian Enterprises Inc (HOV) is 31.8% below, Meritage Corporation (MTH) is 24.3% below. Put any of them next to KBH in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does KB Home trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year KB Home had a beta of 2.09 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 99% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.82% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Does KB Home pay a dividend?

KB Home has paid 1.00 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.13% on the 2026-10-23 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.25 USD on 2026-08-06. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 69 m USD in dividends and bought back 541 m USD of its own shares, 212% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 10.0% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on KB Home recently?

The most recent analyst action on KB Home on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Evercore ISI on 2026-09-23 (target 59 from 62). 4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 4 target changes. Its latest earnings print on the wire, 2026-09-22: EPS 1.05 against 0.89 expected — a +17.7% beat. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for KBH, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Residential Construction, then Consumer Cyclical. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.