KB Home

KBH Consumer Cyclical Residential Construction

KB Home’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended November 2025) was $6.2 billion, down 10.0% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−20.0%
EPS
−35.3%
Free cash flow
−178.0%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

51.99 1.13 −2.13%
Market cap
$3.2B
P/E
14.4×
Fwd P/E
14.9×
Dividend yield
1.92%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
3.83
Beneish M
−2.41
Dividend safety
75/100

KB Home (KBH) Return on invested capital

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KB Home's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 4.60%, down 1.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.18%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.98% (fiscal 2016) to 13.9% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is below the Residential Construction industry median of 4.98% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.42%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 6.18% (3.42)
FY2024 9.60% (0.20)
FY2023 9.80% (4.14)
FY2022 13.9% 3.58
FY2021 10.4% 4.84
FY2020 5.52% (0.26)
FY2019 5.78% (1.95)
FY2018 7.73% 2.10
FY2017 5.63% 2.65
FY2016 2.98% (5.35)

Against its own ten years

Low 2.98% High 13.9%
Ten-year median 7.73%
Current reading's percentile 45

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. compare 17.4%
IBP Installed Building Products, Inc. compare 16.4%
SKY Champion Homes, Inc. compare 15.8%
GRBK Green Brick Partners, Inc. compare 10.0%
MHO M/I Homes, Inc. compare 6.06%
KBH KB Home 4.60%
MTH Meritage Homes Corporation compare 3.51%
DFH Dream Finders Homes, Inc. compare 2.59%
LGIH LGI Homes, Inc. compare 1.25%
Residential Construction industry median 4.98%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.42%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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