For the quarter ended August 2025, KB Home (KBH) reported revenue of $1.62 billion, down 7.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.61, compared to $2.04 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.6 billion, representing a surprise of +1.5%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +7.33%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.50.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how KB Home performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Backlog - Units: 4,333 versus the four-analyst average estimate of 4,411.
- Unit deliveries - Total Homes: 3,393 versus 3,351 estimated by four analysts on average.
- Net orders - Units: 2,950 versus the four-analyst average estimate of 2,986.
- Average selling price: $487.5 million versus $474.39 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Ending community count: 264 versus 253 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Backlog - Value: $1.99 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $2.23 billion.
- Average community count -Total: 259 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 252.
- Total Revenues- Homebuilding- Housing: $1.61 billion compared to the $1.6 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of -7.6% year over year.
- Total Revenues- Financial services: $6.01 million versus $5.74 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -9.3% change.
- Total Revenues- Homebuilding: $1.61 billion versus $1.61 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -7.5% change.
- Total Revenues- Homebuilding- Land: $0.49 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $1.5 million.
- Operating Income- Homebuilding: $131.16 million compared to the $124.81 million average estimate based on three analysts.
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Shares of KB Home have returned -1.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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