KB Home Earnings Update

KB Home (NYSE:KBH). Last Market Price: 5.91, Change: +0.19, % Change: (3.32%). Shares trade in the range of 5.65 – 6.08 dollars. It has a market capitalization of 455.10M dollars, making it a Small Cap Stock and has 77.01M outstanding shares. The company has a beta of 1.67, indicating, the stock to be more volatile than the market. As per the most recent quarterly report, the net income per share (EPS) is -2.17. It operates in Capital Goods sector and belongs to Construction Services industry. Percentage shares held by institutional investors is 113%. The company has a 52 week high of $ 16.11 and a 52 week low of $ 5.09. Average volumes of shares traded daily are 4,320,000. Volume traded in the last session was at 3,060,000, 0.71 times the average volume.

• Reports Q3 (August) EPS ( $0.13) better estimates
• Revenues fell 26.7% year on year to $367.3 million

For Q2 (May ’11), It had a Net profit margin of -25.21%, an Operating margin of -20.80%. Other Key stats and ratios are : Return on average assets of -9.54%, Return on average equity of -57.36%. The organization has an employee strength of 1,300

Consensus Recommendation is a Hold.

Estimate for sales for the Year Ending Nov-11 show a mean of 1,288.01 million dollars, an estimate high of 1,590.00 million dollars and an estimate low of 1,205.88 million dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 1,791.70 million dollars.

Estimate for sales for the Year Ending Nov-12 show a mean of 1,506.78 million dollars, an estimate high of 1,911.00 million dollars and an estimate low of 1,261.60 million dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 2,340.91 million dollars.

Estimate for EPS for the Year Ending Nov-11 show a mean of -2.43 dollars, an estimate high of -1.11 dollars and an estimate low of -3.20 dollars. A year ago the figures stood at -0.01 dollars.

Estimate for EPS for the Year Ending Nov-12 show a mean of -0.02 dollars, an estimate high of 0.77 dollars and an estimate low of -0.78 dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 1.29 dollars.

Sales for Quarter Ending May-11 was estimated at 251.98 million dollars, however the actual sales figure stood at 271.74 million dollars, 19.76 million dollars more than estimates.

Sales for Quarter Ending Feb-11 was estimated at 226.83 million dollars, however the actual sales figure stood at 196.94 million dollars, 29.89 million dollars less than estimates.

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