Why KB Home’s (KBH) Stock Is Up 15.99%

By Rosalio Madrigal
August 01, 2026
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In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding KB Home’s stock price such as:

  • KB Home’s current stock price and volume
  • Why KB Home’s stock price changed recently
  • Upgrades and downgrades for KBH from analysts
  • KBH’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About KB Home (KBH)

Before we jump into KB Home’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently dip, let’s take a look at some background.

KB Home operates as a homebuilding company in the United States. It builds and sells homes, including attached and detached single-family residential homes, townhomes, and condominiums primarily for first-time, first move-up, second move-up, and active adult homebuyers. The company also provides financial services, such as mortgage banking services, such as residential consumer mortgage loan originations to homebuyers; property and casualty insurance services, as well as earthquake, flood, and personal property insurance products to homebuyers; and title services. It conducts operations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington. The company was formerly known as Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation and changed its name to KB Home in January 2001. KB Home was founded in 1957 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

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KB Home’s Stock Price as of Market Close

As of July 31, 2026, 4:00 PM, CST, KB Home’s stock price was $54.970.

KB Home is down 2.45% from its previous closing price of $56.350.

During the last market session, KB Home’s stock traded between $54.850 and $56.530. Currently, there are approximately 61.79 million shares outstanding for KB Home.

KB Home’s price-earnings (P/E) ratio is currently at 13.2, which is low compared to the Household Durables industry median of 13.7. The price-earnings ratio gauges market expectation of future performance by relating a stock’s current share price to its earnings per share.

KB Home Stock Price History

KB Home’s (KBH) price is currently down 12.17% so far this month.

During the month of July, KB Home’s stock price has reached a high of $62.670 and a low of $54.010.

Over the last year, KB Home has hit prices as high as $68.710 and as low as $44.025. Year to date, KB Home’s stock is down 2.55%.

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What Caused KB Home Stock’s Price to Dip?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. As of July 31, 2026, there was 1 analyst who downgraded KB Home’s stock and 0 analysts who upgraded over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate KB Home’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on KB Home’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

KB Home’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a A, which means it is considered to be Deep Value.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about KB Home (KBH) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of KB Home

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of July 31, 2026, KB Home has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of -2.49%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 44 and is considered to be Average.

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KB Home Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of July 31, 2026, KB Home’s stock price is $54.970, which is down 2.45% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like KB Home stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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