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    Will Softer 2025 Results and Cautious 2026 Outlook Change KB Home's (KBH) Narrative

    Simply Wall St·12/26/2025 01:22:44
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    • Earlier in December 2025, KB Home reported fourth-quarter and full-year results showing lower revenue and earnings versus the prior year, issued more cautious 2026 housing revenue guidance of US$1.05 billion–US$1.15 billion for the first quarter and US$5.10 billion–US$6.10 billion for the year, and detailed additional buybacks including a completed US$100 million repurchase of 1,600,000 shares announced in October 2025.
    • These softer results, coupled with margin pressure and a Raymond James downgrade tied to KB Home’s renewed emphasis on build-to-order over aggressive mortgage incentives, raise fresh questions about how effectively the company can balance growth, affordability and capital returns.
    • We’ll now examine how the weaker 2025 earnings and cautious 2026 housing revenue guidance could reshape KB Home’s existing investment narrative.

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    KB Home Investment Narrative Recap

    To own KB Home, you need to believe in its ability to sell personalized, build-to-order homes while keeping margins healthy in a choppy housing market. The weaker 2025 earnings and softer 2026 housing revenue guidance make the key near term catalyst, a stabilization in orders and profitability, less certain, while reinforcing the biggest risk right now: pressure on margins and demand if affordability remains strained.

    The recent US$100 million repurchase of 1,600,000 shares, on top of the larger ongoing buyback, is the most relevant announcement here, because it tightens the share count just as earnings come under pressure. For investors, that combination of persistent capital returns and lower profit levels heightens the importance of whether KB Home can improve margins without leaning heavily on aggressive discounting or mortgage incentives.

    Yet behind the steady buybacks and dividends, investors should be aware of how sustained margin pressure could...

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    KB Home's narrative projects $6.8 billion revenue and $496.4 million earnings by 2028. This implies a 0.2% yearly revenue decline and an earnings decrease of about $125 million from $621.5 million today.

    Uncover how KB Home's forecasts yield a $63.75 fair value, a 11% upside to its current price.

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    Four fair value estimates from the Simply Wall St Community span from about US$23 to extremely high outliers above US$170,000, showing just how far opinions can spread. Against that backdrop, the recent revenue decline and cautious 2026 guidance remind you to weigh these varied views against concrete risks around softer demand and margin pressure before forming your own stance.

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