The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. KB Home shares valued at $749,280 were sold by McGibney Robert V. on Jul 15 ’25. At $53.52 per share, McGibney Robert V. sold 14,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 78,345 shares worth approximately $4.43 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, McGibney Robert V. purchased 14,000 shares, netting a total of over 749,247 in proceeds.
Before that, Collins Arthur Reginald had sold 5,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $271,900, the Director traded KB Home shares for $54.38 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 5,000 shares, worth approximately $0.58 million.
As published in a research note from Seaport Research Partners on March 06, 2025, KB Home [KBH] has been rated up from a Neutral to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $79. Analysts at Seaport Research Partners upgraded the stock from ‘”a Sell”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in mid January. As of January 10, 2025, RBC Capital Mkts has increased its “an Underperform” rating to a “Sector perform” for KBH. Earlier on December 11, 2024, Barclays downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Equal weight” for KBH stock which previously was a “an Overweight”.
Analyzing KBH Stock Performance
On last trading session,, KB Home [NYSE: KBH] plunged -3.66% to $56.55. The stock’s lowest price that day was $56.335, but it reached a high of $58.41 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.71%. Over the course of the year, KB Home shares have dropped approximately -29.80%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $72.64 on 01/14/25 and a 52-week low of $48.90 on 04/11/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for KB Home (KBH)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 55.78, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 55.02. In the upper region, resistance lies at 57.86. The next price resistance is at 59.18. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 55.27 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is KB Home subject to short interest?
Stocks of KB Home saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-06-30 jumping by 1.65 million shares to 5.71 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-30 was 4.05 million shares. A jump of 28.99% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.29 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.29.
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In terms of KB Home share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 65.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 11.58% from the previous closing price of $58.7. Analysts anticipate KB Home stock to reach 86 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 49. In spite of this, 17 analysts ranked KB Home stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On October 07, 2024, Wells Fargo assigned a price target of “an Underweight” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $83.
