KB Home vs NVR
KBH and NVR side by side, both in operative builders. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How KBH and NVR compare
NVR is the larger company, worth 5.4 times as much as KB Home ($15.9B against $2.9B).
On earnings, KB Home is cheaper: it trades at 13.5× trailing earnings, against 15.4× for NVR.
NVR grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (−9.9% versus −20.8% for KB Home).
NVR keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 12.0% compared with 4.4% at KB Home.
KB Home pays a dividend yielding 2.1%; NVR does not pay one.
KB Home scores higher on the StockData Score (10 against 9 for NVR), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | KBH | NVR |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.9B | $15.9B |
| Share price | $47.94 | $5958.56 |
| Change, 1 year | −23.6% | −18.7% |
| Change, 5 years | 13.1% | 17.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.06 | 0.74 |
| Employees | 1,200 | 6,300 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 (better) | 9 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 0 |
| Performance score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 13.5× (better) | 15.4× |
| P/S | 0.6× (better) | 1.7× |
| P/B | 0.8× (better) | 4.7× |
| P/FCF | 103× | 15.2× (better) |
| FCF yield | 0.98% | 6.6% (better) |
| Fair value | $54.73 | $5610.93 |
| Margin of safety | 12.4% (better) | −6.2% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −20.8% | −9.9% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.3% (better) | 6.5% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −56.1% | −24.9% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −50.1% | −18.6% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 14.5% (better) | 13.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 4.4% | 12.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | 0.55% | 11.0% (better) |
| Return on equity | 5.9% | 31.5% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.92 | 10.63 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.1% | – |
| Payout ratio | 27.9% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 3 | – |
| Buyback yield | 9.6% | 11.2% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 11.7% (better) | 11.2% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 104% | 89.8% |
| Held by insiders | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$19.1M | −$8.4M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 3 |
| Short interest, % of float | 16.2% | 5.7% |
Go deeper
- KBH stock overview
- KBH income statement
- KBH valuation and score
- NVR stock overview
- NVR income statement
- NVR valuation and score
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