KB Home vs Toll Brothers
KBH and TOL 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 TOL compare
Toll Brothers is the larger company, worth 4.6 times as much as KB Home ($13.4B against $2.9B).
On earnings, Toll Brothers is cheaper: it trades at 11.7× trailing earnings, against 13.5× for KB Home.
Toll Brothers grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (−1.1% versus −20.8% for KB Home).
Toll Brothers keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 11.1% compared with 4.4% at KB Home.
Both pay dividends: KB Home yields 2.1% and Toll Brothers 0.71%.
Toll Brothers scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 10 for KB Home), 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 | TOL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.9B | $13.4B |
| Share price | $47.94 | $145.95 |
| Change, 1 year | −23.6% | 8.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 13.1% | 135% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.06 | 1.12 |
| Employees | 1,200 | 4,900 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 16 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 13.5× | 11.7× (better) |
| P/S | 0.6× (better) | 1.3× |
| P/B | 0.8× (better) | 1.6× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 7.9× |
| P/FCF | 103× | 12.3× (better) |
| PEG | – | 1.59 |
| FCF yield | 0.98% | 8.1% (better) |
| Fair value | $54.73 | $127.69 |
| Margin of safety | 12.4% (better) | −14.3% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −20.8% | −1.1% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.3% | 9.2% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −56.1% | −12.9% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −50.1% | −8.4% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 14.5% | 31.7% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 23.7% |
| Operating margin | – | 13.8% |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 11.1% (better) |
| FCF margin | 0.55% | 10.1% (better) |
| Return on equity | 5.9% | 14.4% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | – | 16.0% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.92 | 3.26 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.1% (better) | 0.71% |
| Payout ratio | 27.9% | 8.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 17.4% |
| Buyback yield | 9.6% (better) | 5.1% |
| Shareholder yield | 11.7% (better) | 5.8% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 104% | 94.0% |
| Held by insiders | 4.7% | 0.74% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$19.1M (better) | −$26.1M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 3 |
| Short interest, % of float | 16.2% | 4.3% |
Go deeper
- KBH stock overview
- KBH income statement
- KBH valuation and score
- TOL stock overview
- TOL income statement
- TOL valuation and score
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