KB Home (KBH): Today's Featured Industrial Goods Laggard

KB Home (KBH) pushed the Industrial Goods sector lower today making it today's featured Industrial Goods laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.2%. By the end of trading, KB Home fell 40 cents (-3.7%) to $10.34 on light volume. Throughout the day, 3.2 million shares of KB Home exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.8 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $10.30-$10.71 after having opened the day at $10.71 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $10.74. Other companies within the Industrial Goods sector that declined today were: THT Heat Transfer Technology (THTI), down 14.6%, Casella Waste Systems (CWST), down 8.8%, NF Energy Saving (NFEC), down 8.3%, and Bonso Electronics International (BNSO), down 8%.

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KB Home operates as a homebuilding and financial services company in the United States. KB Home has a market cap of $778.9 million and is part of the materials & construction industry. Shares are up 50.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are two analysts that rate KB Home a buy, three analysts rate it a sell, and nine rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates KB Home as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally poor debt management and poor profit margins.

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On the positive front, eMagin Corporation (EMAN), up 17.3%, Energy Solutions (ES), up 14.8%, Gafisa (GFA), up 14.4%, and Xinyuan Real Estate (XIN), up 13.9%, were all gainers within the industrial goods sector with Ametek (AME) being today's featured industrial goods sector leader.

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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the industrial goods sector could consider Industrial Select Sector SPDR (XLI) while those bearish on the industrial goods sector could consider ProShares Short Dow 30 (DOG).

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