KB Home (KBH): Today's Featured Materials & Construction Laggard

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KB Home (KBH) pushed the Materials & Construction industry lower today making it today's featured Materials & Construction laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.3%. By the end of trading, KB Home fell 16 cents (-1.1%) to $14.44 on light volume. Throughout the day, four million shares of KB Home exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 6.7 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $14.20-$14.64 after having opened the day at $14.58 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $14.60. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that declined today were: Avalon Holdings (AWX), down 6.3%, Patrick Industries (PATK), down 3.7%, Pure Cycle Corporation (PCYO), down 3.6%, and Gafisa (GFA), down 2.6%.

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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 $1.12 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of -21.3, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 115.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are three analysts that rate KB Home a buy, three analysts rate it a sell, and 10 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 compelling growth in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally higher debt management risk and poor profit margins.

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On the positive front, Guanwei Recycling (GPRC), up 11.3%, Heckmann (HEK), up 5.2%, Orion Marine Group (ORN), up 5%, and Integrated Electrical Services (IESC), up 3.8%, were all gainers within the materials & construction industry with Hovnanian (HOV) being today's featured materials & construction industry leader.

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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the materials & construction industry could consider SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB) while those bearish on the materials & construction industry could consider ProShares Short Basic Materials Fd (SBM).

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