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

KB Home was a leading decliner within the materials & construction industry, falling $0.46 (-2.3%) to $19.30 on average volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

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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 0.6%. By the end of trading, KB Home fell $0.46 (-2.3%) to $19.30 on average volume. Throughout the day, 3,641,377 shares of KB Home exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4,628,800 shares. The stock ranged in price between $19.18-$19.97 after having opened the day at $19.76 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $19.76. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that declined today were:

Sherwin-Williams Company

(

SHW

), down 8.3%,

Jewett-Cameron Trading Company

(

JCTCF

), down 4.4%,

James Hardie Industries

(

JHX

), down 4.0% and

Primoris Services Corporation

(

PRIM

), down 2.8%.

KB Home operates as a homebuilding and financial services company in the United States. The company constructs and sells various homes, including attached and detached single-family residential homes, townhomes, and condominiums primarily for first-time, move-up, and active adult homebuyers. KB Home has a market cap of $1.6 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 25.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 3 analysts that rate KB Home a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 12 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 robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance and impressive record of earnings per share growth. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally higher debt management risk, weak operating cash flow and poor profit margins.

On the positive front,

Tri-Tech

(

TRIT

), up 5.0%,

Universal Forest Products

(

UFPI

), up 4.8%,

Granite Construction

(

GVA

), up 4.7% and

Skyline Corporation

(

SKY

), up 4.1% , were all gainers within the materials & construction industry with

Weyerhaeuser

(

WY

) being today's featured materials & construction industry leader.

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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