Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link. KB Home ( KBH) pushed the Industrial Goods sector higher today making it today's featured industrial goods winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.2%. By the end of trading, KB Home rose $0.28 (1.6%) to $17.73 on light volume. Throughout the day, 3,307,614 shares of KB Home exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4,732,900 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $17.36-$18.13 after having opened the day at $17.49 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $17.45. Other companies within the Industrial Goods sector that increased today were: China Recycling Energy Corporation ( CREG), up 14.0%, Euro Tech Holdings Company ( CLWT), up 11.5%, PGT ( PGTI), up 7.5% and Mohawk Industries ( MHK), up 7.2%. 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 $1.5 billion and is part of the materials & construction industry. Shares are up 12.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. 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.
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