KB Home

In response to changing market conditions in Florida and Texas, leading homebuilder KB Home (NYSE:KBH) has decided to slash home prices in Austin, San Antonio, Orlando, and Jacksonville. What Happened: According to KB Home’s Chief Operating Officer, Robert McGibney, the company has reduced...

Investors and traders are dialed in on inflation, economic data, and interest rates this week, so let’s take a minute to get ahead of what’s to come. First, we have rates on the rise, and long-term investors are wondering if the recent spike will derail some of the existing trends that...

Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. The week's bullish calls included a rebounding entertainment giant, a well-positioned homebuilder and a retail giant with prospects. An EV maker facing softening demand and a couple of overvalued stocks...

Last week featured a “turnaround Tuesday” after a rough start. Can the same thing happen today? So far, there’s signs of it despite the fact that news-wise, not much has changed since yesterday when stocks sold off. People are anticipating a good earnings season and the market is...

This week, there’s a focus on economic data, earnings, and markets at or near all-time highs. First, a look at the calendar and what could move markets. Today is light to begin the week, but we do have a couple of Fed speakers, one of them being Raphael Bostic. Keep in mind, Bostic has been...

KB Home (NYSE: KBH) was downgraded by Buckingham Research Group Friday, with an analyst saying the homebuilder's share price "is ahead of itself."  The Analyst Buckingham's Mark Weintraub downgraded KB Home from Neutral to Underperform and raised the price target from $28...

KB Home (NYSE: KBH)'s beat-and-raise earnings report on Tuesday wasn't good enough for analysts at MKM Partners to change its Neutral stance on the stock. MKM's Megan McGrath maintains a Neutral rating on KB Home's stock but with a price target raised from $20 to $24 as the company's order growth...

Quarterly reports are few this week ahead of fourth-quarter reporting's kickoff. Results due from a leading food retailer and a national airline will be highlights. Do low analysts' expectations for these reports presage the earnings season to come? In what may be the calm before the storm on the...

No quarterly reports of note are scheduled for this holiday-shortened week. After the first of the year, Walgreens and Monsanto are among those set to report. The fourth-quarter earnings season begins in mid-January. While no quarterly reports to speak of are scheduled for the second holiday-...

Things will be pretty quiet on the earnings front again this week as we wait for the new season to begin. However, a few household names will be taking their turns the spotlight. If the consensus forecasts of Wall Street analysts prove correct, then FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) and Kroger Co (NYSE...

February saw frigid temperatures in most states, but the housing market was hot. Commerce Department data revealed Tuesday that sales of new homes in the U.S. hit an unexpected seven-year high in February, reports the Associated Press. Despite severe weather across the country, which...