The GEO Group, Inc. vs KB HOME, two Homebuilders stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GEO and KBH diverge most: on revenue growth, GEO reads +12.8% and KBH reads -18.2%; on fcf yield, GEO reads -0.7% and KBH reads 10.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's GEO price has a different growth bar priced in than KBH (+15.0% implied for GEO vs +1.3% for KBH); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What GEO's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What KBH's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | GEO | KBH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $30.92 | $56.80 |
| Market cap | $4.1B | $3.6B |
| Sector | Homebuilders | Homebuilders |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +15.0% | +1.3% |
| P/E | 16.3 | 13.8 |
| P/B | 2.77 | 0.94 |
| P/S | 1.52 | 0.65 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.5 | 352.2 |
| Revenue growth | +12.8% | -18.2% |
| Operating margin | 12.7% | — |
| Net margin | 10.0% | 4.9% |
| Return on equity | 18.2% | 7.2% |
| Return on assets | 7.2% | 4.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 7.3% | — |
| FCF yield | -0.7% | 10.1% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.8% |
| Debt / equity | 1.06 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.75 | — |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.01 | 7.44 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 9 / 9 |
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