Installed Building Products, Inc. vs KB HOME, two Homebuilders stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where IBP and KBH diverge most: on revenue growth, IBP reads +0.2% and KBH reads -21.3%; on debt / equity, IBP reads 1.66 and KBH reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. 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 | IBP | KBH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $185.47 | $43.12 |
| Market cap | $5.0B | $2.7B |
| Sector | Homebuilders | Homebuilders |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +17.8% | — |
| P/E | 20.0 | 12.2 |
| P/B | 7.75 | 0.70 |
| P/S | 1.67 | 0.51 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.9 | 61.1 |
| Revenue growth | +0.2% | -21.3% |
| Gross margin | 33.3% | — |
| Operating margin | 12.2% | — |
| Net margin | 8.5% | 4.4% |
| Return on equity | 39.2% | 6.0% |
| Return on assets | 11.1% | 3.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 16.5% | 0.6% |
| FCF yield | 5.9% | 1.1% |
| Dividend yield | 1.7% | 2.3% |
| Debt / equity | 1.66 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 2.98 | — |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.38 | 7.36 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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