KB HOME vs Toll Brothers, Inc., two Homebuilders stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where KBH and TOL diverge most: on revenue growth, KBH reads -18.2% and TOL reads +0.2%; on ev/ebitda, KBH reads 298.2 and TOL reads 7.8. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's KBH price has a different growth bar priced in than TOL (-4.2% implied for KBH vs -3.2% for TOL); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What KBH's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What TOL'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 | KBH | TOL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $49.20 | $134.94 |
| Market cap | $3.0B | $12.7B |
| Sector | Homebuilders | Homebuilders |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.2% | -3.2% |
| P/E | 12.0 | 10.8 |
| P/B | 0.79 | 1.49 |
| P/S | 0.55 | 1.18 |
| EV/EBITDA | 298.2 | 7.8 |
| Revenue growth | -18.2% | +0.2% |
| Operating margin | — | 13.5% |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 11.1% |
| Return on equity | 7.2% | 14.0% |
| Return on assets | 4.0% | 8.2% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 13.8% |
| FCF yield | 11.9% | 8.6% |
| Dividend yield | 2.0% | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.44 | 2.94 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 9 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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