KB HOME vs Tutor Perini Corporation, two Homebuilders stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where KBH and TPC diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), KBH reads -4.2% and TPC reads +24.5%; on revenue growth, KBH reads -18.2% and TPC reads +25.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's KBH price has a different growth bar priced in than TPC (-4.2% implied for KBH vs +24.5% for TPC); 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 TPC'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 | TPC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $49.20 | $89.00 |
| Market cap | $3.0B | $4.8B |
| Sector | Homebuilders | Homebuilders |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.2% | +24.5% |
| P/E | 12.0 | 38.5 |
| P/B | 0.79 | 3.56 |
| P/S | 0.55 | 0.80 |
| EV/EBITDA | 298.2 | 13.5 |
| Revenue growth | -18.2% | +25.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 12.9% |
| Operating margin | — | 7.2% |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 2.1% |
| Return on equity | 7.2% | 9.3% |
| Return on assets | 4.0% | 2.3% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 11.3% |
| FCF yield | 11.9% | 13.1% |
| Dividend yield | 2.0% | 0.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.30 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.29 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.44 | 2.13 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 9 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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