KB HOME vs Tutor Perini Corporation, two Homebuilders stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
KB Home builds entry-level houses; Tutor Perini builds highways, bridges, and transit systems, and only the sector label pretends they compete. KB earns a 9.15% return on equity at a 5.96% margin and trades near book at 1.03 on a 12.0 P/E; Tutor Perini earns a thin 6.18% at 1.37% and trades at 54.5 times earnings and 3.38 times book. Tutor Perini's 16.45% free-cash yield is a project-timing artifact more than a steady figure; KB converts a cleaner 12.47%. KB runs debt-free, Tutor Perini carries 0.32 turns. The pair compares homebuilding with heavy civil construction: KB's returns are cyclical but steady and cheaply priced, Tutor Perini's thin and lumpy at a rich multiple, and the two share a bucket but no business.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | KBH | TPC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $56.29 | $75.91 |
| Market cap | $3.5B | $4.1B |
| Sector | Homebuilders | Homebuilders |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +7.6% | — |
| P/E | 13.7 | 52.0 |
| P/B | 0.93 | 3.23 |
| P/S | 0.64 | 0.72 |
| EV/EBITDA | 349.0 | 13.4 |
| Revenue growth | -18.2% | +26.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 11.1% |
| Operating margin | — | 4.3% |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 1.4% |
| Return on equity | 7.2% | 6.2% |
| Return on assets | 4.0% | 1.5% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 9.4% |
| FCF yield | 10.2% | 17.2% |
| Dividend yield | 1.8% | 0.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.32 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.28 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.44 | 2.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 9 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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