KB Home (KB Home) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 2.51 (As of Feb. 2024)

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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

KB Home's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $0 Mil. KB Home's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $1,719 Mil. KB Home's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $686 Mil. KB Home's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 2.51.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for KB Home's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

KBH' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.18 Med: 5.39 Max: 20.11
Current: 2.2

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of KB Home was 20.11. The lowest was 2.18. And the median was 5.39.

KBH's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
57.47% of 87 companies
in the Homebuilding & Construction industry
Industry Median: 2.69 vs KBH: 2.20

KB Home Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for KB Home's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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KB Home Annual Data

Trend

Nov14

Nov15

Nov16

Nov17

Nov18

Nov19

Nov20

Nov21

Nov22

Nov23

Debt-to-EBITDA

4.74

5.01

2.43

2.18

2.20

KB Home Quarterly Data
	May19	Aug19	Nov19	Feb20	May20	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24
Debt-to-EBITDA																2.83	1.97	2.21	2.17	2.51

Competitive Comparison

For the Residential Construction subindustry, KB Home's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

KB Home Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Homebuilding & Construction industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, KB Home's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where KB Home's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

KB Home Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

KB Home's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(0	+	1716.429)	/	778.947
	=	2.20

KB Home's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(0	+	1718.785)	/	686.132
	=	2.51

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Feb. 2024) EBITDA data.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

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KB Home (KB Home) Business Description

Industry

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Address

10990 Wilshire Boulevard, Floor 7, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 90024

Website

https://www.kbhome.com

KB Home is an American construction company that focuses on residential construction. The company builds single-family homes and communities across Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, Texas, North Carolina, Idaho and the Washington, D.C., area. KB Home operates in several markets and focuses on first-time and move-up homebuyers. The company follows a built-to-order model that offers personalized homes at attainable prices based on the market location. The company also invests in land acquisition and development to support future building activities and is also engaged in financial services operations which includes providing mortgage banking services through its joint venture with a third party.

Executives

William R Hollinger	officer: SVP & Chief Accounting Officer	10990 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, 7TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90024
Brian J Woram	officer: EVP and General Counsel	C/O H&R BLOCK, ONE H&R BLOCK WAY, KANSAS CITY MO 64105
Melissa Lora	director	C/O KB HOME, 10990 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, 7TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90024
Jeff Kaminski	officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer	26555 NORTHWESTERN HIGHWAY, SOUTHFIELD MI 48034
Jeffrey T Mezger	director, officer: President and CEO	10990 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, 7TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90024
Jose Miguel Barras	director	C/O KB HOME, 10990 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, 7TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90024
Albert Z Praw	officer: EVP, Real Estate & Bus. Dev.	10990 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, 7TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90024
Thomas W. Gilligan	director	C/O KB HOME, 10990 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, 7TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90024
Brian R Niccol	director	1 GLEN BELL WAY, IRVINE CA 92618
Robert V. Mcgibney	officer: EVP and Co-COO	C/O KB HOME, 10990 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, 7TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90024
Jodee A Kozlak	director	1000 NICOLLET MALL, TPS-3255, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55403
Matthew W Mandino	officer: EVP & Chief Operating Officer	C/O KB HOME, 10990 WILSHIRE BLVD., 7TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90024
Kevin Paul Eltife	director	C/O KB HOME, 10990 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, 7TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90024
Arthur Reginald Collins	director	3911 LORCOM LANE, ARLINGTON VA 22207
James C. Weaver	director	C/O KB HOME, 10990 WILSHIRE BLVD., 7TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90024