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KBH vs MTH

Side-by-side comparison of KB Home (KBH) and Meritage Homes Corporation (MTH): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both KBH and MTH operate in Homebuilding (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
  • MTH is the larger of the two at $4.47B, about 1.4x KBH ($3.28B).
  • Over the past year, KBH is down 1.9% and MTH is down 1.7% - MTH leads by 0.2 points.
  • KBH has been more active in the news (20 items in the past 4 weeks vs 5 for MTH).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceKBH-1.94%MTH-1.73%
2025-04-30+0.00%2026-04-30
MetricKBHMTH
Company
KB Home
Meritage Homes Corporation
Price
$52.95+1.22%
$66.92-0.11%
Market cap
$3.28B
$4.47B
1M return
+2.36%
+8.22%
1Y return
-1.94%
-1.73%
Industry
Homebuilding
Homebuilding
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
1986
News (4w)
20
5
Recent ratings
25
25
KBH

KB Home

KB Home operates as a homebuilding company in the United States. It operates through four segments: West Coast, Southwest, Central, and Southeast. It builds and sells various homes, including attached and detached single-family residential homes, townhomes, and condominiums primarily for first-time, first move-up, second move-up, and active adult homebuyers. The company also offers financial services, such as insurance products and title services. It has operations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington. The company was formerly known as Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation and changed its name to KB Home in January 2001. KB Home was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

MTH

Meritage Homes Corporation

Meritage Homes Corporation designs and builds single-family homes in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Homebuilding and Financial Services. It acquires and develops land; and constructs, markets, and sells homes for first-time and first move-up buyers. The company also offers title insurance and closing/settlement services to its homebuyers. It builds and sells homes in Texas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee under the Meritage Homes brand name. Meritage Homes Corporation was founded in 1985 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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