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Homebuilder stocks 2026 year-to-date performance chart showing KB Home leading the decline
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KB Home Stock Falls 16% as Q3 Earnings Collapse Looms

Alphastreet2 min read6 sources

Why is KB Home stock falling?

KB Home (KBH) stock has fallen 8% since June earnings to $47, as analysts forecast a 45% year-over-year profit collapse for Tuesday's Q3 report, with Fed rate hikes freezing the housing market.

Key numbers

Q3 2026 EPS Estimate$0.90-45% vs Q3 2025 actual of $1.61
Q3 2026 Revenue Estimate$1.29B-20% vs Q3 2025 actual of $1.62B
KBH Stock Price$47.08-16.5% YTD 2026
30-Year Mortgage Rate6.95%+69 bps vs 6.26% a year ago
Q2 2026 Actual EPS$0.43-73% vs Q2 2025
New Home Sales (July 2026)607K annualized-10.5% month-over-month, -6.3% year-over-year

What happened

KB Home (KBH) stock has fallen 8% since June earnings to $47, as analysts forecast a 45% year-over-year profit collapse for Tuesday's Q3 report, with Fed rate hikes freezing the housing market. Wall Street expects the homebuilder to earn $0.90 per share on revenue of $1.29 billion — versus $1.61 per share and $1.62 billion a year ago. Tuesday's print would extend two straight quarters of deep year-over-year declines: KBH earned just $0.52 and $0.43 per share in Q1 and Q2 2026 as fewer buyers could afford new homes. The Federal Reserve raised its key rate to 3.75–4.0% on September 16, pushing 30-year mortgage rates to 6.95%, the highest in more than a year.

Why it matters

KB Home's Q3 results will act as a live test of whether elevated borrowing costs have effectively shut down the new-home market for ordinary buyers. With the Fed hiking rates again just days before this report and 30-year mortgages sitting near 7%, the monthly cost of financing a new home has climbed well beyond what many middle-income families can manage. A deeper miss or guidance cut could drag down the entire homebuilder sector and signal that the housing-market cliff has further to fall.

Who this affects

Marketbearish
Medium impact
Homebuilder stocks face broad selling pressure on a miss.
Companybearish
High impact
KBH shareholders face a third straight quarter of shrinking profits.
Competitorsmixed
Low impact
PulteGroup and D.R. Horton are outperforming KBH so far in 2026.
Industrybearish
High impact
Rising rates are deepening the new-home affordability crisis.

KB Home vs D.R. Horton, Lennar, PulteGroup

KB HomeKBH$2.9B-16.5%12.1x-20%E
D.R. HortonDHI$38.6B-4.1%12.4xflat
LennarLEN$18.4B-25.6%14.0x-9%
PulteGroupPHM$22.0B-0.1%11.0x-10%

As of 2026-09-19

How we got here

  1. KB Home Q2 EPS $0.43; guides Q3 housing revenue $1.20–$1.35B

  2. KB Home sets Q3 2026 earnings release for September 22

  3. Fed hikes 25 bps to 3.75–4.00%; mortgage rates jump toward 7%

  4. 30-year mortgage rate hits 6.95%, up from 6.26% a year ago

  5. KB Home Q3 2026 results due after market close

What to watch

  • Housing gross margin: guided 16.0–16.6%; watch for a break below 16%2026-09-22
  • Net new orders: the key leading indicator of future demand and revenue2026-09-22
  • Q4 guidance: whether KBH raises or cuts its full-year delivery forecast2026-09-22

Educational content only. Not investment advice.

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