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KBH Short Interest

KB Home
1W: +7.8% 1M: -2.4% 3M: -17.7% YTD: -17.8% 1Y: -25.5% 3Y: +14.3% 5Y: +24.4%
$46.77
+0.42 (+0.91%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±5.8%
$42 $44 $47 $50 $52
NYSE · Consumer Cyclical · Residential Construction · Tech Score Neutral · Power 52 · $2.8B mcap · 58M float · 2.35% daily turnover · Short 48% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 57% of companies Debt: 43.0% of company value Bonds: $107.8M held by 114 funds, 145 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $2.32 (down 95%), KB Home would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $2.14B against a stock market value of $2.84B.
Distance to default 4.52 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-08-31, debt counted $1.05B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 38.9%; Altman Z'' 8.19. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
62.4%
Short Ratio
of total volume
44.6%
20-Day Avg
52.8%
50-Day Avg
▲ Rising
5-Day Trend
0.2M
Short Volume
0.3M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 163,144 267,797 60.9%
NYSE 12,114 14,274 84.9%
BATS 1,952 2,104 92.8%

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