Brokerages Expect KB Home (KBH) Will Announce Earnings of $0.26 Per Share

Wall Street brokerages predict that KB Home (NYSE:KBH) will post $0.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the current fiscal quarter, Zacks Investment Research reports. Six analysts have made estimates for KB Home’s earnings. The highest EPS estimate is $0.32 and the lowest is $0.21. KB Home posted earnings of $0.40 per share in the same quarter last year, which would suggest a negative year over year growth rate of 35%. The firm is expected to issue its next earnings results on Thursday, March 28th.

On average, analysts expect that KB Home will report full-year earnings of $2.67 per share for the current year, with EPS estimates ranging from $2.10 to $3.10. For the next fiscal year, analysts anticipate that the business will post earnings of $2.85 per share, with EPS estimates ranging from $2.35 to $3.34. Zacks Investment Research’s earnings per share calculations are an average based on a survey of sell-side research firms that follow KB Home.

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KB Home (NYSE:KBH) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, January 9th. The construction company reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.03. KB Home had a return on equity of 14.31% and a net margin of 3.75%. The company had revenue of $1.35 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.33 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.84 EPS. The company’s revenue was down 3.8% on a year-over-year basis.

A number of research firms recently weighed in on KBH. Zacks Investment Research downgraded KB Home from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Monday, January 14th. ValuEngine downgraded KB Home from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 10th. Barclays set a $20.00 price target on KB Home and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 12th. Royal Bank of Canada set a $23.00 price target on KB Home and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 15th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Co decreased their price target on KB Home from $35.00 to $30.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, November 15th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have given a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. KB Home presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $25.73.

Shares of KBH stock traded down $0.30 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $22.51. The company had a trading volume of 113,439 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,823,120. KB Home has a 52-week low of $16.82 and a 52-week high of $31.83. The company has a market capitalization of $2.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.55. The company has a current ratio of 4.81, a quick ratio of 0.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99.

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 21st. Investors of record on Thursday, February 7th were issued a dividend of $0.025 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, February 6th. This represents a $0.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.44%. KB Home’s dividend payout ratio is presently 35.46%.

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Meeder Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in KB Home by 2,537.0% during the fourth quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,424 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 1,370 shares during the last quarter. Financial Architects Inc raised its holdings in KB Home by 97.8% during the fourth quarter. Financial Architects Inc now owns 1,622 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 802 shares during the last quarter. ETF Managers Group LLC raised its holdings in KB Home by 15.8% during the fourth quarter. ETF Managers Group LLC now owns 4,536 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $87,000 after purchasing an additional 618 shares during the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in KB Home during the fourth quarter worth $163,000. Finally, GAM Holding AG acquired a new position in KB Home during the third quarter worth $225,000. 85.15% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

KB Home Company Profile

KB Home operates as a homebuilding company in the United States. It builds and sells various homes, including attached and detached single-family residential homes, townhomes, and condominiums primarily for first-time, first move-up, and active adult homebuyers. The company also provides property and casualty insurance, as well as earthquake, flood, and personal property insurance to its homebuyers; title services; and mortgage banking services, including residential mortgage loan originations to its homebuyers.

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4 Sickly Healthcare Stocks to Avoid

U.S. equities are dribbling lower on Thursday as the Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi abruptly ended with no agreement. Adding to the pressure was a batch of weak economic data overnight out of Asia and a stronger-than-expected Q4 GDP report here at home, which could potentially up the pressure on the Federal Reserve to resume its rate hikes.

Moreover, the bulls continue to be content with overhead technical resistance near the 2,800 level on the S&P 500 — a level that has been in play since October.

Breath is breaking down a bit here, as traders tighten up positions after a historic start to the year. Healthcare stocks, in particular, are looking vulnerable as politicians once again talk about moving to a single-payer system in the United States.

Here are four healthcare stocks to avoid:

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Shares of Cigna (NYSE:CI), a global health insurance company that was the subject of a proposed $47 billion takeover offer from Anthem in 2015 that was rejected on antitrust grounds, is threatening a share price breakdown with a test of the lows seen in December. Shares are already down more than 20%.

The company will next report results on May 3 before the bell. Analysts are looking for earnings of $3.71 per share on revenues of $33 billion. When the company last reported on Feb. 1, earnings of $2.46 missed estimates by 3 cents on a 29.3% rise in revenues.

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Health plan provider United Health Group (NYSE:UNH) is watching its shares drop below their 200-day moving average in an accelerating breakdown from a recent two-month consolidation range. That marks a loss of 11% from recent levels and 13% from the highs set back in December. Political pressure is building against the health insurance companies, with Democrats in the House calling for Medicare for all, which would effectively end the private insurance market.

The company will next report results on April 16 before the bell. Analysts are looking for earnings of $3.6 per share on revenues of $59.7 billion. When the company last reported on Jan. 15, earnings of $3.28 beat estimates by 6 cents on a 12.2% rise in revenues.

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Shares of CVS Health (NYSE:CVS) are cratering, down another 0.6% as I write this to cap a loss of nearly 30% from the double-top high near $80 set back in November. The company recently disappointed investors with some downside guidance as investors await the outcome of the of a court decision on the merger with Aetna in a $69 billion deal.

The company will next report results on May 22 before the bell. Analysts are looking for earnings of $1.6 per share on revenues of $59.7 billion. When the company last reported on Feb. 20, earnings of $2.1 beat estimates by 8 cents on a 12.5% rise in revenues.

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Shares of health insurer Humana (NYSE:HUM) have broken down below their lower Bollinger Band and 50-day moving average, accelerating a downtrend that looks set to test the January low for a loss of around 7% from here. Shares have already lost more than 18% from the highs seen back in November. Shares were recently initiated with an overnight rating by analysts at Stephens. Poor timing.

The company will next report results on May 8 before the bell. Analysts are looking for earnings of $4.3 per share on revenues of $15.7 billion. When the company last reported on Feb. 6, earnings of $2.6 per share beat estimates by 12 cents on a 7.4% rise in revenues.

As of this writing, William Roth did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securiti

Investors Sell iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond Fund (AGG) on Strength (AGG)

Traders sold shares of iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond Fund (BMV:AGG) on strength during trading hours on Tuesday. $61.90 million flowed into the stock on the tick-up and $241.51 million flowed out of the stock on the tick-down, for a money net flow of $179.61 million out of the stock. Of all stocks tracked, iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond Fund had the 2nd highest net out-flow for the day. iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond Fund traded up $0.12 for the day and closed at $107.49

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 7th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 4th were issued a $0.2683 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 1st. This represents a $3.22 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.00%. This is a positive change from iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond Fund’s previous monthly dividend of $0.21.

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Greenwich Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond Fund by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Greenwich Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,639 shares of the company’s stock worth $494,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Sheets Smith Wealth Management boosted its holdings in iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond Fund by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Sheets Smith Wealth Management now owns 13,741 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,463,000 after acquiring an additional 104 shares in the last quarter. JCIC Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond Fund by 39.7% in the fourth quarter. JCIC Asset Management Inc. now owns 440 shares of the company’s stock worth $47,000 after acquiring an additional 125 shares in the last quarter. Hudock Capital Group LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond Fund by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Hudock Capital Group LLC now owns 43,045 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,573,000 after acquiring an additional 136 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bruderman Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond Fund by 27.7% in the fourth quarter. Bruderman Asset Management LLC now owns 715 shares of the company’s stock worth $76,000 after acquiring an additional 155 shares in the last quarter.

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5 Precious Metals Picks To Add Some Glitter To Your Portfolio

&l;p&g;&l;img class=&q;size-large wp-image-865&q; src=&q;http://blogs-images.forbes.com/moneyshow/files/2019/02/shutterstock_343993928-1200x800.jpg?width=960&q; alt=&q;&q; data-height=&q;800&q; data-width=&q;1200&q;&g; Gold bars on nugget grains background. (Photo by Shutterstock)

&l;em&g;After lackluster returns in recent years, gold is finally showing signs of life, according to several leading newsletter advisors and contributors to &l;span&g;&l;strong&g;&l;a href=&q;https://www.moneyshow.com/&q; target=&q;_blank&q;&g;MoneyShow.com&l;/a&g;&l;/strong&g;&l;/span&g;. Here are some favorite precious metals ideas for investors seeking to add some glitter to a diversified portfolio . &l;/em&g;

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Most major gold mining stocks are down 50% or more in the past 10 years. But one company is up more than 30% over that time &a;mdash; &l;strong&g;Franco-Nevada&l;/strong&g;. And it&a;rsquo;s because of the way it operates. It doesn&a;rsquo;t own, operate, develop, or explore for gold mines. Instead, it owns a large portfolio of royalties and streams on some of the best gold mining projects in the world.

For example, Franco-Nevada bought a 2%-4% net smelter return (NSR) royalty and a 2.6%-6% net profit interest (NPI) royalty on Goldstrike &a;mdash; the largest gold mine in North America, owned and operated by Barrick. From those alone Franco-Nevada generates around $20 million in revenue annually.

It owns hundreds of royalties on projects in various development and production stages and various geographic locales, including more that you&a;rsquo;ll recognize. Franco Nevada has a deal to receive 6% of production from the Sabodala mine. That mine is owned and operated by Teranga Gold, which is a recommendation of this publication.

The company also owns a 1.7% NSR on future production from the Stibnite mine in Idaho. This project is owned by Midas Gold, which happens to be one of our top recommendations. In total, it has 211 deals in the precious metals space, 84 &a;ldquo;other&a;rdquo; mining deals, and 82 in the oil and gas space.

You also get a bit of diversification because around 7% of the company&a;rsquo;s revenue comes from oil and gas deals. That&a;rsquo;s not a bad place to be with America&a;rsquo;s shale basins now cranking out record barrels. In fact, Franco estimates 2018 revenue from oil and gas will be upwards of $75 million, well above the $47 million generated in 2017.

Guidance for 2022 is a 17% increase in gold equivalent ounces sold per year from 2017 and a 155% increase in oil and gas revenues. Mining would still be over 85% of the business.

And you also get a dividend. It&a;rsquo;s 1.55% annually at last check. I like the timing at this point in the cycle, with Franco-Nevada stock trading at the same price it was in 2012. I like the commodity and geographic diversification. I also like the oil and gas kicker.

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Both the technical and the fundamental situations are now firmly in favor of gold. This is good, and there&a;rsquo;s more to come. It&a;rsquo;s good news that gold has put some distance between it and $1,300. It&a;rsquo;s not uncommon for the metal to drop back below big number levels before clearing them for good.

There are some relatively minor resistance levels just ahead, but the big target is the $1,372 level that represents the 2016 high. That&a;rsquo;s relatively close to the really big target of $1,400.

There&a;rsquo;s little technical resistance above that big number before we get to the all-time nominal highs around $1,800-$1,900. So if gold gets above $1,400, we&a;rsquo;ll see massive buying coming in from generalist funds and traders.

&l;strong&g;SSR Mining&l;/strong&g; &a;mdash; a Vancouver-based mining company &a;mdash; released its full-year production numbers a couple of weeks back, and the results outlined another stellar year in 2018. The firm&s;s mines produced 345,000 gold-equivalent ounces for the full year and 88,000 gold equivalent ounces during Q4 2018.

Those numbers were supported by Marigold &a;mdash; a mining operation in Nevada. The company&a;rsquo;s Seabee operation in Saskatchewan hit its highest production total in its history. For 2019, the company is forecasting 395,000 gold-equivalent ounces of production at cash costs of $700 per ounce.

I had the chance to meet recently with a member of the SSR management team, who pointed out how the company has demonstrated greater leverage to gold and silver prices than most, if not all, of its peer group.

Why? Well, for one, Marigold is a low-grade deposit that provides excellent leverage. The mine&a;rsquo;s Red Dot deposit contains around one million ounces of measured and indicated resource not currently classified as reserves. At $1,400/ounce, this mineralization becomes economic.

Another levered asset is the company&a;rsquo;s Pitarrilla project in Mexico. Pitarrilla is one of the largest undeveloped silver projects in the world, with a measured and indicated resource of 500 million ounces of silver. Pitarrilla effectively acts like an out-of-the-&l;a href=&s;http://www.forbes.com/money/&s;&g;money&l;/a&g; call option on silver, one that will provide huge leverage on a big rise in silver prices.

SSR Mining is a great option for any gold or silver bug looking to anchor their junior portfolio with a solid producer. It&a;rsquo;s a buy at current levels.

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We think it is time to get back into precious metals, in particular,&a;nbsp;&l;strong&g;Hecla Mining&l;/strong&g;,&a;nbsp;the oldest precious metals firm in the United States and famous for its &a;ldquo;Lucky Silver&a;rdquo; mine in Coeur d&a;rsquo;Alene, Idaho.&a;nbsp;It&a;rsquo;s the country&a;rsquo;s largest silver mining company, founded in 1891.

Hecla is selling near an all-time low, way below book value, and has been losing money for years.&a;nbsp;The stock hit a high of $30 a share in 1980 &a;mdash; nearly 40 years ago.&a;nbsp;Back then, silver hit $50 an ounce; but since Ronald Reagan was elected, it has been all downhill.&a;nbsp;Hecla has lost 74% of its value during this time, with occasional bear-market rallies.

But things are finally looking up for Hecla. Hecla Mining, the oldest NYSE-listed precious metals company in North America, announced an incredible achievement &a;mdash; record assets in silver and gold due to acquisitions&a;nbsp;in Canada, Alaska, Nevada and Mexico in recent years. Let&a;rsquo;s buy&a;nbsp;Hecla Mining at market and set a protective stop of $2.30 a share.

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With the stock market in a solid uptrend and showing great breadth and leadership, you wouldn&a;rsquo;t normally expect gold stocks to be thriving, too. But they are, and &l;strong&g;Kirkland Lake Gold&l;/strong&g; looks like the hands-down leader in the group. (That&a;rsquo;s one advantage of our system, which looks for where the big money is flowing, no matter where it may be.

Kirkland Lake has five mines in operation, though one in Australia (Fosterville) and another in Toronto (Macassa) are the two big drivers, making up 82% of Kirkland&a;rsquo;s 2018 production levels.&a;nbsp; And, unlike many miners whose prospects rise and fall solely with the price of gold, Kirkland has a solid growth outlook.

Output rose 21% last year thanks mainly to those two mines, and that should continue, with Fosterville output expected to soar 70% by 2021 with much higher (and usually higher-priced) grades as well (thanks in part to the new Swan Zone deposit there), and Macassa&a;rsquo;s growth is expected to kick into gear in 2022.

All told, Kirkland sees company-wide output lifting about 10% annually through 2021 and more beyond that, and while exploration spending is likely to rise this year, the company&a;rsquo;s growing production is helping the bottom line &a;mdash; free cash flow rose 29% last year, and analysts see the bottom line rising 16% this year, which should prove conservative should gold prices remain strong. For a gold stock, Kirkland has a very solid story.

Technically, the stock has actually been advancing in recent years despite poor action from the gold sector, and that trend has accelerated since November (before the broad market bottomed).

In fact, Kirkland has been one of the best performers out there, rallying 12 of 13 weeks and soaring to new highs. It&a;rsquo;s not at an ideal buy point here, but we like the good volume and persistency seen in the advance. Look for a shakeout to enter.

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&l;strong&g;Barrick Gold&l;/strong&g; is the world&a;rsquo;s largest gold mining company. The company grew by acquisition, including the hugely successful Goldstrike mine deal in 1986, Homestake Mining in 2001 and the acquisition of Placer Dome in 2006.

Following the sharp gold price decline in 2013, Barrick moved board member John Thornton into the executive chairman role. Thornton brought much-needed financial discipline to Barrick, slashing its weighty $13&a;nbsp;billion in debt to its recent $5.7 billion.

However, the reduction was largely funded by mine sales and cuts in capital spending, and investors worried about the company&a;rsquo;s long-term viability under this financially driven strategy.

Barrick&a;rsquo;s outlook turned much brighter with its just-completed $6 billion all-stock acquisition of Randgold, an Africa-focused gold mining company. Not only does this add Randgold&a;rsquo;s debt-free balance sheet and numerous valuable mines to Barrick, the deal brings its CEO Mark Bristow, a South African-born executive widely regarded as one of the gold industry&a;rsquo;s best managers.

The combined company holds five of the world&a;rsquo;s top ten &a;ldquo;Tier One&a;rdquo; mines, located in the United States, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali and the Dominican Republic.&a;nbsp;&a;#8232;&a;#8232;Change has started at Barrick;&a;nbsp; it has already reined in its unsuccessful technology initiatives and laid off half of its nearly 200 headquarters staff.

Like all mergers, this one carries risks, particularly those related to integrating the two companies. Also, much of its production is in countries where governments yearn for access to Barrick&a;rsquo;s highly valuable assets. In addition, its short-term share price will fluctuate with the price of gold.&a;nbsp;Longer term, the changes at Barrick should meaningfully boost its earnings power and valuation.

The company&a;rsquo;s positive cash flow, combined with its investment grade balance sheet that has almost no debt due for nearly 14 years, provides Barrick the time needed for a turnaround. Our thesis assumes no change in the price of gold, although the dwindling supply of attractive new gold resources, along with an industry-wide decline in reserves, should be at least supportive of the current price level.

With its new leadership and strong earnings improvement potential, backed by its healthy balance sheet, Barrick&a;rsquo;s shares look ready to shine.&a;nbsp;We recommend the purchase of shares of Barrick Gold up to $20.&a;nbsp;(&l;em&g;Disclosure: An employee of the publisher of The Turnaround Letter owns Barrick Gold stock.)&l;/em&g;&l;/p&g;

Univar Inc (UNVR) Files 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended on December 31, 2018

Univar Inc (NYSE:UNVR) files its latest 10-K with SEC for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2018. Univar Inc is a distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals. The company's chemicals portfolio includes acids and bases, surfactants, glycols, inorganic compounds, alcohols, as well as general and other specialty chemicals. Univar Inc has a market cap of $3.38 billion; its shares were traded at around $23.87 with a P/E ratio of 19.55 and P/S ratio of 0.40. Univar Inc had annual average EBITDA growth of 2.00% over the past five years.

For the last quarter Univar Inc reported a revenue of $2 billion, compared with the revenue of $2 billion during the same period a year ago. For the latest fiscal year the company reported a revenue of $8.6 billion, an increase of 4.6% from last year. For the last five years Univar Inc had an average revenue decline of 4.7% a year.

The reported diluted earnings per share was $1.21 for the year. The Univar Inc had an operating margin of 5.01%, compared with the operating margin of 4.35% a year before. The 10-year historical median operating margin of Univar Inc is 3.61%. The profitability rank of the company is 5 (out of 10).

At the end of the fiscal year, Univar Inc has the cash and cash equivalents of $121.6 million, compared with $467.0 million in the previous year. The long term debt was $2.4 billion, compared with $2.8 billion in the previous year. The interest coverage to the debt is 3.2. Univar Inc has a financial strength rank of 5 (out of 10).

At the current stock price of $23.87, Univar Inc is traded at 11.7% discount to its historical median P/S valuation band of $27.03. The P/S ratio of the stock is 0.40, while the historical median P/S ratio is 0.45. The stock lost 13.13% during the past 12 months.

For the complete 20-year historical financial data of UNVR, click here.