KBH Technical Analysis - KB HOME

Technical Rating and Analysis

Taking everything into account, KBH scores 4 out of 10 in our technical rating. KBH performed below average in the overall market. Although the medium term picture in unclear, the short term picture is clearly negative.

When comparing the yearly performance of all stocks, KBH is a bad performer in the overall market: 80% of all stocks are doing better.

In the last month KBH has a been trading in the 59.79 - 68.41 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the lows of this range.

Prices have been falling strongly lately, it is better to avoid new long positions here.

KBH has an average volume of 1373100 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.

The long and short term trends are both neutral. This gives a pretty neutral overall picture!

KBH is part of the Household Durables industry. There are 63 other stocks in this industry, KBH did better than 53% of them.

KBH is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is currently trading near new highs, so KBH is lagging the market.

More info and screens

Technical Analysis

Relative Strength

ChartMill Trend Indicator

Simple Moving Average

Show peers with best TA rating

Weekly and Daily overview Charts

Setup Rating and Analysis

KBH has an average technical rating and it also does not offer a high quality setup at the moment. Prices have been extended to the downside lately. For a nice entry it is better to wait for a consolidation.

More info and screens

ChartMill Technical Ratings

Pocket Pivots

Bull Flags

Show peers with best setup rating

Support and Resistance Analysis

59.70

70.75

We found 1 important support area.

A support zone ranging from 60.30 to 60.30. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.

When analyzing the resistance we notice 4 important areas.

A resistance zone ranging from 61.90 to 63.96. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
Resistance @66.04 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
A resistance zone ranging from 67.97 to 68.52. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
Resistance @70.05 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.

More info

What is Support and Resistance

Support and Resistance indicators

Support and Resistance Screener and Trading Strategies

Technical Indicator Signal Analysis

The Technical Rating and Setup analysis above combine different indicators and trends in different timeframes. Individual signals from indicators may give more contradictive signals and should always be interpreted in the more global context.

Indicator	Value	Signal	Comment
ChartMill Long Term Trend Indicator	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	The long term trend for KBH is neutral.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	The short term trend for KBH is neutral.
ChartMill Relative Strength	20.26	NEGATIVE	KBH has a low relative strength, it was outperformed by 79.74% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of KBH is below a declining SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	UP	MIXED	The current price of KBH is below the rising SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	DOWN	MIXED	The current price of KBH is above a declining SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	38.14	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for KBH is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	-0.44	NEGATIVE	The MACD value suggests KBH has a negative trend.
Stochastics (14,3)	18.76	OVERSOLD	The low Stochastics value suggests KBH may be oversold.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	3.25	MEDIUM VOLATILITY	The ATR as a percentage value for KBH suggests some volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	24.42	NEUTRAL	The ADX value for KBH suggests a possible start of a new trend.