Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. IBP scored 42.9, KBH scored 29.3 — IBP leads.
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IBP
Installed Building Products, Inc.
Residential Construction · Quality-Growth
42.9
$185.44 · $4.9B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
13.6
IBP leads
KBH
KB Home
Residential Construction · Quality-Growth
29.3
$43.13 · $2.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestKBH12.1x
Fastest growthIBP+1.0%
Strongest balance sheetKBH0.55
Highest qualityIBP77 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueKBH-24%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
IBP
stronger →← stronger
KBH
77
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
60
30
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
13
34
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
33
IBP is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
IBP
KBH
$292mC
FCF
$360mC
+1.0%C
Rev
-10.0%D
1.87C+
D/E
0.55B+
20.0xB
P/E
12.1xA-
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
IBP
KBH
90% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
24% below
~19%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-8%/yr
-45%
1-yr DCF upside
+47%
-47%
5-yr DCF upside
+31%
-50%
10-yr DCF upside
+13%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
IBP
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
Durable high returns
KBH
Why this score
Buying back stock
The companies
IBPInstalled Building Products, Inc.
Residential Construction · $185.44 · beta 1.72
Why now
Residential Construction · market cap $4.9b. Down 47% from 52-week high of $349.00 — deep drawdown territory. 13 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $230.08 (implying +24% upside).
Moat
ROE 38% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 116% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Down 47% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Beta 1.72 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
KBHKB Home
Residential Construction · $43.13 · beta 1.34
Why now
Residential Construction · market cap $2.6b. Down 36% from 52-week high of $67.57 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue -10% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. 14 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $53.07 (implying +23% upside).
Moat
FCF converts 160% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Revenue contracting -10% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line. Down 36% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Net margin 4.4% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where IBP and KBH diverge
On the headline score the gap is 13.6 points in favor of IBP. The widest single difference is Growth, where IBP leads by 17.0 points.
GrowthIBP 29.7 · KBH 12.7IBP +17.0
QualityIBP 76.9 · KBH 60.1IBP +16.8
ValueIBP 34.5 · KBH 32.9level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is IBP or KBH the better stock?
IBP scores higher: IBP 42.9, KBH 29.3 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do IBP and KBH differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where IBP leads by 17 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. IBP also leads quality, while value is effectively level between them.
How are IBP and KBH scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.