KB Home Touts Forbes Honor

KB Home is the only homebuilder named to Forbes magazine's list of "turbocharged companies," the Los Angeles-based homebuilder has announced.Quoting the magazine, KB Home said the 12 turbocharged companies from the Forbes Platinum 400 list "posted growth rates of at least 10% over the past five years in both sales and earnings per share. Over the next 12 months, security analysts think that all these companies will exceed their five-year historic average growth rates -- in both sales and earnings." KB Home said it ranked No. 63 on the Platinum 400 list, also known as America's Best Big Companies. The companies can be found online at http://www.kbhome.com and http://www.forbes.com.