TTM
16.9%
YoY change
-2.46pp
Trough year (FY2008)
-9.3%
Peak year (FY1989)
27.5%
Latest annual
18.8%
Gross Margin history chart for KB Home (KBH) from 2016 to 2025
Latest: 18.8%
Gross Margin change chart for KB Home (KBH) from 2016 to 2025
Latest: -2.46pp
Gross Margin history table for KB Home (KBH) from 1989 to 2025
| FY2025 | 18.8% | -2.46pp | ||
| FY2024 | 21.2% | -0.20pp | ||
| FY2023 | 21.4% | -2.96pp | ||
| FY2022 | 24.4% | +2.56pp | ||
| FY2021 | 21.8% | +2.65pp | ||
| FY2020 | 19.2% | +0.75pp | ||
| FY2019 | 18.4% | +0.86pp | ||
| FY2018 | 17.6% | +1.13pp | ||
| FY2017 | 16.5% | +1.16pp | ||
| FY2016 | 15.3% | -0.83pp | ||
| FY2015 | 16.1% | -1.03pp | ||
| FY2014 | 17.2% | +0.13pp | ||
| FY2013 | 17.0% | +2.60pp | ||
| FY2012 | 14.4% | +2.64pp | ||
| FY2011 | 11.8% | -5.31pp | ||
| FY2010 | 17.1% | +12.99pp | ||
| FY2009 | 4.1% | +13.36pp | ||
| FY2008 | -9.3% | -2.80pp | ||
| FY2007 | -6.5% | -24.67pp | ||
| FY2006 | 18.2% | -8.52pp | ||
| FY2005 | 26.7% | +2.24pp | ||
| FY2004 | 24.5% | +1.04pp | ||
| FY2003 | 23.4% | +2.21pp | ||
| FY2002 | 21.2% | +1.49pp | ||
| FY2001 | 19.7% | -0.64pp | ||
| FY2000 | 20.4% | -0.71pp | ||
| FY1999 | 21.1% | +1.49pp | ||
| FY1998 | 19.6% | +0.90pp | ||
| FY1997 | 18.7% | -0.17pp | ||
| FY1996 | 18.9% | +0.20pp | ||
| FY1995 | 18.7% | -1.57pp | ||
| FY1994 | 20.3% | -2.32pp | ||
| FY1993 | 22.6% | +0.04pp | ||
| FY1992 | 22.5% | +1.12pp | ||
| FY1991 | 21.4% | -2.71pp | ||
| FY1990 | 24.1% | -3.41pp | ||
| FY1989 | 27.5% | — |
- FY202518.8%-2.46pp
- FY202421.2%-0.20pp
- FY202321.4%-2.96pp
- FY202224.4%+2.56pp
- FY202121.8%+2.65pp
- FY202019.2%+0.75pp
- FY201918.4%+0.86pp
- FY201817.6%+1.13pp
- FY201716.5%+1.16pp
- FY201615.3%-0.83pp
- FY201516.1%-1.03pp
- FY201417.2%+0.13pp
- FY201317.0%+2.60pp
- FY201214.4%+2.64pp
- FY201111.8%-5.31pp
- FY201017.1%+12.99pp
- FY20094.1%+13.36pp
- FY2008-9.3%-2.80pp
- FY2007-6.5%-24.67pp
- FY200618.2%-8.52pp
- FY200526.7%+2.24pp
- FY200424.5%+1.04pp
- FY200323.4%+2.21pp
- FY200221.2%+1.49pp
- FY200119.7%-0.64pp
- FY200020.4%-0.71pp
- FY199921.1%+1.49pp
- FY199819.6%+0.90pp
- FY199718.7%-0.17pp
- FY199618.9%+0.20pp
- FY199518.7%-1.57pp
- FY199420.3%-2.32pp
- FY199322.6%+0.04pp
- FY199222.5%+1.12pp
- FY199121.4%-2.71pp
- FY199024.1%-3.41pp
- FY198927.5%—
Gross Margin values are taken from KB Home's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Gross Margin at KB Home (KBH)
According to KB Home's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported gross margin is 16.9%. Gross margin is gross profit divided by revenue, expressed as a percentage. It shows how much of each sales dollar survives the direct cost of goods sold — before operating expenses, interest, and taxes. A higher gross margin generally signals pricing power and production efficiency. Margins are most meaningful compared against sector peers and a company's own history.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
In 2025, KB Home (KBH) gross margin totalled 18.78% – contracted 2.5 percentage points year-over-year.
27.55% stands as the all-time-high annual gross margin, posted in 1989, against a low of -9.26% during 2008.
KB Home Gross Margin by Year
KB Home Gross Margin 2025: 18.8%
KB Home gross margin in 2025 was 18.78%, contracted 2.5 percentage points from 2024.
KB Home Gross Margin 2024: 21.2%
2024's gross margin for KB Home came in at 21.25%, contracted 0.2 percentage points from 2023.
KB Home Gross Margin 2023: 21.4%
KB Home posted gross margin of 21.44% in 2023, contracted 3.0 percentage points from 2022.
KB Home Gross Margin 2022: 24.4%
In 2022, KB Home reported gross margin of 24.40%, expanded 2.6 percentage points from 2021.
KB Home Gross Margin 2021: 21.8%
KB Home gross margin in 2021 was 21.84%.
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Sector peers by Gross Margin
Consumer Cyclical peers of KB Home (KBH), ranked by their latest gross margin
| 100.0% | |
| 57.4% | |
| 56.0% | |
| 50.8% | |
| 39.8% | |
| 33.1% | |
| 31.4% | |
| 18.9% |
- 100.0%
- 57.4%
- 56.0%
- 50.8%
- 39.8%
- 33.1%
- 31.4%
- 18.9%
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