TTM
6.0%
YoY change
-2.91pp
Trough year (FY2008)
-25.9%
Peak year (FY1989)
16.1%
Latest annual
8.4%
Operating Margin history chart for KB Home (KBH) from 2016 to 2025
Latest: 8.4%
Operating Margin change chart for KB Home (KBH) from 2016 to 2025
Latest: -2.91pp
Operating Margin history table for KB Home (KBH) from 1985 to 2025
| FY2025 | 8.4% | -2.91pp | ||
| FY2024 | 11.3% | -0.25pp | ||
| FY2023 | 11.6% | -3.70pp | ||
| FY2022 | 15.3% | +3.73pp | ||
| FY2021 | 11.6% | +3.99pp | ||
| FY2020 | 7.6% | +0.29pp | ||
| FY2019 | 7.3% | -0.32pp | ||
| FY2018 | 7.6% | +1.12pp | ||
| FY2017 | 6.5% | +2.25pp | ||
| FY2016 | 4.2% | -0.33pp | ||
| FY2015 | 4.6% | -0.26pp | ||
| FY2014 | 4.8% | +0.44pp | ||
| FY2013 | 4.4% | +5.69pp | ||
| FY2012 | -1.3% | +6.53pp | ||
| FY2011 | -7.8% | -6.62pp | ||
| FY2010 | -1.2% | +11.47pp | ||
| FY2009 | -12.7% | +13.24pp | ||
| FY2008 | -25.9% | -5.28pp | ||
| FY2007 | -20.6% | -27.08pp | ||
| FY2006 | 6.4% | -8.28pp | ||
| FY2005 | 14.7% | +3.77pp | ||
| FY2004 | 11.0% | +1.33pp | ||
| FY2003 | 9.6% | +0.45pp | ||
| FY2002 | 9.2% | +1.34pp | ||
| FY2001 | 7.8% | +0.81pp | ||
| FY2000 | 7.0% | -0.65pp | ||
| FY1999 | 7.7% | +1.90pp | ||
| FY1998 | 5.8% | +0.54pp | ||
| FY1997 | 5.2% | -0.02pp | ||
| FY1996 | 5.2% | +0.84pp | ||
| FY1995 | 4.4% | -1.94pp | ||
| FY1994 | 6.3% | -3.30pp | ||
| FY1993 | 9.6% | +0.85pp | ||
| FY1992 | 8.8% | -0.81pp | ||
| FY1991 | 9.6% | -1.78pp | ||
| FY1990 | 11.4% | -4.76pp | ||
| FY1989 | 16.1% | +5.44pp | ||
| FY1988 | 10.7% | +0.19pp | ||
| FY1987 | 10.5% | -1.17pp | ||
| FY1986 | 11.7% | -4.16pp | ||
| FY1985 | 15.8% | — |
- FY20258.4%-2.91pp
- FY202411.3%-0.25pp
- FY202311.6%-3.70pp
- FY202215.3%+3.73pp
- FY202111.6%+3.99pp
- FY20207.6%+0.29pp
- FY20197.3%-0.32pp
- FY20187.6%+1.12pp
- FY20176.5%+2.25pp
- FY20164.2%-0.33pp
- FY20154.6%-0.26pp
- FY20144.8%+0.44pp
- FY20134.4%+5.69pp
- FY2012-1.3%+6.53pp
- FY2011-7.8%-6.62pp
- FY2010-1.2%+11.47pp
- FY2009-12.7%+13.24pp
- FY2008-25.9%-5.28pp
- FY2007-20.6%-27.08pp
- FY20066.4%-8.28pp
- FY200514.7%+3.77pp
- FY200411.0%+1.33pp
- FY20039.6%+0.45pp
- FY20029.2%+1.34pp
- FY20017.8%+0.81pp
- FY20007.0%-0.65pp
- FY19997.7%+1.90pp
- FY19985.8%+0.54pp
- FY19975.2%-0.02pp
- FY19965.2%+0.84pp
- FY19954.4%-1.94pp
- FY19946.3%-3.30pp
- FY19939.6%+0.85pp
- FY19928.8%-0.81pp
- FY19919.6%-1.78pp
- FY199011.4%-4.76pp
- FY198916.1%+5.44pp
- FY198810.7%+0.19pp
- FY198710.5%-1.17pp
- FY198611.7%-4.16pp
- FY198515.8%—
Operating 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 Operating Margin at KB Home (KBH)
According to KB Home's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 6.0%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of KB Home (KBH) operating margin is 8.42% – contracted 2.9 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, operating margin reached its high of 16.13% in 1989 and its low of -25.92% in 2008.
KB Home Operating Margin by Year
KB Home Operating Margin 2025: 8.4%
2025's operating margin for KB Home came in at 8.42%, contracted 2.9 percentage points from 2024.
KB Home Operating Margin 2024: 11.3%
KB Home posted operating margin of 11.34% in 2024, contracted 0.2 percentage points from 2023.
KB Home Operating Margin 2023: 11.6%
In 2023, KB Home reported operating margin of 11.58%, contracted 3.7 percentage points from 2022.
KB Home Operating Margin 2022: 15.3%
KB Home operating margin in 2022 was 15.28%, expanded 3.7 percentage points from 2021.
KB Home Operating Margin 2021: 11.6%
KB Home operating margin in 2021 was 11.55%.
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