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CBL & Associates Properties Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, CBL & Associates Properties Inc had return on equity of 38.9%, a net margin of 23.5% and debt equal to 579.0% of equity. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2008Dec 20082009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Operating margin33.2%26.4%38.4%34.1%36.9%31.4%35.4%26.3%24.7%25.1%————————
Net margin2.8%−1.4%5.9%12.7%13.1%8.1%20.7%9.8%16.8%13.0%−9.2%−14.2%−51.2%−16.6%1.2%11.4%23.5%37.0%
Free-cash-flow margin——————————27.1%17.2%15.8%29.4%26.4%39.2%43.2%48.1%
Return on equity2.7%−1.3%5.1%10.4%10.2%6.2%15.6%7.7%13.8%10.2%−7.5%−12.3%−44.1%−20.7%1.8%17.8%38.9%54.2%
Return on assets—−0.2%0.8%1.9%1.9%1.2%3.3%1.6%2.7%2.0%−1.4%−2.2%−6.5%−2.6%0.3%2.3%5.0%8.1%
Asset turnover—0.140.140.150.150.150.160.160.160.160.160.150.130.160.210.200.210.22
Debt to equity0.0%502.4%400.6%355.4%357.2%345.8%334.0%367.8%363.4%371.1%419.4%437.4%680.0%558.8%556.6%683.9%579.0%475.9%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)1.2x1.0x1.4x1.3x1.5x1.4x1.6x1.2x1.2x1.1x————————
Effective tax rate—————————−1.2%————————
Capital spending as % of revenue——————————16.9%18.4%7.3%7.6%7.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Free cash flow ÷ net income——————————————>999%342.9%183.6%130.2%
Dividends ÷ net income457.5%—144.4%91.9%101.6%————149.9%————>999%85.4%56.7%30.5%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow——————————59.3%19.7%—14.4%84.4%42.9%38.1%30.3%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Moat

71 /100

Strong moat

How hard CBL & Associates Properties's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 0 / 20

    Net income has been a median 0.8% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Durability 17 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 31.5%; its worst year was 15.4%.

  • Cash conversion 20 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 7 years, at a median 23.5% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 79.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.7% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from CBL & Associates Properties Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to CBL & Associates Properties Inc.