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LGI Homes, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, LGI Homes, Inc. had return on equity of 3.5%, an operating margin of 4.7% and debt equal to 80.0% 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 year2011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin—————26.4%25.5%25.3%23.7%25.5%26.8%28.1%23.0%24.2%20.7%19.4%
Operating margin8.8%12.9%10.1%11.1%12.6%13.3%13.5%13.3%12.4%15.4%18.0%16.9%9.9%9.6%4.7%—
Net margin6.6%12.7%13.7%7.4%8.4%9.0%9.0%10.3%9.7%13.7%14.1%14.2%8.4%8.9%4.3%3.9%
Free-cash-flow margin———————————−16.1%−2.5%−6.6%−8.3%7.7%
Return on equity22.9%48.7%23.6%16.3%24.6%24.9%26.8%27.1%23.8%32.6%33.9%21.5%11.4%10.1%3.5%3.1%
Return on assets—21.3%16.8%8.6%10.0%10.5%12.0%12.5%11.7%18.5%20.6%11.9%6.1%5.5%1.9%1.7%
Asset turnover—1.671.221.161.191.171.331.221.201.361.460.840.720.610.440.43
Debt to equity0.0%59.4%21.6%123.0%127.3%115.4%99.0%101.2%82.8%48.0%58.6%68.7%68.4%73.7%80.0%78.7%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)158.5x———————————————
Effective tax rate2.7%1.5%4.7%34.5%34.2%34.0%33.9%22.0%23.0%11.9%20.8%21.9%23.9%24.3%26.3%27.8%
Capital spending as % of revenue———————————0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%
Free cash flow ÷ net income———————————−113.8%−29.3%−74.3%−194.2%198.0%

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.

Financial health

0 of 0 checks passed · June 30, 2026
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities The company doesn't report a short-term split. Not assessable.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From LGI Homes, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

65 /100

Moderate moat

How hard LGI Homes'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 15 / 20

    Net income has been a median 9.5% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 9 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 24.4%, moving by 2.4 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 8 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 13.1%; its worst year was 4.7%.

  • Discipline 19 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 8.2% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.4% 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 LGI Homes, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to LGI Homes, Inc.