Kb Home (KBH) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Kb Home (KBH) reported Operating Margin of 0.32% for Q1 2026, down 391.0% year-over-year from 0.11% in Q1 2025, and up 101.69% quarter-over-quarter from 18.68% in Q4 2025.

Kb Home (KBH) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Kb Home (KBH) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 0.32% in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 0.32%, down 391.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 2.99% (down 410.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.18%, up 87.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin grew to 0.32% in Q1 2026 per KBH's latest filing, from 18.68% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 15.38% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 23.34% in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 2.13% and a median of 0.34% in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Operating Margin plunged 3768 bps in 2023, then jumped 2361 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 14.34% in 2022, then plunged by 263 bps to 23.34% in 2023, then jumped by 101 bps to 0.27% in 2024, then plunged by 7091 bps to 18.68% in 2025, then surged by 102 bps to 0.32% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows KBH's Operating Margin at 0.32% in Q1 2026, 18.68% in Q4 2025, and 0.27% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Horton D R 43.54 Bn 42.20 Bn 1.70 Bn 10.58%
2 Pultegroup 23.57 Bn 21.76 Bn 881.27 Mn 14.70%
3 Lennar 22.65 Bn 20.45 Bn 6.36 Bn -0.64%
4 Nvr 17.80 Bn 16.15 Bn 1.31 Bn 61.14%
5 Toll Brothers 13.73 Bn 12.64 Bn 604.89 Mn 13.69%
6 Taylor Morrison Home 6.88 Bn 6.88 Bn 290.64 Mn 16.70%
7 Installed Building Products 5.53 Bn 5.05 Bn 212.30 Mn 8.72%
8 Meritage Homes 4.85 Bn 4.09 Bn -269,000.00 -13.63%
9 Cavco Industries 4.56 Bn 4.52 Bn 135.92 Mn 9.39%
10 Kb Home 3.35 Bn 3.30 Bn 1.08 Bn 0.32%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 0.32%
Nov 30, 2025 -18.68%
Aug 31, 2025 0.27%
May 31, 2025 8.59%
Feb 28, 2025 4.22%
Nov 30, 2024 0.27%
Aug 31, 2024 0.29%
May 31, 2024 0.40%
Feb 29, 2024 10.74%
Nov 30, 2023 -23.34%
Aug 31, 2023 11.29%
May 31, 2023 0.34%
Feb 28, 2023 11.30%
Nov 30, 2022 14.34%
Aug 31, 2022 0.24%
May 31, 2022 15.38%
Feb 28, 2022 0.24%
Nov 30, 2021 38.88%
Aug 31, 2021 11.58%
May 31, 2021 0.25%