# CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (CBL)

- Sector: Real Estate · Industry: Reit Retail
- SEC CIK: 0000910612 ([filings on EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000910612))
- Full page: https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/cbl
- Data as of: price 2026-09-25; newest filing used 2026-08-07; latest fiscal period ended 2026-06-30

## Grade

**B+** on the balance-sheet rubric used for lenders, 4 of 5 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | $217.4M |  |
| Earnings growing overall | passed | $217.4M | -$29.9M |
| Earnings growing recently | passed | $217.4M | $136M |
| Earns well on its assets | passed | 8.2% |  |
| Book value per share growing | failed | $12,157.06 | $12,332.46 |

Business quality (the + / − mark): 5 of 6 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | 37.0% |  |
| Healthy profit margin | passed | 37.0% |  |
| Strong operating margin | passed | 31.2% |  |
| Good return on equity | passed | 58.0% |  |
| Debt under control | failed | 5.80 |  |
| Turns sales into cash | passed | 27.6% |  |

How the grade works: the letter counts failed checks (none → A, one → B, two → C, three → D, four or more → F). It is built from SEC filings only — the share price never enters it — and describes the business, not whether the stock is worth buying.

## Key figures

In US dollars, as filed.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Revenue, trailing twelve months | $588.1M |
| Net income, trailing twelve months | $217.4M |
| Net margin | 37.0% |
| Return on equity | 58.0% |
| Debt to equity | 5.80 |
| Diluted EPS, trailing twelve months | $6.89 |
| Share price | $51.91 |
| Market value | $1.6B |
| Price / earnings | 7.5x |
| Price / sales | 2.7x |

## More on this company

- [Overview](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/cbl)
- [Financial statements](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/cbl/financials)
- [Competitors](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/cbl/peers)
- [Earnings](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/cbl/earnings)

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