Company Analysis

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (CBL)

NYSE: CBL · Real Estate Investment Trusts · Chattanooga, TN · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade5.2
◀ Past 1.6● Present 5.5▶ Future 7.7

The grade of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.2/10
◀ Past1.625% of the headline
● Present5.545% of the headline
▶ Future7.730% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

1.6/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

12 warning events since 2017; the latest 2022-05-27.

weight 45% of this tense · 6th percentile among 174 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 12 warning events of 4 kinds: a bankruptcy or receivership notice (8-K item 1.03, 2 times, the latest 2021-08-12); a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, 4 times, the latest 2022-05-27); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 3 times, the latest 2020-11-04); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 3 times, the latest 2021-04-01) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
1.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-5.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 6 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 12th percentile among 156 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.1 billion in fiscal 2015 to $578 million in fiscal 2025, down 5.8% a year; it rose in 1 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 51% from fiscal 2015 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 6 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-5.8%bottom 6% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 1% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 24% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak51.1%bottom 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.9% a year. 47% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 16 sales, 2 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 44th percentile among 156 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 47% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 16 sales and 2 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-08, buying about $127 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 42% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.5/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 37%: 37¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 87%: owes 87¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 171 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. earned about 37 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 87 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 15% of its family
  • return on equitytop 3% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 46% of 157 in its family; net margin 23.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 157 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.'s standing among 157 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $578 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 48% by size; a net margin of 23.5% ranks in the top 37%; revenue growth of 0.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 25% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$578Mbottom 48% of its family
  • net margin23.5%top 37% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth0.9%bottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 48% of 160 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2010.

weight 22% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 160 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Lebovitz, Stephen D (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2010-02-08, 16.8 years (top 14% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5 years (bottom 16%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (top 46%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge5 in three years among 16 peopletop 46% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.0 yearsbottom 16% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record16.8 yearstop 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

7.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 33% of 146 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 146 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $42 million against debt of $2.2 billion leaves -78% of its assets as net cash, bottom 4% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 43.2% of revenue (top 39%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-78.0%bottom 4% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue43.2%top 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
8.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 16% of 153 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 84th percentile among 153 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 0.9% a year over the last three filed years against -5.8% over all 10, speeding up (top 14% of its family); the newest year grew 12.2% (top 17%) (its annual reports). CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. reported 5 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Malls at $478 million, Open-Air Centers at $65 million, Lifestyle Centers at $51 million, and 2 more. 3 of 5 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 72% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+6.7 points a yeartop 14% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth12.2%top 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
9.3/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 7% of 150 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 93rd percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $578 million in fiscal 2025 came in 17.2% above the $493 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 6% of its family); net income of $136 million against a prior three-year average of $9 million (top 3%); a net margin of 23.5% against -1.3% before (top 12%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace17.2%top 6% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times its prior average or moretop 3% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+24.8 pointstop 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton CBL · research, not advice