Accel Entertainment (ACEL) Operating Margin (2017 - 2026)

Accel Entertainment (ACEL) posted Operating Margin of 7.7% for Q1 2026, down 11.34% on a QoQ basis from 8.69% in Q4 2025, and down 31.0% year-over-year from 11.16% in Q1 2025.

Accel Entertainment (ACEL) Operating Margin (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Accel Entertainment's Operating Margin history runs 10 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 7.7% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 31.0% year-over-year to 7.7% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 8.02% (up 74.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 8.1%, up 72.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 7.7% for Q1 2026 at Accel Entertainment, down from 8.69% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 11.99% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 6.55% in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 8.64% and a median of 8.57% in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin surged 427 bps — and 2024, when it slumped 263 bps.
  • Accel Entertainment's Operating Margin stood at 9.02% in 2022, then declined by 5 bps to 8.57% in 2023, then dropped by 24 bps to 6.55% in 2024, then soared by 33 bps to 8.69% in 2025, then decreased by 11 bps to 7.7% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ACEL's Operating Margin at 7.7% in Q1 2026, 8.69% in Q4 2025, and 7.69% in Q3 2025.

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Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 7.70%
Dec 31, 2025 8.69%
Sep 30, 2025 7.69%
Jun 30, 2025 8.00%
Mar 31, 2025 8.01%
Dec 31, 2024 6.55%
Sep 30, 2024 7.23%
Jun 30, 2024 7.33%
Mar 31, 2024 8.47%
Dec 31, 2023 8.57%
Sep 30, 2023 8.74%
Jun 30, 2023 9.97%
Mar 31, 2023 9.44%
Dec 31, 2022 9.02%
Sep 30, 2022 8.70%
Jun 30, 2022 11.99%
Mar 31, 2022 10.77%
Dec 31, 2021 8.87%
Sep 30, 2021 9.64%
Jun 30, 2021 12.34%