Air T (AIRT) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)

Air T (AIRT) posted Operating Margin of 11.39% for Q1 2026, down 114.27% on a QoQ basis from 5.31% in Q4 2025, and down 1543.0% year-over-year from 0.79% in Q1 2025.

Air T (AIRT) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Air T's Operating Margin history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 11.39% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 1543.0% year-over-year to 11.39% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 3.55% (down 577.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 3.42%, down 408.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 11.39% for Q1 2026 at Air T, down from 5.31% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 15.4% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 11.39% in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of 3.26% and a median of 3.85% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin soared 2289 bps — and 2026, when it sank 1543 bps.
  • Air T's Operating Margin stood at 0.66% in 2022, then tumbled by 213 bps to 0.75% in 2023, then soared by 365 bps to 1.99% in 2024, then plunged by 367 bps to 5.31% in 2025, then sank by 114 bps to 11.39% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows AIRT's Operating Margin at 11.39% in Q1 2026, 5.31% in Q4 2025, and 8.59% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 3M 91.94 Bn 88.61 Bn 2.68 Bn 15.14%
2 Honeywell International 77.26 Bn 68.06 Bn 3.65 Bn 18.37%
3 Valmont Industries 9.55 Bn 9.39 Bn 316.88 Mn 15.12%
4 Brookfield Business 6.60 Bn -9.98 Bn 1.31 Bn 24.95%
5 Seaboard 4.41 Bn 3.25 Bn 217.00 Mn 4.00%
6 Otter Tail 3.83 Bn 3.43 Bn 239.49 Mn 24.56%
7 Deluxe 1.21 Bn 1.18 Bn 279.40 Mn 13.34%
8 Tetra Technologies 1.02 Bn 985.38 Mn 38.23 Mn 8.20%
9 Matthews International 889.82 Mn 853.73 Mn 101.98 Mn -1.23%
10 Air T 76.73 Mn 55.38 Mn 118.99 Mn -11.39%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -11.39%
Dec 31, 2025 -5.31%
Sep 30, 2025 8.59%
Jun 30, 2025 0.63%
Mar 31, 2025 4.04%
Dec 31, 2024 1.99%
Sep 30, 2024 4.46%
Jun 30, 2024 -0.87%
Mar 31, 2024 2.64%
Dec 31, 2023 -0.75%
Sep 30, 2023 6.82%
Jun 30, 2023 9.33%
Mar 31, 2023 10.28%
Dec 31, 2022 0.66%
Sep 30, 2022 15.40%
Jun 30, 2022 5.12%
Mar 31, 2022 3.85%
Dec 31, 2021 0.58%
Sep 30, 2021 -7.49%
Jun 30, 2021 -8.98%