Alight (ALIT) EBITDA Margin (2020 - 2026)
Alight (ALIT) reported EBITDA Margin of 8.80% for Q3 2026, up 237.51 percentage points from -228.71% a year earlier but down 3.92 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Alight (ALIT) EBITDA Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Sep 30, 2026, Alight's EBITDA Margin came in at -20.70%, up 61.78 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at -118.52%, down 131.60 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBITDA Margin has a five-year change of -135.31 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, EBITDA Margin came in at 13.08% in FY2024 (+0.92 pp), 12.15% in FY2023 (+0.65 pp) and 11.51% in FY2022.
- Five-year quarterly EBITDA Margin spans a low of -228.71% in Q3 2025 and a high of 217.65% in Q4 2022.
- Year over year, EBITDA Margin gained in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -13.80 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year EBITDA Margin in five years was Q3 2026 (a gain of 237.51 percentage points); the low point was Q3 2025 (a drop of 238.62 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 12.72% (Q2 2026), 15.36% (Q1 2026) and -98.93% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 404.43 Bn | 369.25 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 47.20% |
| 2 | Oracle | 355.53 Bn | 227.67 Bn | - | 52.36% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 273.98 Bn | 227.60 Bn | - | - |
| 4 | Salesforce | 174.33 Bn | 130.20 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 34.25% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 117.87 Bn | 104.66 Bn | 2.53 Bn | -21.73% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 104.89 Bn | 84.15 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 23.23% |
| 7 | Intuit | 93.22 Bn | 72.57 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 15.92% |
| 8 | Relx | 72.75 Bn | 71.83 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 49.49 Bn | 36.63 Bn | 89.63 Mn | 16,684.34% |
| 10 | Alight | 328.16 Mn | -549.84 Mn | 135.00 Mn | 8.80% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 8.80% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 12.72% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 15.36% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -98.93% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -228.71% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -172.16% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 16.97% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 21.62% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 9.91% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 8.74% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 10.02% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 19.65% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 8.62% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 9.63% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 10.75% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 217.65% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 6.53% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 10.49% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 12.83% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 16.23% |
Alight EBITDA Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebitda-margin&ticker=ALIT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebitda-margin", "ticker": "ALIT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebitda-margin&ticker=ALIT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();