Alight (ALIT) Gross Margin (2020 - 2026)
Alight's Gross Margin was 27.00% in Q3 2026, down 6.40 percentage points from 33.40% a year earlier and down 0.79 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Alight (ALIT) Gross Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Alight's Gross Margin was 30.62% through Sep 30, 2026, down 4.16 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 33.82%, down 0.23 percentage points from FY2024.
- Gross Margin shows a five-year change of +3.25 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Gross Margin was 34.05% in FY2024 (+0.10 pp), 33.95% in FY2023 (+2.87 pp) and 31.08% in FY2022.
- The Q3 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Gross Margin in data going back to Q3 2020.
- Compared with a year earlier, Gross Margin has declined for four straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.72 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Gross Margin over five years was Q2 2023 (a gain of 2.70 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2023 (a drop of 148.65 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, ALIT's Gross Margin in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was 27.79% (Q2 2026), 29.21% (Q1 2026) and 36.75% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 404.43 Bn | 369.25 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 83.43% |
| 2 | Oracle | 355.53 Bn | 227.67 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Sap Se | 273.98 Bn | 227.60 Bn | - | - |
| 4 | Salesforce | 174.33 Bn | 130.20 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 76.65% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 117.87 Bn | 104.66 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 46.00% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 104.89 Bn | 84.15 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 70.51% |
| 7 | Intuit | 93.22 Bn | 72.57 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 79.10% |
| 8 | Relx | 72.75 Bn | 71.83 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 49.49 Bn | 36.63 Bn | 89.63 Mn | 71.46% |
| 10 | Alight | 328.16 Mn | -549.84 Mn | 135.00 Mn | 27.00% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 27.00% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 27.79% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 29.21% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 36.75% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 33.40% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 33.33% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 31.20% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 39.85% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 31.35% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 31.04% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 32.56% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 39.59% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 29.80% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 33.33% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 31.91% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 188.24% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 28.27% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 30.63% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 30.76% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 34.49% |
Alight Gross 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=gross-margin&ticker=ALIT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "gross-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=gross-margin&ticker=ALIT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();