Alight (ALIT) Net Margin (2020 - 2026)
Alight's Net Margin was -10.20% in Q3 2026, up 189.99 percentage points from -200.19% a year earlier but down 8.24 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Alight (ALIT) Net Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Alight's Net Margin was -46.04% through Sep 30, 2026, up 48.19 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was -136.91%, down 130.18 percentage points from FY2024.
- Net Margin shows a five-year change of -133.14 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Net Margin was -6.73% in FY2024 (+7.73 pp), -14.46% in FY2023 (-11.65 pp) and -2.81% in FY2022.
- Quarterly Net Margin has moved between -382.35% (Q4 2022) and 7.13% (Q2 2022) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Net Margin has increased for three straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -13.15 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Net Margin over five years was Q4 2023 (a gain of 358.60 percentage points); the worst was Q2 2025 (a drop of 207.49 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, ALIT's Net Margin in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was -1.96% (Q2 2026), -3.56% (Q1 2026) and -142.73% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 404.43 Bn | 369.25 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 48.76% |
| 2 | Oracle | 355.53 Bn | 227.67 Bn | - | 24.19% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 273.98 Bn | 227.60 Bn | - | - |
| 4 | Salesforce | 174.33 Bn | 130.20 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 31.08% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 117.87 Bn | 104.66 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 20.49% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 104.89 Bn | 84.15 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 6.75% |
| 7 | Intuit | 93.22 Bn | 72.57 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 8.34% |
| 8 | Relx | 72.75 Bn | 71.83 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 49.49 Bn | 36.63 Bn | 89.63 Mn | 15,243.08% |
| 10 | Alight | 328.16 Mn | -549.84 Mn | 135.00 Mn | -10.20% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -10.20% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | -1.96% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -3.56% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -142.73% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -200.19% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -203.22% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -4.56% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.18% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -13.33% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.28% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -20.39% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -23.75% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -8.62% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -11.94% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -11.60% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -382.35% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -4.93% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 7.13% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -1.52% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -15.51% |
Alight Net 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=net-margin&ticker=ALIT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "net-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=net-margin&ticker=ALIT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();