Growth Metrics

AstroNova (ALOT) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

AstroNova has reported Operating Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.14% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin rose 3310.0% to 0.14% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.04% through Jan 2026, up 567.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.8% for FY2026, 651.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 0.14% for Q1 2026 at AstroNova, up from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 12.3% in Q4 2023 and troughed at 32.95% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 2.46% (2022), against an average of 0.31%.
  • Year-over-year, Operating Margin crashed -2384bps in 2025 and then surged 3310bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 3.42% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 260bps to 12.3% in 2023, then plummeted by -75bps to 3.13% in 2024, then plummeted by -98bps to 0.06% in 2025, then surged by 156bps to 0.14% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ALOT's Operating Margin are 0.14% (Q1 2026), 0.06% (Q4 2025), and 1.96% (Q3 2025).