Growth Metrics

Arq (ARQ) Operating Margin (2012 - 2026)

Arq recorded quarterly Operating Margin of 3.38% in Q1 2026, up 98.06% quarter-over-quarter from 174.05% in Q4 2025, and down 581.0% year-over-year from 0.7% in Q1 2025.

Arq's Operating Margin history runs 15 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 3.38% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 581.0% year-over-year to 3.38%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 44.7% (down 4617.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 44.01%, down 4221.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin came in at 3.38% for Q1 2026 at Arq, up from 174.05% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 11.04% in Q4 2023 to a low of 174.05% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 18.05% and a median of 8.46% in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin soared 2546 bps in 2023 and plunged 17558 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Arq's Operating Margin stood at 14.41% in 2022, then jumped by 177 bps to 11.04% in 2023, then plunged by 86 bps to 1.53% in 2024, then sank by 11496 bps to 174.05% in 2025, then jumped by 98 bps to 3.38% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 3.38%, 174.05%, and 2.39% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Veralto 20.72 Bn 19.29 Bn 854.00 Mn 23.77%
2 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions 7.83 Bn 7.56 Bn 205.80 Mn 18.96%
3 Federal Signal 6.47 Bn 6.40 Bn 179.40 Mn 844.92%
4 Ceco Environmental 2.82 Bn 2.78 Bn 63.92 Mn 0.91%
5 PureCycle Technologies 2.21 Bn 2.11 Bn - -1,012.72%
6 Euro Tech Holdings 1.36 Bn 1.34 Bn - -
7 Energy Recovery 421.81 Mn 335.66 Mn 2.70 Mn -153.09%
8 CleanCore Solutions 173.22 Mn 156.17 Mn -419,259.00 -3,490.91%
9 Arq 116.43 Mn 111.76 Mn 9.94 Mn -3.38%
10 374Water 42.95 Mn 42.95 Mn -2.43 Mn 496.77%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -3.38%
Dec 31, 2025 -174.05%
Sep 30, 2025 -2.39%
Jun 30, 2025 -5.44%
Mar 31, 2025 2.43%
Dec 31, 2024 1.53%
Sep 30, 2024 5.83%
Jun 30, 2024 -5.59%
Mar 31, 2024 -13.71%
Dec 31, 2023 11.04%
Sep 30, 2023 -8.46%
Jun 30, 2023 -29.77%
Mar 31, 2023 -37.62%
Dec 31, 2022 -14.41%
Sep 30, 2022 -9.22%
Jun 30, 2022 -11.06%
Mar 31, 2022 -12.63%
Dec 31, 2021 3.04%
Sep 30, 2021 10.69%
Jun 30, 2021 2.08%
Mar 31, 2021 1.46%
Dec 31, 2020 7.85%
Sep 30, 2020 -13.28%
Jun 30, 2020 -244.11%
Mar 31, 2020 -63.42%
Dec 31, 2019 -29.21%
Sep 30, 2019 -12.50%
Jun 30, 2019 -27.35%
Mar 31, 2019 -18.39%
Dec 31, 2018 -56.27%
Sep 30, 2018 0.62%
Jun 30, 2018 -36.72%
Mar 31, 2018 -43.91%
Dec 31, 2017 -28.01%
Sep 30, 2017 -22.36%
Jun 30, 2017 0.06%
Mar 31, 2017 -21.39%
Dec 31, 2016 -146.00%
Sep 30, 2016 -18.54%
Jun 30, 2016 -51.52%
Mar 31, 2016 -14.81%
Dec 31, 2015 -54.04%
Sep 30, 2015 -77.52%
Jun 30, 2015 -119.36%
Mar 31, 2015 -31.70%
Dec 31, 2014 -420.93%
Sep 30, 2014 -137.13%
Jun 30, 2014 -265.20%
Mar 31, 2014 -1,010.68%
Dec 31, 2013 -730.62%
Sep 30, 2013 -279.71%
Jun 30, 2013 -244.27%
Mar 31, 2013 -1,358.07%
Dec 31, 2012 -78.30%
Sep 30, 2012 -493.64%
Jun 30, 2012 3.04%