Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) Operating Margin (2013 - 2026)

Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) reported Operating Margin of 11.64% for Q1 2026, down 230.0% year-over-year from 8.96% in Q1 2025, and down 9.3% quarter-over-quarter from 12.84% in Q4 2025.

Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) Operating Margin (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) has 14 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 11.64% in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 11.64%, down 230.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 13.8% (down 71.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 14.36%, up 98.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin fell to 11.64% in Q1 2026 per AXTA's latest filing, from 12.84% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 15.84% in Q3 2025 and troughed at 7.35% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 11.9% and a median of 12.45% in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Operating Margin plunged 851 bps in 2022, then soared 460 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 8.87% in 2022, then surged by 41 bps to 12.49% in 2023, then gained by 14 bps to 14.26% in 2024, then slipped by 10 bps to 12.84% in 2025, then decreased by 9 bps to 11.64% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows AXTA's Operating Margin at 11.64% in Q1 2026, 12.84% in Q4 2025, and 15.84% in Q3 2025.

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10 Axalta Coating Systems 7.44 Bn 6.88 Bn 416.00 Mn 11.64%

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 11.64%
Dec 31, 2025 12.84%
Sep 30, 2025 15.84%
Jun 30, 2025 14.79%
Mar 31, 2025 13.95%
Dec 31, 2024 14.26%
Sep 30, 2024 14.62%
Jun 30, 2024 15.17%
Mar 31, 2024 9.35%
Dec 31, 2023 12.49%
Sep 30, 2023 12.45%
Jun 30, 2023 10.66%
Mar 31, 2023 9.74%
Dec 31, 2022 8.87%
Sep 30, 2022 9.97%
Jun 30, 2022 8.39%
Mar 31, 2022 7.35%
Dec 31, 2021 8.33%
Sep 30, 2021 11.46%
Jun 30, 2021 16.90%