Boise Cascade (BCC) Operating Margin (2012 - 2026)
Boise Cascade's Operating Margin came in at 3.10% for Q3 2026, up 1.16 percentage points from 1.94% a year earlier but down 1.49 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Boise Cascade (BCC) Operating Margin (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Boise Cascade reported Operating Margin of 2.78%, down 1.21 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 2.86%, down 4.43 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin has declined in each of the last three years, with a five-year change of -3.26 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Operating Margin was 7.29% in FY2024 (-1.84 pp), 9.13% in FY2023 (-4.67 pp), 13.80% in FY2022 (+1.54 pp) and 12.26% in FY2021 (+6.14 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Operating Margin is 1.09% (Q4 2025) to 17.44% (Q1 2022).
- Year-over-year, Operating Margin increased in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.48 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Margin over five years came in Q3 2022 (a gain of 7.01 percentage points), and the weakest in Q1 2023 (a drop of 9.17 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows BCC's Operating Margin at 4.59% (Q2 2026), 1.85% (Q1 2026) and 1.09% (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Rentals | 70.03 Bn | 69.15 Bn | 2.05 Bn | 28.80% |
| 2 | W.W. Grainger | 68.13 Bn | 65.49 Bn | 2.01 Bn | 15.98% |
| 3 | Fastenal | 62.04 Bn | 61.04 Bn | 1.10 Bn | 21.55% |
| 4 | Ferguson Enterprises | 49.55 Bn | 46.77 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 8.19% |
| 5 | Sunbelt Rentals Holdings | 33.45 Bn | 33.33 Bn | 1.25 Bn | 22.18% |
| 6 | Reliance | 21.95 Bn | 21.01 Bn | 1.45 Bn | 10.59% |
| 7 | Wesco International | 15.78 Bn | 12.83 Bn | 1.57 Bn | 6.24% |
| 8 | Watsco | 11.75 Bn | 9.43 Bn | 578.93 Mn | 11.32% |
| 9 | Applied Industrial Technologies | 10.98 Bn | 10.87 Bn | 392.21 Mn | 11.12% |
| 10 | Boise Cascade | 2.48 Bn | 969.81 Mn | 295.63 Mn | 3.10% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 3.10% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.59% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.85% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.09% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.94% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.63% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.55% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.92% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 6.85% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 8.18% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 8.08% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 7.37% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 10.12% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 10.47% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 8.26% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 9.57% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 13.89% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 13.04% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 17.44% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 12.76% |
API Access
Boise Cascade Operating 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=operating-margin&ticker=BCC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "BCC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=BCC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();