Growth Metrics

Balchem (BCPC) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)

Balchem (BCPC) reported Operating Margin of 20.55% for Q1 2026, up 18.0% year-over-year from 17.41% in Q1 2025, and up 3.59% on a QoQ basis from 19.84% in Q4 2025.

Balchem (BCPC) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 20.55% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin rose 18.0% year-over-year to 20.55% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 20.23% (up 30.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 20.18%, up 100.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin advanced to 20.55% in Q1 2026 per BCPC's latest filing, from 19.84% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 20.55% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 13.77% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 18.97% (2023), against an average of 18.16%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Margin slumped 267 bps; it then jumped 520 bps in 2023.
  • Tracing BCPC's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 14.32% in 2022, then rose by 17 bps to 16.76% in 2023, then rose by 18 bps to 19.77% in 2024, then grew by 0 bps to 19.84% in 2025, then rose by 4 bps to 20.55% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest BCPC Operating Margin figures stand at 20.55% (Q1 2026), 19.84% (Q4 2025), and 20.4% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Linde 230.79 Bn 226.84 Bn 4.26 Bn 27.78%
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn 47.01%
3 Sherwin Williams 72.51 Bn 72.30 Bn 2.78 Bn 14.31%
4 Ecolab 70.96 Bn 70.34 Bn 1.85 Bn 16.97%
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.15 Bn 63.70 Bn 987.40 Mn 23.73%
6 Ppg Industries 25.04 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.66 Bn 14.05%
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.62 Bn 21.73 Bn 701.00 Mn 3.32%
8 Albemarle 20.26 Bn 19.42 Bn 500.97 Mn 35.06%
9 DuPont de Nemours 19.45 Bn 19.56 Bn 602.00 Mn 17.85%
10 Balchem 4.98 Bn 4.91 Bn 101.08 Mn 20.55%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 20.55%
Dec 31, 2025 19.84%
Sep 30, 2025 20.40%
Jun 30, 2025 20.14%
Mar 31, 2025 20.36%
Dec 31, 2024 19.77%
Sep 30, 2024 20.00%
Jun 30, 2024 19.56%
Mar 31, 2024 17.39%
Dec 31, 2023 16.76%
Sep 30, 2023 18.97%
Jun 30, 2023 18.52%
Mar 31, 2023 14.80%
Dec 31, 2022 14.32%
Sep 30, 2022 13.77%
Jun 30, 2022 16.87%
Mar 31, 2022 16.75%
Dec 31, 2021 15.87%
Sep 30, 2021 16.43%
Jun 30, 2021 15.12%
Mar 31, 2021 16.47%
Dec 31, 2020 16.01%
Sep 30, 2020 16.57%
Jun 30, 2020 15.53%
Mar 31, 2020 15.06%
Dec 31, 2019 14.20%
Sep 30, 2019 16.41%
Jun 30, 2019 16.34%
Mar 31, 2019 16.86%
Dec 31, 2018 16.65%
Sep 30, 2018 16.46%
Jun 30, 2018 16.56%
Mar 31, 2018 16.88%
Dec 31, 2017 16.52%
Sep 30, 2017 15.30%
Jun 30, 2017 16.88%
Mar 31, 2017 16.48%
Dec 31, 2016 17.47%
Sep 30, 2016 16.57%
Jun 30, 2016 16.81%
Mar 31, 2016 14.78%
Dec 31, 2015 16.74%
Sep 30, 2015 16.36%
Jun 30, 2015 17.64%
Mar 31, 2015 17.28%
Dec 31, 2014 16.60%
Sep 30, 2014 15.75%
Jun 30, 2014 12.49%
Mar 31, 2014 15.53%
Dec 31, 2013 -32.37%
Sep 30, 2013 19.38%
Jun 30, 2013 19.95%
Mar 31, 2013 18.74%
Dec 31, 2012 18.78%
Sep 30, 2012 21.62%
Jun 30, 2012 18.76%
Mar 31, 2012 17.95%
Dec 31, 2011 -32.52%
Sep 30, 2011 20.39%
Jun 30, 2011 18.82%
Mar 31, 2011 28.46%
Jun 30, 2010 20.24%