Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) posted Operating Margin of 5.76% for Q3 2026, up 12.38 percentage points from -6.62% a year earlier but down 6.10 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Sep 30, 2026, Operating Margin at Brookdale Senior Living was 6.81%, up 7.17 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 0.42%, down 1.07 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Margin shows a five-year change of +3.18 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Brookdale Senior Living's Operating Margin was 1.49% in FY2024 (+0.88 pp), 0.61% in FY2023 (+2.12 pp), -1.51% in FY2022 (+6.35 pp) and -7.86% in FY2021 (-5.11 pp).
- Quarterly Operating Margin has run from a low of -8.39% in Q4 2021 to a high of 11.86% in Q2 2026 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Margin has increased in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +3.05 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin in the past five years was Q3 2026, with a gain of 12.38 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2021, with a drop of 8.68 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin for the three prior quarters was 11.86% (Q2 2026), 6.77% (Q1 2026) and 3.03% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HCA Healthcare | 105.29 Bn | 103.13 Bn | 17.03 Bn | 15.00% |
| 2 | Natera | 46.06 Bn | 41.68 Bn | 513.47 Mn | -8.60% |
| 3 | Labcorp Holdings | 30.09 Bn | 28.19 Bn | 1.11 Bn | 10.55% |
| 4 | Quest Diagnostics | 28.58 Bn | 26.66 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 15.47% |
| 5 | Guardant Health | 20.44 Bn | 16.05 Bn | 236.15 Mn | -36.78% |
| 6 | BrightSpring Health Services | 14.16 Bn | 11.04 Bn | 518.55 Mn | 3.81% |
| 7 | Encompass Health | 13.83 Bn | 14.29 Bn | 1.54 Bn | 13.86% |
| 8 | Tempus AI | 12.69 Bn | 9.84 Bn | 266.70 Mn | -13.82% |
| 9 | Davita | 11.06 Bn | 9.92 Bn | 1.13 Bn | 13.95% |
| 10 | Brookdale Senior Living | 2.19 Bn | 906.13 Mn | 707.73 Mn | 5.76% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 5.76% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 11.86% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 6.77% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.03% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -6.62% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.83% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.63% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -0.27% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.31% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.46% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.46% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -3.21% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -0.84% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.48% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.04% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.67% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.54% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -4.94% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -7.90% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -8.39% |
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Brookdale Senior Living Operating Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=BKD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "BKD", "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=BKD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();