Bausch & Lomb BLCO
NYSE BLCO
$17.20 -0.25 (-1.43%)
At close: Aug 20, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) Net Margin (2021 - 2026)

Bausch & Lomb's (BLCO) quarterly Net Margin came in at 0.72% in Q2 2026, up 382.0% YoY from 0.15% in Q2 2025, and up 87.25% on a QoQ basis from 5.63% in Q1 2026.

Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) Net Margin (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) has 6 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 0.72% in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Net Margin rose 382.0% year-over-year to 0.72% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 3.06% (up 232.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 6.9%, down 53.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin rose to 0.72% in Q2 2026, from 5.63% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 2.59% in Q1 2022 to a low of 18.56% in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 4.99% and a median of 4.13% in 2025 frame the typical range for Net Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Net Margin plunged 1204 bps — and 2026, when it soared 1293 bps.
  • Tracing BLCO's Net Margin over 5 years: stood at 1.59% in 2022, then sank by 173 bps to 4.35% in 2023, then surged by 96 bps to 0.16% in 2024, then sank by 2542 bps to 4.13% in 2025, then surged by 83 bps to 0.72% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 0.72% (Q2 2026), 5.63% (Q1 2026), and 4.13% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Intuitive Surgical 132.71 Bn 127.50 Bn 1.96 Bn 28.46%
2 Becton Dickinson 51.57 Bn 50.71 Bn 2.32 Bn 7.59%
3 Alcon 35.52 Bn 34.17 Bn 1.68 Bn -
4 Resmed 33.28 Bn 31.81 Bn 861.22 Mn 26.20%
5 Medline 27.86 Bn 25.18 Bn 2.22 Bn 1.81%
6 West Pharmaceutical Services 25.15 Bn 24.71 Bn 329.20 Mn 16.96%
7 Solventum 15.31 Bn 14.91 Bn 1.29 Bn 4.21%
8 Cooper Companies 14.86 Bn 14.72 Bn 735.40 Mn -7.20%
9 Baxter International 13.63 Bn 11.48 Bn 1.03 Bn 4.26%
10 Bausch & Lomb 6.16 Bn 5.78 Bn 867.00 Mn -0.72%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 -0.72%
Mar 31, 2026 -5.63%
Dec 31, 2025 -4.13%
Sep 30, 2025 -1.95%
Jun 30, 2025 -4.54%
Mar 31, 2025 -18.56%
Dec 31, 2024 -0.16%
Sep 30, 2024 0.67%
Jun 30, 2024 -12.17%
Mar 31, 2024 -14.83%
Dec 31, 2023 -4.35%
Sep 30, 2023 -7.94%
Jun 30, 2023 -2.80%
Mar 31, 2023 -9.45%
Sep 30, 2022 -1.59%
Jun 30, 2022 0.74%
Mar 31, 2022 2.59%
Dec 31, 2021 5.39%
Sep 30, 2021 6.64%
Jun 30, 2021 4.93%