Growth Metrics

Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) Operating Margin (2021 - 2025)

Bausch & Lomb's Operating Margin history spans 5 years, with the latest figure at 7.97% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin rose 117.0% year-over-year to 7.97%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 2.22%, down 117.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 2.22%, 117.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin reached 7.97% in Q4 2025 per BLCO's latest filing, up from 7.42% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 9.91% in Q3 2021 to a low of 7.3% in Q1 2025.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 4.47%, with a median of 5.0% recorded in 2022.
  • The largest YoY upside for Operating Margin was 382bps in 2025 against a maximum downside of -785bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 9.19% in 2021, then tumbled by -44bps to 5.12% in 2022, then dropped by -18bps to 4.18% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 63bps to 6.8% in 2024, then grew by 17bps to 7.97% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BLCO's Operating Margin are 7.97% (Q4 2025), 7.42% (Q3 2025), and 0.86% (Q2 2025).