Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) Operating Margin (2021 - 2026)
Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) posted Operating Margin of 2.65% for Q1 2026, down 66.72% on a QoQ basis from 7.97% in Q4 2025, and up 995.0% year-over-year from 0.24% in Q1 2025.
Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) Operating Margin (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Bausch & Lomb's Operating Margin history runs 6 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 2.65% for Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Margin rose 995.0% year-over-year to 2.65% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 4.4% (up 289.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 2.22%, down 117.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin was 2.65% for Q1 2026 at Bausch & Lomb, down from 7.97% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 7.97% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 7.3% in Q1 2025.
- A 5-year average of 3.36% and a median of 4.15% in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2025 — Operating Margin sank 785 bps — and 2026, when it soared 995 bps.
- Bausch & Lomb's Operating Margin stood at 5.12% in 2022, then retreated by 18 bps to 4.18% in 2023, then jumped by 63 bps to 6.8% in 2024, then gained by 17 bps to 7.97% in 2025, then slumped by 67 bps to 2.65% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows BLCO's Operating Margin at 2.65% in Q1 2026, 7.97% in Q4 2025, and 7.42% in Q3 2025.
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| 1 | Alcon | 32,734,969.19 Bn | 32,734,967.53 Bn | 1.53 Bn | 98.77% |
| 2 | Intuitive Surgical | 117.50 Bn | 112.41 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 33.60% |
| 3 | Becton Dickinson | 42.93 Bn | 42.11 Bn | 2.15 Bn | 1.97% |
| 4 | Medline | 30.82 Bn | 36.66 Bn | 1.84 Bn | 5.74% |
| 5 | Resmed | 27.90 Bn | 26.23 Bn | 890.98 Mn | 34.92% |
| 6 | West Pharmaceutical Services | 26.76 Bn | 26.23 Bn | 329.20 Mn | 20.53% |
| 7 | Cooper Companies | 15.30 Bn | 15.16 Bn | 735.40 Mn | -2.87% |
| 8 | Solventum | 13.46 Bn | 12.90 Bn | 1.10 Bn | 4.04% |
| 9 | Align Technology | 12.02 Bn | 10.96 Bn | 736.59 Mn | 13.65% |
| 10 | Bausch & Lomb | 5.68 Bn | 5.47 Bn | 973.00 Mn | 2.65% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.65% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 7.97% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 7.42% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -0.86% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -7.30% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 6.80% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.60% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.14% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.55% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.18% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.97% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.15% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -0.21% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.12% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 4.88% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.95% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 6.07% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 9.19% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 9.91% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 6.21% |