Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Berkshire Hathaway's Operating Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 7.72% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 869.0% year-over-year to 7.72%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 26.42% (up 4279.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 7.0%, down 228.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin was 7.72% for Q1 2026 at Berkshire Hathaway, down from 15.5% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 293.8% in Q4 2022 to a low of 1366.05% in Q1 2023.
• Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 404.74% across 5 years, with a median of 27.9% in 2022.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Margin soared 136589 bps in 2022, then slumped 133614 bps in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 293.8% in 2022, then plunged by 107 bps to 19.84% in 2023, then jumped by 159 bps to 11.66% in 2024, then surged by 33 bps to 15.5% in 2025, then plunged by 50 bps to 7.72% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 7.72% (Q1 2026), 15.5% (Q3 2025), and 1147.15% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.