Bruker (BRKR) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Bruker (BRKR) posted Operating Margin of -7.79% for Q2 2026, down 9.28 percentage points from 1.49% a year earlier and down 9.03 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Bruker (BRKR) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Operating Margin at Bruker was -0.87%, down 6.22 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 1.98%, down 5.53 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Margin has declined for three consecutive years, with a five-year change of -10.51 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Bruker's Operating Margin was 7.52% in FY2024 (-7.22 pp), 14.74% in FY2023 (-2.36 pp), 17.10% in FY2022 (unchanged) and 17.09% in FY2021 (+4.60 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Operating Margin in data going back to Q1 2010.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Margin increased in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -6.08 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin in the past five years was Q3 2021, with a gain of 2.71 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2025, with a drop of 13.90 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin for the three prior quarters was 1.24% (Q1 2026), 7.81% (Q4 2025) and -6.02% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 250.84 Bn | 229.99 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 17.40% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 174.73 Bn | 145.82 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 13.44% |
| 3 | Danaher | 159.85 Bn | 143.67 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 17.99% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 146.79 Bn | 126.35 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 33.60% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 114.54 Bn | 80.41 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 18.08% |
| 6 | Stryker | 105.67 Bn | 91.79 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 25.18% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 63.93 Bn | 58.94 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 21.65% |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 50.12 Bn | 47.27 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 13.31% |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 50.06 Bn | 34.17 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 29.48% |
| 10 | Bruker | 9.64 Bn | 8.77 Bn | 416.00 Mn | -7.79% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -7.79% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.24% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 7.81% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -6.02% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.49% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.97% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.36% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 7.88% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.01% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 8.98% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 12.11% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 16.76% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 12.64% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 17.90% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 18.49% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 20.55% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 12.56% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 16.22% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 18.35% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 18.59% |
Bruker Operating Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "BRKR", "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=BRKR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();