Growth Metrics

BuzzFeed (BZFD) Operating Margin (2021 - 2026)

BuzzFeed filings provide 6 years of Operating Margin readings, the most recent being 42.68% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 453.0% to 42.68% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 26.34%, a 1902.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 25.85%, down 1345.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin hit 42.68% in Q1 2026 for BuzzFeed, up from 43.68% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 7.03% in Q4 2024 to a low of 153.0% in Q4 2022.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 23.31% (2022), compared with a mean of 30.67%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: plummeted -14839bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 15826bps in 2023.
  • BuzzFeed's Operating Margin stood at 153.0% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 103bps to 5.26% in 2023, then soared by 34bps to 7.03% in 2024, then crashed by -722bps to 43.68% in 2025, then grew by 2bps to 42.68% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 42.68% (Q1 2026), 43.68% (Q4 2025), and 12.92% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.