Growth Metrics

Cae (CAE) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Cae filings provide 18 years of Operating Margin readings, the most recent being 14.11% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 398.0% to 14.11% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 28.29%, a 1547.0% increase, with the full-year FY2026 number at 12.18%, down 331.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin hit 14.11% in Q1 2026 for Cae, down from 21.41% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 21.46% in Q4 2024 to a low of 3.97% in Q2 2022.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 11.11% (2023), compared with a mean of 11.9%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: crashed -749bps in 2022 and later soared 1035bps in 2024.
  • Cae's Operating Margin stood at 14.65% in 2022, then decreased by -24bps to 11.11% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 93bps to 21.46% in 2024, then decreased by 0bps to 21.41% in 2025, then plummeted by -34bps to 14.11% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 14.11% (Q1 2026), 21.41% (Q4 2025), and 17.47% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.