Copt Defense Properties (CDP) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Copt Defense Properties' Operating Margin came in at 28.98% for Q2 2026, up 3.83 percentage points from 25.15% a year earlier and up 2.68 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Copt Defense Properties (CDP) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Copt Defense Properties reported Operating Margin of 26.49%, up 3.33 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 24.92%, up 6.33 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin carries a five-year change of +9.33 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Operating Margin was 18.59% in FY2024 (+36.37 pp), -17.77% in FY2023 (-22.03 pp), 4.26% in FY2022 (-5.47 pp) and 9.73% in FY2021 (-5.87 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Operating Margin since Q2 2013.
- Year-over-year, Operating Margin has increased for eight consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +23.19 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Margin over five years came in Q3 2024 (a gain of 149.14 percentage points), and the weakest in Q3 2023 (a drop of 136.01 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows CDP's Operating Margin at 26.30% (Q1 2026), 24.26% (Q4 2025) and 26.42% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 28.98% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 26.30% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 24.26% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 26.42% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 25.15% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 23.90% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 23.31% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 20.28% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 18.42% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 12.63% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 18.22% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -128.87% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 19.23% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 18.03% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 12.44% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.14% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.80% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -4.40% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.29% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 9.45% |
Copt Defense Properties 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": "CDP", "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=CDP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();