Cognyte Software (CGNT) Operating Margin (2020 - 2026)
Cognyte Software (CGNT) posted quarterly Operating Margin of 4.86% for Q1 2026, up 412.0% year-over-year from 0.95% in Q1 2025, and down 93.35% quarter-over-quarter from 73.09% in Q3 2025.
Cognyte Software (CGNT) Operating Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cognyte Software's Operating Margin history runs 7 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 4.86% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 412.0% year-over-year to 4.86%; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at 20.91% (up 2238.0% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was 3.31%, up 478.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 4.86%, down from 73.09% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Operating Margin was 73.09% in Q3 2025, with the low at 36.49% in Q4 2022.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 2.76% (2024), against an average of 4.43%.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Margin plunged 4261 bps in 2022, then surged 2535 bps in 2023.
- Cognyte Software's Operating Margin stood at 36.49% in 2022, then soared by 90 bps to 3.53% in 2023, then jumped by 31 bps to 2.42% in 2024, then surged by 3124 bps to 73.09% in 2025, then sank by 93 bps to 4.86% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows CGNT's Operating Margin at 4.86% in Q1 2026, 73.09% in Q3 2025, and 2.82% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 | 4.86% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 73.09% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 2.82% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 2.25% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 0.74% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -2.42% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | -1.65% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | -2.76% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | -3.41% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -3.53% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | -7.21% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | -9.37% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | -28.56% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | -36.49% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -32.56% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -34.69% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 3.51% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 6.12% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 1.67% |
| Apr 30, 2021 | -2.27% |