Growth Metrics

Churchill Downs (CHDN) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Churchill Downs has reported Operating Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 21.57% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin rose 57.0% to 21.57% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 23.49% through Mar 2026, down 226.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 23.37% for FY2025, 256.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 21.57% for Q1 2026 at Churchill Downs, up from 18.55% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 37.05% in Q2 2024 and troughed at 2.44% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 20.31% (2024), against an average of 21.46%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: crashed -708bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 1649bps in 2023.
  • Tracing CHDN's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 2.44% in 2022, then surged by 677bps to 18.92% in 2023, then increased by 7bps to 20.31% in 2024, then fell by -9bps to 18.55% in 2025, then increased by 16bps to 21.57% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods came in at 21.57%, 18.55%, and 14.35% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.