Core Molding Technologies (CMT) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Core Molding Technologies (CMT) posted quarterly Operating Margin of 1.3% for Q1 2026, down 332.0% year-over-year from 0.56% in Q1 2025, and down 72.89% quarter-over-quarter from 4.81% in Q4 2025.
Core Molding Technologies (CMT) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Core Molding Technologies (CMT) has reported Operating Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 1.3% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 332.0% year-over-year to 1.3%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 4.48% (down 70.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 5.19%, down 33.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin declined to 1.3% in Q1 2026 per CMT's latest filing, from 4.81% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 10.3% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 1.3% in Q1 2026.
- Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 5.31% across 5 years, with a median of 4.81% in 2025.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin surged 751 bps — and 2026, when it tumbled 332 bps.
- Core Molding Technologies' Operating Margin stood at 3.44% in 2022, then dropped by 1 bps to 3.41% in 2023, then plunged by 59 bps to 1.39% in 2024, then soared by 246 bps to 4.81% in 2025, then tumbled by 73 bps to 1.3% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows CMT's Operating Margin at 1.3% in Q1 2026, 4.81% in Q4 2025, and 4.4% in Q3 2025.
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| 10 | Core Molding Technologies | 223.41 Mn | 211.27 Mn | 12.73 Mn | 3.66% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.66% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.30% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.81% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 4.40% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.58% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.62% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.39% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.94% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 8.44% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 6.06% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.41% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 6.77% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 10.30% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 8.12% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.44% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 4.56% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.44% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 6.64% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.65% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -2.95% |