Core Molding Technologies (CMT) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)

Core Molding Technologies (CMT) reported 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 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 1.3% in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 1.3%, down 332.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 4.48% (down 70.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 5.19%, down 33.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin retreated to 1.3% in Q1 2026 per CMT's latest filing, from 4.81% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 10.3% in Q2 2023 and troughed at 1.3% in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of 5.31% and a median of 4.81% in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2026: Operating Margin surged 751 bps in 2022, then tumbled 332 bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 3.44% in 2022, then slipped by 1 bps to 3.41% in 2023, then tumbled by 59 bps to 1.39% in 2024, then surged by 246 bps to 4.81% in 2025, then slumped 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 199.86 Mn 176.35 Mn 11.98 Mn 1.30%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%
Jun 30, 2021 7.67%