Salesforce (CRM) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Salesforce posted quarterly Operating Margin of 16.69% for Q1 2026, down 153.0% year-on-year from 31.48% in Q1 2025, and down 21.76% on a QoQ basis from 21.33% in Q4 2025.
Salesforce (CRM) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 16.69% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 153.0% year-over-year to 16.69%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at 20.06% (up 105.0% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was 20.06%, up 105.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 16.69%, down from 21.33% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 22.78% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 29.73% in Q1 2022.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 17.21% (2023), against an average of 11.57%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Margin plunged 3305 bps; it then surged 3399 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 5.87% in 2022, then surged by 193 bps to 17.21% in 2023, then grew by 16 bps to 20.04% in 2024, then advanced by 6 bps to 21.33% in 2025, then retreated by 22 bps to 16.69% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 16.69% (Q1 2026), 21.33% (Q4 2025), and 22.78% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 | 16.69% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 21.33% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 22.78% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 19.76% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 18.21% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 20.04% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 19.12% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 18.71% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 17.47% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 17.21% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 17.16% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 5.00% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 4.26% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 5.87% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 2.50% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 0.27% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | -29.73% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 0.55% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 5.24% |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 5.94% |
| Jan 31, 2021 | 3.32% |
| Oct 31, 2020 | 4.13% |
| Jul 31, 2020 | 3.46% |
| Apr 30, 2020 | -2.88% |
| Jan 31, 2020 | -0.74% |
| Oct 31, 2019 | 1.44% |
| Jul 31, 2019 | 1.45% |
| Apr 30, 2019 | 5.62% |
| Jan 31, 2019 | 3.80% |
| Oct 31, 2018 | 2.71% |
| Jul 31, 2018 | 3.51% |
| Apr 30, 2018 | 6.35% |
| Jan 31, 2018 | 7.36% |
| Oct 31, 2017 | 5.74% |
| Jul 31, 2017 | 3.26% |
| Apr 30, 2017 | 0.17% |
| Jan 31, 2017 | -1.02% |
| Oct 31, 2016 | 0.14% |
| Jul 31, 2016 | 1.60% |
| Apr 30, 2016 | 2.71% |
| Jan 31, 2016 | 1.14% |
| Oct 31, 2015 | 2.54% |
| Jul 31, 2015 | 1.21% |
| Apr 30, 2015 | 2.06% |
| Jan 31, 2015 | -2.41% |
| Oct 31, 2014 | -1.59% |
| Jul 31, 2014 | -2.54% |
| Apr 30, 2014 | -4.51% |
| Jan 31, 2014 | -9.06% |
| Oct 31, 2013 | -9.10% |
| Jul 31, 2013 | -4.16% |
| Apr 30, 2013 | -4.99% |
| Jan 31, 2013 | -2.49% |
| Oct 31, 2012 | -6.87% |
| Jul 31, 2012 | -1.84% |
| Apr 30, 2012 | -3.20% |
| Jan 31, 2012 | -1.01% |
| Oct 31, 2011 | -1.74% |
| Jul 31, 2011 | -2.88% |
| Apr 30, 2011 | -0.56% |
| Jan 31, 2011 | -0.09% |
| Oct 31, 2010 | 8.19% |
| Jul 31, 2010 | 7.53% |
| Apr 30, 2010 | 8.77% |
| Jan 31, 2010 | 7.21% |
| Oct 31, 2009 | 9.12% |
| Jul 31, 2009 | 9.33% |
| Apr 30, 2009 | 9.88% |
| Jan 31, 2009 | 68.55% |