Canadian Solar (CSIQ) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025)

Canadian Solar (CSIQ) posted quarterly Operating Margin of 5.26% for Q4 2025, up 309.0% year-on-year from 1.29% in Q4 2024, and down 326.32% on a QoQ basis from 2.33% in Q3 2025.

Canadian Solar (CSIQ) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Canadian Solar (CSIQ) has reported Operating Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 5.26% the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin rose 309.0% year-over-year to 5.26% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.77% (down 490411.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.77%, up 127.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin declined to 5.26% in Q4 2025 per CSIQ's latest filing, from 2.33% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for CSIQ reached as high as 19500.88% in Q3 2024 and fell as low as 8.35% in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 977.7% and a median of 4.16% in 2021 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Operating Margin jumped 1949639 bps — and 2025, when it sank 1949856 bps.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 4.41% in 2021, then jumped by 56 bps to 6.89% in 2022, then sank by 100 bps to 0.03% in 2023, then tumbled by 24745 bps to 8.35% in 2024, then jumped by 37 bps to 5.26% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 5.26%, 2.33%, and 7.52% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 First Solar 22.08 Bn 19.65 Bn 486.13 Mn 33.07%
2 Nextpower 15.32 Bn 14.23 Bn 297.38 Mn 17.44%
3 Enphase Energy 4.98 Bn 4.05 Bn 100.39 Mn -10.48%
4 JinkoSolar Holding 3.20 Bn -107.75 Mn 147.66 Mn -4.80%
5 Solaredge Technologies 2.60 Bn 2.04 Bn 68.28 Mn -17.73%
6 Sunrun 2.35 Bn 687.09 Mn 407.49 Mn -6.02%
7 Shoals Technologies 1.55 Bn 1.55 Bn 41.01 Mn 5.49%
8 Canadian Solar 925.64 Mn 166.07 Mn 124.40 Mn -5.26%
9 Array Technologies 843.55 Mn 642.85 Mn 63.00 Mn 3.18%
10 Toyo 182.74 Mn 106.10 Mn 47.76 Mn 25.40%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -5.26%
Sep 30, 2025 2.33%
Jun 30, 2025 7.52%
Mar 31, 2025 -4.58%
Dec 31, 2024 -8.35%
Sep 30, 2024 19,500.88%
Jun 30, 2024 2.91%
Mar 31, 2024 3.69%
Dec 31, 2023 0.03%
Sep 30, 2023 4.50%
Jun 30, 2023 9.48%
Mar 31, 2023 8.56%
Dec 31, 2022 6.89%
Sep 30, 2022 4.59%
Jun 30, 2022 5.02%
Mar 31, 2022 1.24%
Dec 31, 2021 4.41%
Sep 30, 2021 4.32%
Jun 30, 2021 1.85%
Mar 31, 2021 3.99%