Culp Inc (CULP) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Culp (CULP) posted Operating Margin of 12.36% for Q1 2027, up 9.17 percentage points from 3.19% a year earlier.
Culp Inc (CULP) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Aug 2, 2026, Operating Margin at Culp was 0.54%, up 7.29 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2023, it came in at -12.12%, down 12.35 percentage points from FY2022.
- Annual Operating Margin shows a five-year change of -20.60 percentage points (FY2018 to FY2023).
- In prior years, Culp's Operating Margin was 0.23% in FY2022 (-3.80 pp), 4.03% in FY2021 (+6.98 pp), -2.95% in FY2020 (-7.70 pp) and 4.75% in FY2019 (-3.74 pp).
- The Q1 2027 figure stands as the highest quarterly Operating Margin in data going back to Q1 2011.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Margin increased in three of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +6.84 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin in the past five years was Q1 2026, with a gain of 15.31 percentage points; the weakest was Q2 2023, with a drop of 22.64 percentage points.
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2026 | 12.36% |
| Feb 1, 2026 | -7.77% |
| Nov 2, 2025 | -6.49% |
| Aug 3, 2025 | 3.19% |
| Jan 26, 2025 | -7.44% |
| Oct 27, 2024 | -9.70% |
| Jul 28, 2024 | -12.12% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | -6.56% |
| Jan 29, 2023 | -14.82% |
| Oct 30, 2022 | -20.44% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -7.57% |
| May 1, 2022 | -9.45% |
| Jan 30, 2022 | 1.37% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 2.20% |
| Aug 1, 2021 | 4.00% |
| May 2, 2021 | 2.07% |
| Jan 31, 2021 | 5.09% |
| Nov 1, 2020 | 5.88% |
| Aug 2, 2020 | 2.92% |
| May 3, 2020 | -37.98% |
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