Chevron (CVX) Operating Margin (2017 - 2026)
Chevron's Operating Margin came in at 24.32% for Q2 2026, up 14.45 percentage points from 9.86% a year earlier and up 15.49 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Chevron (CVX) Operating Margin (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Chevron reported Operating Margin of 14.90%, up 3.06 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 11.09%, down 2.77 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin has declined in each of the last three years, though with a five-year change of +18.22 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Operating Margin was 13.86% in FY2024 (-1.10 pp), 14.96% in FY2023 (-5.43 pp), 20.38% in FY2022 (+6.62 pp) and 13.76% in FY2021 (+20.89 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Operating Margin in data going back to Q2 2017.
- Year-over-year, Operating Margin increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.11 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Margin over five years came in Q4 2021 (a gain of 79.41 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2023 (a drop of 9.93 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows CVX's Operating Margin at 8.83% (Q1 2026), 10.58% (Q4 2025) and 11.63% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil Holdings | 778.24 Bn | 734.72 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Chevron | 463.12 Bn | 435.23 Bn | 33.45 Bn | -28.44% |
| 3 | Shell | 320.05 Bn | 180.31 Bn | - | - |
| 4 | TotalEnergies SE | 208.53 Bn | 79.61 Bn | 31,614.00 | -7,653,464.41% |
| 5 | Conocophillips | 185.85 Bn | 158.56 Bn | 12.81 Bn | 53.17% |
| 6 | Equinor Asa | 126.28 Bn | 39.13 Bn | - | 36.02% |
| 7 | Canadian Natural Resources | 116.99 Bn | 113.99 Bn | 8.84 Bn | 81.91% |
| 8 | Phillips 66 | 111.27 Bn | 95.06 Bn | 10.69 Bn | 14.27% |
| 9 | Suncor Energy | 96.22 Bn | 81.97 Bn | - | 3.43% |
| 10 | Eni Spa | 91.72 Bn | 31.35 Bn | - | 7.15% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -28.44% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -50.03% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -44.27% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -44.21% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -50.67% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -48.37% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -46.12% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -47.29% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -46.56% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -40.68% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -52.96% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -43.62% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -43.25% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -39.16% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -40.31% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -35.93% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -35.89% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -44.80% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -48.27% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -35.29% |
Chevron Operating Margin API
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import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "CVX", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=CVX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();