Daily Journal (DJCO) Operating Margin (2010 - 2025)
Daily Journal posted quarterly Operating Margin of 1.54% for Q4 2025, down 266.0% year-on-year from 0.92% in Q4 2024, and down 90.51% on a QoQ basis from 16.19% in Q3 2025.
Daily Journal (DJCO) has 16 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 1.54% in Q4 2025.
- For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 266.0% year-over-year to 1.54%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 10.15% (up 565.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 10.86%, up 772.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin for Q4 2025 stood at 1.54%, down from 16.19% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 16.19% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 16.41% in Q2 2022.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 4.01% (2024), against an average of 4.22%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Margin tumbled 2617 bps; it then surged 2947 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 0.48% in 2021, then tumbled by 1320 bps to 5.82% in 2022, then soared by 129 bps to 1.69% in 2023, then soared by 148 bps to 4.19% in 2024, then sank by 63 bps to 1.54% in 2025.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 1.54% (Q4 2025), 16.19% (Q3 2025), and 13.77% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 28.69% |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 16.69% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 14.56% |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 12.05% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 13.34% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 29.26% |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 37.79% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -22.99% |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 46.97% |
| 10 | Daily Journal | 652.05 Mn | 633.20 Mn | 19.37 Mn | 1.54% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.54% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 16.19% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 13.77% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 5.30% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.19% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.82% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.23% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.82% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.69% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -1.94% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 13.06% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 10.06% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -5.82% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.34% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -16.41% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.41% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.48% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -1.35% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 9.76% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 9.34% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 0.60% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 5.68% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 4.61% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -8.89% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -13.00% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | -135.75% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 7.74% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | -24.93% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | -24.18% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | -34.46% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | -29.01% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | -39.73% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | -34.09% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | -31.29% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | -35.61% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | -31.77% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | -123.51% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | -36.82% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | -17.24% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | -5.03% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | -8.90% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | -9.67% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | -10.90% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | -8.48% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | -3.19% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | -1.18% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | -2.37% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | -4.78% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | -12.75% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 13,649.56% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 4,845.72% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 11,657.95% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 283.81% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 25.83% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 137.06% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 135.25% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 14.94% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 153.63% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 49.40% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 182.74% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 9.12% |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 29.18% |