Dole (DOLE) Operating Margin (2021 - 2026)

Dole's (DOLE) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 2.65% in Q1 2026, down 59.0% year-on-year from 6.45% in Q1 2025, and up 108.9% quarter-over-quarter from 29.72% in Q4 2025.

Dole (DOLE) Operating Margin (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Dole's Operating Margin history runs 6 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 2.65% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 59.0% year-over-year to 2.65% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.21%, a 1140.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 2.43%, down 88.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin improved to 2.65% in Q1 2026 per DOLE's latest filing, from 29.72% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 15.08% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 29.72% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 13.1% (2023), against an average of 8.41%.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin soared 1302 bps in 2023 and sank 4269 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 1.55% in 2022, then surged by 743 bps to 13.1% in 2023, then declined by 1 bps to 12.97% in 2024, then plunged by 329 bps to 29.72% in 2025, then soared by 109 bps to 2.65% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest DOLE Operating Margin figures stand at 2.65% (Q1 2026), 29.72% (Q4 2025), and 12.23% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Archer-Daniels-Midland 41.79 Bn 41.18 Bn 1.22 Bn 1.22%
2 Bunge Global 23.70 Bn 22.91 Bn 766.00 Mn 1.07%
3 Cal-Maine Foods 4.20 Bn 4.10 Bn 34.07 Mn -10.64%
4 Del Monte 1.35 Bn 1.29 Bn 89.00 Mn 1.93%
5 Dole 1.34 Bn 1.09 Bn 184.99 Mn 2.65%
6 Adecoagro 1.10 Bn 1.06 Bn 97.80 Mn 5.67%
7 Vital Farms 568.49 Mn 531.53 Mn 53.01 Mn -1.25%
8 Alico 298.33 Mn 250.20 Mn -4.59 Mn -146.46%
9 Forafric Global 283.29 Mn 284.32 Mn - -
10 Limoneira 240.76 Mn 259.12 Mn 21.52 Mn -96.29%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.65%
Dec 31, 2025 -29.72%
Sep 30, 2025 12.23%
Jun 30, 2025 14.11%
Mar 31, 2025 3.23%
Dec 31, 2024 12.97%
Sep 30, 2024 13.57%
Jun 30, 2024 14.93%
Mar 31, 2024 13.05%
Dec 31, 2023 13.10%
Sep 30, 2023 13.92%
Jun 30, 2023 14.58%
Mar 31, 2023 15.08%
Dec 31, 2022 1.55%
Sep 30, 2022 0.91%
Jun 30, 2022 13.45%
Mar 31, 2022 13.26%
Dec 31, 2021 -1.64%
Sep 30, 2021 -1.18%
Jun 30, 2021 14.57%