Eaco (EACO) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Eaco's Operating Margin came in at 12.65% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended May 31, 2026), up 1.47 percentage points from 11.17% a year earlier and up 1.79 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Eaco (EACO) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to May 31, 2026, Eaco reported Operating Margin of 11.09%, up 1.09 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Aug 31, 2025), it was 9.78%, up 3.79 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin carries a five-year change of +5.14 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by fiscal year, Operating Margin was 5.99% in FY2024 (-2.61 pp), 8.60% in FY2023 (-1.49 pp), 10.09% in FY2022 (+4.75 pp) and 5.34% in FY2021 (+0.71 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Operating Margin since fiscal Q1 2022.
- Year-over-year, Operating Margin has increased for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.66 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Margin over five years came in fiscal Q1 2022 (a gain of 11.23 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q3 2024 (a drop of 7.00 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows EACO's Operating Margin at 10.85% (Q2 2026), 11.27% (Q1 2026) and 9.36% (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Rentals | 68.86 Bn | 67.98 Bn | 2.05 Bn | 28.80% |
| 2 | W.W. Grainger | 64.05 Bn | 61.64 Bn | 1.98 Bn | 16.07% |
| 3 | Fastenal | 60.38 Bn | 59.38 Bn | 1.10 Bn | 21.55% |
| 4 | Ferguson Enterprises | 44.23 Bn | 41.45 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 8.19% |
| 5 | Sunbelt Rentals Holdings | 32.21 Bn | 32.09 Bn | 1.25 Bn | 22.18% |
| 6 | Reliance | 21.26 Bn | 20.30 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 9.54% |
| 7 | Wesco International | 15.74 Bn | 13.06 Bn | 1.46 Bn | 5.73% |
| 8 | Watsco | 12.52 Bn | 10.20 Bn | 578.93 Mn | 11.32% |
| 9 | Applied Industrial Technologies | 11.94 Bn | 11.81 Bn | 411.22 Mn | 11.78% |
| 10 | Eaco | 607.70 Mn | 482.28 Mn | 44.45 Mn | 12.65% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 31, 2026 | 12.65% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 10.85% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 11.27% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 9.36% |
| May 31, 2025 | 11.17% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 9.08% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 9.42% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 10.20% |
| May 31, 2024 | 1.68% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 8.91% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 3.05% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 9.17% |
| May 31, 2023 | 8.68% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 8.66% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 7.83% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 10.10% |
| May 31, 2022 | 9.05% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 7.04% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 14.55% |
| Aug 31, 2021 | 6.67% |
Eaco Operating Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=EACO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "EACO", "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=EACO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();