Growth Metrics

Eastern (EML) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Eastern's Operating Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 3.77% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 73.0% year-over-year to 3.77%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 4.17%, down 282.0%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 4.29%, 310.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin reached 3.77% in Q1 2026 per EML's latest filing, up from 3.11% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 18.26% in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.73% in Q2 2022.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 6.49%, with a median of 5.28% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: soared 1001bps in 2022, then plummeted -940bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 18.26% in 2022, then tumbled by -51bps to 8.86% in 2023, then plummeted by -49bps to 4.49% in 2024, then plummeted by -31bps to 3.11% in 2025, then rose by 21bps to 3.77% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for EML's Operating Margin are 3.77% (Q1 2026), 3.11% (Q3 2025), and 4.48% (Q2 2025).