Eastman Chemical (EMN) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Eastman Chemical posted quarterly Operating Margin of 8.64% for Q1 2026, down 455.0% year-on-year from 2.43% in Q1 2025, and up 166.22% on a QoQ basis from 3.24% in Q4 2025.
Eastman Chemical (EMN) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 8.64% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 455.0% year-over-year to 8.64%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 7.66% (down 640.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 8.87%, down 476.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 8.64%, up from 3.24% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 21.61% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 3.2% in Q4 2022.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 11.96% (2022), against an average of 11.62%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Margin plunged 1825 bps; it then surged 1841 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 3.2% in 2022, then surged by 575 bps to 21.61% in 2023, then fell by 28 bps to 15.55% in 2024, then slumped by 79 bps to 3.24% in 2025, then jumped by 166 bps to 8.64% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 8.64% (Q1 2026), 3.24% (Q4 2025), and 8.54% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.64% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.24% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 8.54% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 9.71% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 13.19% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 15.55% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 13.35% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 14.26% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.39% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 21.61% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 11.29% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 13.90% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 10.20% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.20% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 11.96% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 15.30% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 12.27% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 21.46% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 13.60% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -2.11% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 16.15% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 3.48% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 11.45% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 2.81% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 16.42% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 2.81% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 15.78% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 15.70% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 13.45% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 5.68% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 20.30% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 18.73% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 15.69% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 10.37% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 18.82% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 17.36% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 17.41% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 11.79% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 15.57% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 16.37% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 17.84% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 7.73% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 17.65% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 18.52% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 12.73% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 1.15% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 14.01% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 17.72% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 15.66% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 24.81% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 20.49% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 17.54% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 17.04% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | -2.03% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 11.64% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 17.11% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 14.50% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 1.10% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 14.96% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 17.67% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 17.86% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 9.77% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 17.65% |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 16.38% |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 13.80% |
| Dec 31, 2009 | -0.30% |
| Sep 30, 2009 | 14.29% |
| Jun 30, 2009 | 10.45% |
| Mar 31, 2009 | 2.21% |