Freshpet (FRPT) Operating Margin (2012 - 2026)
Freshpet's (FRPT) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 1.46% in Q1 2026, up 582.0% year-on-year from 0.21% in Q1 2025, and down 90.67% quarter-over-quarter from 15.59% in Q4 2025.
Freshpet (FRPT) Operating Margin (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Freshpet has disclosed Operating Margin across 15 years of filings, most recently posting 1.46% for Q1 2026.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 1.46%, up 582.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 8.05% (up 627.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 6.87%, up 297.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin came in at 1.46% for Q1 2026 at Freshpet, down from 15.59% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 15.59% in Q4 2025 to a low of 12.84% in Q1 2023.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 0.74% (2024), against an average of 0.68%.
- Across the five-year window, Operating Margin sank 973 bps in 2022 and soared 1662 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
- Freshpet's Operating Margin stood at 1.25% in 2022, then surged by 655 bps to 6.91% in 2023, then rose by 7 bps to 7.38% in 2024, then jumped by 111 bps to 15.59% in 2025, then tumbled by 91 bps to 1.46% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 1.46% (Q1 2026), 15.59% (Q4 2025), and 8.62% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paranovus Entertainment Technology | 75,216.52 Bn | 75,216.52 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Kraft Heinz | 26.76 Bn | 22.68 Bn | 2.22 Bn | 18.94% |
| 3 | General Mills | 17.79 Bn | 17.02 Bn | 1.37 Bn | 11.82% |
| 4 | Jbs | 13.93 Bn | 9.37 Bn | 2.32 Bn | - |
| 5 | Hormel Foods | 13.00 Bn | 12.16 Bn | 518.51 Mn | 7.30% |
| 6 | Mccormick | 12.70 Bn | 13.10 Bn | 708.90 Mn | 12.14% |
| 7 | Magnum Ice Cream | 12.17 Bn | 11.70 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | J M Smucker | 11.05 Bn | 10.99 Bn | 827.80 Mn | -23.44% |
| 9 | Smithfield Foods | 10.57 Bn | 9.49 Bn | 511.00 Mn | 8.76% |
| 10 | Freshpet | 2.44 Bn | 2.06 Bn | 120.67 Mn | 1.46% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.46% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 15.59% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 8.62% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.73% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -4.37% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.38% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.70% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -0.74% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.78% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.91% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -3.53% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -9.14% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -12.84% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -1.25% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -10.51% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -12.42% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -12.01% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -6.59% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -0.78% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -5.95% |