Garmin (GRMN) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Garmin's (GRMN) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 24.62% in Q1 2026, up 294.0% year-on-year from 6.25% in Q1 2025, and down 14.82% quarter-over-quarter from 28.9% in Q4 2025.

Garmin (GRMN) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Garmin has disclosed Operating Margin across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 24.62% for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 24.62%, up 294.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 26.46% (up 2369.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 25.89%, up 2360.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin came in at 24.62% for Q1 2026 at Garmin, down from 28.9% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 28.9% in Q4 2025 to a low of 51.24% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 21.68% (2025), against an average of 18.53%.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin plunged 7420 bps in 2024 and surged 8014 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Garmin's Operating Margin stood at 20.45% in 2022, then gained by 12 bps to 22.96% in 2023, then plunged by 323 bps to 51.24% in 2024, then surged by 156 bps to 28.9% in 2025, then slipped by 15 bps to 24.62% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 24.62% (Q1 2026), 28.9% (Q4 2025), and 25.79% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Coherent 67.67 Bn 66.37 Bn 679.95 Mn -52.13%
2 Keysight Technologies 57.00 Bn 54.83 Bn 995.00 Mn 15.50%
3 Garmin 45.82 Bn 43.12 Bn 1.04 Bn 24.62%
4 Teledyne Technologies 28.64 Bn 28.34 Bn 673.80 Mn 18.86%
5 Mks 21.67 Bn 21.10 Bn 507.00 Mn 13.82%
6 Fortive 19.42 Bn 19.07 Bn 675.50 Mn 17.93%
7 Trimble 12.42 Bn 12.19 Bn 646.30 Mn 15.32%
8 Cognex 10.23 Bn 9.94 Bn 190.94 Mn 22.30%
9 Esco Technologies 7.86 Bn 7.77 Bn 131.32 Mn 7.27%
10 Sensata Technologies Holding 7.28 Bn 6.64 Bn 286.30 Mn 15.15%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 24.62%
Dec 27, 2025 28.90%
Sep 27, 2025 25.79%
Jun 28, 2025 26.03%
Mar 29, 2025 21.68%
Dec 28, 2024 -51.24%
Sep 28, 2024 27.58%
Jun 29, 2024 22.70%
Mar 30, 2024 21.60%
Dec 30, 2023 22.96%
Sep 30, 2023 21.16%
Jul 1, 2023 21.53%
Apr 1, 2023 17.17%
Dec 31, 2022 20.45%
Sep 24, 2022 20.99%
Jun 25, 2022 23.59%
Mar 26, 2022 19.49%
Dec 25, 2021 22.64%
Sep 25, 2021 23.71%
Jun 26, 2021 27.97%