Gray Media (GTN) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)

Gray Media (GTN) reported Operating Margin of 10.55% for Q1 2026, down 122.0% year-over-year from 47.94% in Q1 2025, and down 27.99% quarter-over-quarter from 14.65% in Q4 2025.

Gray Media (GTN) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Gray Media (GTN) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 10.55% in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 10.55%, down 122.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 12.37% (down 1036.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 12.67%, down 1069.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin eased to 10.55% in Q1 2026 per GTN's latest filing, from 14.65% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 33.86% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 33.22% in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 15.18% and a median of 14.65% in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Margin surged 6729 bps in 2022, then plunged 6708 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 33.86% in 2022, then plunged by 198 bps to 33.22% in 2023, then jumped by 194 bps to 31.1% in 2024, then sank by 53 bps to 14.65% in 2025, then fell by 28 bps to 10.55% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows GTN's Operating Margin at 10.55% in Q1 2026, 14.65% in Q4 2025, and 13.62% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Nexstar Media 5.44 Bn 5.04 Bn -505.00 Mn 22.64%
2 FuboTV 3.41 Bn 5.34 Bn 348.72 Mn 8.32%
3 Newsmax 996.58 Mn 956.14 Mn 21.36 Mn -101.57%
4 iHeartMedia 598.23 Mn 466.54 Mn 509.13 Mn 0.17%
5 Gray Media 394.79 Mn 135.79 Mn 213.00 Mn 10.55%
6 E.W. Scripps 304.31 Mn 220.58 Mn 206.07 Mn 4.79%
7 CuriosityStream 163.77 Mn 154.55 Mn 11.62 Mn -17.57%
8 Mediaco Holding 58.80 Mn 58.80 Mn -3.44 Mn -23.99%
9 Saga Communications 54.09 Mn 23.65 Mn 17.72 Mn -14.27%
10 Beasley Broadcast 38.85 Mn 32.43 Mn - 18.07%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 10.55%
Dec 31, 2025 14.65%
Sep 30, 2025 13.62%
Jun 30, 2025 10.62%
Mar 31, 2025 11.76%
Dec 31, 2024 31.10%
Sep 30, 2024 26.32%
Jun 30, 2024 18.40%
Mar 31, 2024 15.07%
Dec 31, 2023 -33.22%
Sep 30, 2023 10.46%
Jun 30, 2023 14.64%
Mar 31, 2023 8.36%
Dec 31, 2022 33.86%
Sep 30, 2022 26.95%
Jun 30, 2022 25.12%
Mar 31, 2022 19.83%
Dec 31, 2021 -33.43%
Sep 30, 2021 11.15%
Jun 30, 2021 19.74%