Global Water Resources (GWRS) Operating Margin (2015 - 2026)
Global Water Resources posted quarterly Operating Margin of 2.93% for Q1 2026, down 715.0% year-on-year from 0.48% in Q1 2025, and up 10.44% on a QoQ basis from 2.65% in Q4 2025.
Global Water Resources (GWRS) has 12 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 2.93% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 715.0% year-over-year to 2.93%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 11.12% (down 635.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 12.83%, down 494.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 2.93%, up from 2.65% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 28.77% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 2.65% in Q4 2025.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 18.4% (2025), against an average of 16.64%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Operating Margin jumped 1518 bps; it then sank 1786 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 11.06% in 2022, then climbed by 21 bps to 13.44% in 2023, then decreased by 26 bps to 9.93% in 2024, then sank by 73 bps to 2.65% in 2025, then advanced by 10 bps to 2.93% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 2.93% (Q1 2026), 2.65% (Q4 2025), and 18.83% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Water Works Company | 24.41 Bn | 24.28 Bn | 714.00 Mn | 32.39% |
| 2 | Aris Mining | 20.22 Bn | 19.75 Bn | 233.28 Mn | 48.07% |
| 3 | Essential Utilities | 10.60 Bn | 10.53 Bn | 685.96 Mn | 36.05% |
| 4 | American States Water | 2.95 Bn | 2.94 Bn | 104.19 Mn | 40.91% |
| 5 | California Water Service | 2.62 Bn | 2.52 Bn | 183.34 Mn | 8.47% |
| 6 | H2O America | 2.18 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 171.30 Mn | 20.42% |
| 7 | Middlesex Water | 966.38 Mn | 964.34 Mn | 25.70 Mn | 26.90% |
| 8 | Consolidated Water | 470.56 Mn | 349.42 Mn | 10.92 Mn | 11.48% |
| 9 | York Water | 431.27 Mn | 431.27 Mn | 13.98 Mn | 31.81% |
| 10 | Global Water Resources | 207.64 Mn | 205.84 Mn | 9.10 Mn | 2.93% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.93% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.65% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 18.83% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 18.40% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 10.07% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 9.93% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 27.82% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 20.70% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 10.91% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 13.44% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 26.40% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 23.15% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 28.77% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 11.06% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 23.26% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 21.03% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 13.59% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 12.65% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 20.11% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 21.37% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 11.27% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 3.67% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 26.88% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 36.94% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 21.83% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 25.14% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 51.62% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 24.61% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 15.53% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 21.14% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 46.05% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 37.87% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 43.79% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 22.06% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 33.17% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 21.02% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 16.21% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 13.00% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 35.29% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 12.19% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 15.57% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 19.92% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 25.25% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 25.10% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 10.17% |