Growth Metrics

Global Water Resources (GWRS) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Global Water Resources' Operating Margin history spans 11 years, with the latest figure at 2.65% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 728.0% year-over-year to 2.65%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 12.83%, down 494.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 12.83%, 494.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin reached 2.65% in Q4 2025 per GWRS's latest filing, down from 18.83% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 28.77% in Q1 2023 to a low of 2.65% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 17.27%, with a median of 18.61% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: tumbled -3255bps in 2021, then surged 1518bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 12.65% in 2021, then fell by -13bps to 11.06% in 2022, then grew by 21bps to 13.44% in 2023, then fell by -26bps to 9.93% in 2024, then tumbled by -73bps to 2.65% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GWRS's Operating Margin are 2.65% (Q4 2025), 18.83% (Q3 2025), and 18.4% (Q2 2025).