Harmonic (HLIT) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Harmonic (HLIT) reported Operating Margin of 16.8% for Q2 2026, up 851.0% on a YoY basis from 1.77% in Q2 2025, and down 59.42% quarter-over-quarter from 41.41% in Q4 2025.
Harmonic (HLIT) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Harmonic has reported Operating Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure at 16.8% in Q2 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Operating Margin rose 851.0% year-over-year to 16.8%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 stood at 3.49% (down 1675.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.52%, down 1479.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin for Q2 2026 stood at 16.8%, down from 41.41% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Operating Margin was 203.72% in Q4 2024, with the low at 33.42% in Q4 2023.
- Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 16.52% across 5 years, with a median of 7.09% in 2023.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Operating Margin soared 23714 bps — and 2025, when it tumbled 16231 bps.
- Harmonic's Operating Margin stood at 10.03% in 2022, then tumbled by 433 bps to 33.42% in 2023, then jumped by 710 bps to 203.72% in 2024, then slumped by 80 bps to 41.41% in 2025, then slumped by 59 bps to 16.8% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 16.8% (Q2 2026), 41.41% (Q4 2025), and 6.9% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cisco Systems | 480.96 Bn | 464.32 Bn | 10.08 Bn | 25.00% |
| 2 | Ciena | 69.17 Bn | 67.87 Bn | 625.52 Mn | 13.27% |
| 3 | Motorola Solutions | 68.03 Bn | 67.17 Bn | 1.36 Bn | 19.34% |
| 4 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 65.63 Bn | 60.79 Bn | 8.25 Bn | 5.05% |
| 5 | Lumentum Holdings | 61.32 Bn | 58.15 Bn | 357.00 Mn | 21.59% |
| 6 | Ubiquiti | 34.34 Bn | 33.97 Bn | 370.71 Mn | 36.90% |
| 7 | AST SpaceMobile | 27.21 Bn | 27.79 Bn | -69.36 Mn | -1,584.72% |
| 8 | Applied Optoelectronics | 13.45 Bn | 13.01 Bn | 43.92 Mn | -8.60% |
| 9 | Zebra Technologies | 11.38 Bn | 11.26 Bn | 742.00 Mn | 14.38% |
| 10 | Harmonic | 1.46 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 63.62 Mn | 16.80% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2026 | 16.80% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 41.41% |
| Sep 26, 2025 | 6.90% |
| Jun 27, 2025 | 2.80% |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 8.29% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 203.72% |
| Sep 27, 2024 | 18.10% |
| Jun 28, 2024 | -11.27% |
| Mar 29, 2024 | -7.80% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -33.42% |
| Sep 29, 2023 | -6.76% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 6.39% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.09% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 10.03% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.34% |
| Jul 1, 2022 | 9.58% |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.72% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 9.72% |
| Oct 1, 2021 | 4.25% |
| Jul 2, 2021 | 1.88% |