Growth Metrics

Helix Energy Solutions (HLX) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Helix Energy Solutions (HLX) has disclosed Operating Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 3.67% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 2601.0% to 3.67% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 5.04%, a 377.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 5.04%, up 377.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin was 3.67% for Q4 2025 at Helix Energy Solutions, down from 12.69% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 14.58% in Q2 2024 to a low of 22.34% in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.9% and a median of 0.39% in 2024 define the central range for Operating Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: crashed -2163bps in 2022, then soared 2601bps in 2025.
  • Helix Energy Solutions' Operating Margin stood at 4.15% in 2021, then tumbled by -143bps to 1.78% in 2022, then plummeted by -680bps to 13.89% in 2023, then tumbled by -61bps to 22.34% in 2024, then surged by 116bps to 3.67% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HLX's Operating Margin are 3.67% (Q4 2025), 12.69% (Q3 2025), and 1.04% (Q2 2025).