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.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin rose 2601.0% to 3.67% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 5.04% through Dec 2025, up 377.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 5.04% for FY2025, 377.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 3.67% at Helix Energy Solutions, down from 12.69% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Margin was 14.58% in Q2 2024, with the low at 22.34% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 1.9%, with a median of 0.74% recorded in 2025.
  • The sharpest move saw Operating Margin plummeted -2163bps in 2022, then skyrocketed 2601bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 15.93% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 89bps to 1.78% in 2022, then tumbled by -680bps to 13.89% in 2023, then crashed by -61bps to 22.34% in 2024, then soared by 116bps to 3.67% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods came in at 3.67%, 12.69%, and 1.04% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.