Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Kaiser Aluminum has reported Operating Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure at 8.84% in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 351.0% year-over-year to 8.84%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 2.37% (up 122.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.93%, up 33.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 8.84%, up from 10.41% in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Operating Margin was 8.84% in Q1 2026, with the low at 10.41% in Q4 2025.
• Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 0.98% across 5 years, with a median of 2.57% in 2023.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin tumbled 586 bps — and 2023, when it surged 462 bps.
• Kaiser Aluminum's Operating Margin stood at 4.41% in 2022, then tumbled by 79 bps to 7.87% in 2023, then advanced by 8 bps to 7.22% in 2024, then tumbled by 44 bps to 10.41% in 2025, then jumped by 185 bps to 8.84% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 8.84% (Q1 2026), 10.41% (Q4 2025), and 5.79% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.