Kimball Electronics (KE) Operating Margin (2013 - 2026)

Kimball Electronics' (KE) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 3.33% in Q1 2026, up 20.0% year-on-year from 2.78% in Q1 2025, and up 5.57% quarter-over-quarter from 3.15% in Q4 2025.

Kimball Electronics (KE) Operating Margin (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Kimball Electronics has disclosed Operating Margin across 14 years of filings, most recently posting 3.33% for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 3.33%, up 20.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 3.71% (up 54.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 3.06%, up 19.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin came in at 3.33% for Q1 2026 at Kimball Electronics, up from 3.15% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 6.34% in Q2 2023 to a low of 1.51% in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 3.95% (2025), against an average of 3.76%.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin plunged 672 bps in 2024 and surged 464 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Kimball Electronics' Operating Margin stood at 4.0% in 2022, then fell by 2 bps to 3.94% in 2023, then tumbled by 42 bps to 2.3% in 2024, then surged by 37 bps to 3.15% in 2025, then advanced by 6 bps to 3.33% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 3.33% (Q1 2026), 3.15% (Q4 2025), and 3.95% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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1 Novonix 479.97 Bn 479.92 Bn - -
2 Vertiv Holdings 114.69 Bn 112.19 Bn 999.70 Mn 16.61%
3 Bloom Energy 79.53 Bn 77.06 Bn 225.54 Mn 9.61%
4 nVent Electric 27.08 Bn 26.89 Bn 445.60 Mn 15.76%
5 Hubbell 26.67 Bn 26.16 Bn 505.30 Mn 17.39%
6 Advanced Energy Industries 13.19 Bn 13.19 Bn 200.90 Mn 13.37%
7 Powell Industries 10.63 Bn 10.09 Bn 87.94 Mn 19.41%
8 Ballard Power Systems 10.07 Bn 9.54 Bn 5.64 Mn -33.48%
9 Acuity Inc. (De) 9.39 Bn 9.12 Bn 520.40 Mn 12.60%
10 Kimball Electronics 621.59 Mn 539.13 Mn 27.82 Mn 3.33%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 3.33%
Dec 31, 2025 3.15%
Sep 30, 2025 3.95%
Jun 30, 2025 4.33%
Mar 31, 2025 3.13%
Dec 31, 2024 2.30%
Sep 30, 2024 2.44%
Jun 30, 2024 4.56%
Mar 31, 2024 -1.51%
Dec 31, 2023 3.94%
Sep 30, 2023 4.45%
Jun 30, 2023 6.34%
Mar 31, 2023 5.20%
Dec 31, 2022 4.00%
Sep 30, 2022 3.34%
Jun 30, 2022 5.51%
Mar 31, 2022 5.51%
Dec 31, 2021 2.19%
Sep 30, 2021 1.63%
Jun 30, 2021 5.19%