Kenvue (KVUE) Operating Margin (2022 - 2026)
Kenvue (KVUE) reported Operating Margin of 19.62% for Q1 2026, up 471.0% year-over-year from 3.44% in Q1 2025, and up 38.63% quarter-over-quarter from 14.15% in Q4 2025.
Kenvue (KVUE) Operating Margin (2022 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Kenvue (KVUE) has 5 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 19.62% in Q1 2026.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 19.62%, up 471.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 17.15% (up 507.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 15.96%, up 405.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin advanced to 19.62% in Q1 2026 per KVUE's latest filing, from 14.15% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 54.31% in Q1 2023 and troughed at 3.85% in Q2 2024.
- A 5-year average of 18.11% and a median of 16.77% in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Operating Margin slumped 4177 bps in 2023, then soared 1418 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 20.14% in 2022, then slumped by 38 bps to 12.55% in 2023, then grew by 5 bps to 13.19% in 2024, then gained by 7 bps to 14.15% in 2025, then surged by 39 bps to 19.62% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows KVUE's Operating Margin at 19.62% in Q1 2026, 14.15% in Q4 2025, and 16.71% in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tantech Holdings | 611.49 Bn | 611.46 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Procter & Gamble | 338.86 Bn | 326.78 Bn | 10.51 Bn | 21.55% |
| 3 | Unilever | 142.58 Bn | 132.10 Bn | - | 8.80% |
| 4 | Colgate Palmolive | 69.08 Bn | 68.08 Bn | 3.23 Bn | 18.11% |
| 5 | Kenvue | 33.68 Bn | 33.57 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 19.62% |
| 6 | Kimberly Clark | 32.46 Bn | 32.04 Bn | 1.53 Bn | 18.09% |
| 7 | Estee Lauder Companies | 30.67 Bn | 27.54 Bn | 2.84 Bn | 6.71% |
| 8 | Church & Dwight | 22.55 Bn | 22.05 Bn | 681.40 Mn | 19.81% |
| 9 | Clorox | 11.54 Bn | 10.51 Bn | 722.00 Mn | 27.90% |
| 10 | e.l.f. Beauty | 3.05 Bn | 2.76 Bn | 326.45 Mn | -11.20% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2026 | 19.62% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 14.15% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 16.71% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 18.03% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 14.92% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 13.19% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 16.77% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.85% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 14.12% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 12.55% |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 18.14% |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 17.50% |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 16.61% |
| Jan 1, 2023 | 54.31% |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 20.14% |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 20.24% |
| Apr 3, 2022 | 17.02% |