Growth Metrics

Lkq (LKQ) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Lkq (LKQ) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on record, last reported at 8.18% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin rose 146.0% year-over-year to 8.18%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 8.14%, up 9.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 10.33%, 205.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin reached 8.18% in Q4 2025 per LKQ's latest filing, up from 7.45% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 16.73% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 6.73% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 9.91%, with a median of 8.83% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: skyrocketed 607bps in 2021, then tumbled -493bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 8.8% in 2021, then rose by 11bps to 9.76% in 2022, then fell by -14bps to 8.4% in 2023, then fell by -20bps to 6.73% in 2024, then rose by 22bps to 8.18% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Operating Margin were 8.18% in Q4 2025, 7.45% in Q3 2025, and 8.57% in Q2 2025.