Lkq (LKQ) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Lkq has reported Operating Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure at 6.6% in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 191.0% year-over-year to 6.6% in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 6.35%, a 197.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 7.27%, down 101.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin was 6.6% for Q2 2026 at Lkq, up from 6.26% in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Operating Margin was 16.73% in Q2 2022, with the low at 0.59% in Q4 2023.
• Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 8.61%, with a median of 8.57% recorded in 2025.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Operating Margin slumped 1035 bps in 2023, then jumped 861 bps in 2024.
• Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 9.76% in 2022, then slumped by 106 bps to 0.59% in 2023, then jumped by 1471 bps to 8.03% in 2024, then plunged by 42 bps to 4.62% in 2025, then jumped by 43 bps to 6.6% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 6.6% (Q2 2026), 6.26% (Q1 2026), and 4.62% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.