Methode Electronics (MEI) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)

Methode Electronics (MEI) recorded quarterly Operating Margin of 2.61% in Q1 2026, down 322.23% on a QoQ basis from 1.17% in Q4 2025, and down 169.0% year-over-year from 3.78% in Q1 2025.

Methode Electronics (MEI) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Methode Electronics has disclosed Operating Margin across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 2.61% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 169.0% year-over-year to 2.61% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 1.26% (up 453.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 1.0%, up 905.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin slipped to 2.61% in Q1 2026, from 1.17% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 10.38% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 25.01% in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 1.74% and a median of 0.46% in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Operating Margin was 2783 bps in 2023; the steepest drop was 2820 bps in 2023.
  • Tracing MEI's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 10.38% in 2022, then plunged by 272 bps to 17.81% in 2023, then soared by 118 bps to 3.21% in 2024, then tumbled by 63 bps to 1.17% in 2025, then slumped by 322 bps to 2.61% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MEI's Operating Margin at 2.61% in Q1 2026, 1.17% in Q4 2025, and 0.46% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Amphenol 170.58 Bn 165.55 Bn 2.80 Bn 24.04%
2 Corning 152.19 Bn 150.97 Bn 1.53 Bn 15.42%
3 TE Connectivity 62.31 Bn 61.34 Bn 1.75 Bn 20.11%
4 Flex 56.36 Bn 54.72 Bn 702.00 Mn 4.98%
5 Celestica 42.71 Bn 42.33 Bn 437.20 Mn 6.72%
6 Jabil 37.62 Bn 35.80 Bn 746.00 Mn 4.52%
7 Fabrinet 22.26 Bn 21.31 Bn 144.34 Mn 9.89%
8 Ttm Technologies 17.40 Bn 16.99 Bn 181.18 Mn 8.56%
9 Sanmina 13.70 Bn 12.12 Bn 353.79 Mn 3.91%
10 Methode Electronics 404.87 Mn 271.17 Mn 38.80 Mn -2.61%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 -2.61%
Nov 1, 2025 1.17%
Aug 2, 2025 0.46%
May 3, 2025 -3.97%
Feb 1, 2025 -0.92%
Nov 2, 2024 3.21%
Jul 27, 2024 -2.90%
Apr 27, 2024 -22.18%
Jan 27, 2024 -1.16%
Oct 28, 2023 -17.81%
Jul 29, 2023 1.31%
Apr 29, 2023 2.82%
Jan 28, 2023 9.75%
Oct 29, 2022 10.38%
Jul 30, 2022 7.72%
Apr 30, 2022 -25.01%
Jan 29, 2022 10.22%
Oct 30, 2021 11.24%
Jul 31, 2021 11.85%
May 1, 2021 -21.89%