Marqeta (MQ) Operating Margin (2020 - 2026)

Marqeta (MQ) posted quarterly Operating Margin of 1.26% for Q1 2026, up 1459.0% YoY from 0.08% in Q1 2025, and up 126.21% sequentially from 4.82% in Q4 2025.

Marqeta (MQ) Operating Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Marqeta has disclosed Operating Margin across 7 years of filings, most recently posting 1.26% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 1459.0% year-over-year to 1.26%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 3.96% (down 526.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 7.43%, down 260.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin rose to 1.26% in Q1 2026, from 4.82% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for MQ reached as high as 83.85% in Q2 2024 and fell as low as 64.12% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 27.56% (2024), against an average of 20.15%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Operating Margin jumped 11389 bps — and 2025, when it plunged 8999 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 26.65% in 2022, then plunged by 78 bps to 47.41% in 2023, then soared by 42 bps to 27.56% in 2024, then jumped by 83 bps to 4.82% in 2025, then jumped by 126 bps to 1.26% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 1.26%, 4.82%, and 6.35% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,853.66 Bn 2,775.39 Bn 56.06 Bn 46.33%
2 Oracle 408.21 Bn 376.86 Bn 17.12 Bn 31.97%
3 Palantir Technologies 300.98 Bn 293.06 Bn 1.42 Bn 46.18%
4 Palo Alto Networks 247.84 Bn 243.30 Bn 1.91 Bn 15.30%
5 CrowdStrike Holdings 193.63 Bn 190.57 Bn 993.68 Mn 1.06%
6 Fortinet 117.45 Bn 114.16 Bn 1.49 Bn 31.36%
7 Cloudflare 86.88 Bn 85.93 Bn 455.60 Mn -9.69%
8 Synopsys 86.18 Bn 86.06 Bn 1.77 Bn 8.43%
9 Block 46.10 Bn 39.21 Bn 2.91 Bn -2.84%
10 Marqeta 1.78 Bn 1.07 Bn 117.59 Mn 1.26%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.26%
Dec 31, 2025 -4.82%
Sep 30, 2025 -6.35%
Jun 30, 2025 -6.14%
Mar 31, 2025 -13.33%
Dec 31, 2024 -27.56%
Sep 30, 2024 -33.00%
Jun 30, 2024 83.85%
Mar 31, 2024 -42.26%
Dec 31, 2023 -47.41%
Sep 30, 2023 -64.12%
Jun 30, 2023 -30.04%
Mar 31, 2023 -40.23%
Dec 31, 2022 -26.65%
Sep 30, 2022 -31.05%
Jun 30, 2022 -25.03%
Mar 31, 2022 -29.66%
Dec 31, 2021 -24.28%
Sep 30, 2021 -34.70%
Jun 30, 2021 -55.60%