Orion (OEC) Operating Margin (2017 - 2026)

Orion (OEC) posted Operating Margin of 2.48% for Q1 2026, down 42.94% sequentially from 4.35% in Q4 2025, and down 405.0% YoY from 0.81% in Q1 2025.

Orion (OEC) Operating Margin (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Orion has reported Operating Margin for 10 years, with the latest figure at 2.48% in Q1 2026.

Quarterly Operating Margin fell 405.0% year-over-year to 2.48% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.43% (down 395.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 1.52%, down 395.0% from the prior year.
Operating Margin retreated to 2.48% in Q1 2026 per OEC's latest filing, from 4.35% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 14.68% in Q1 2023 and troughed at 11.91% in Q3 2025.
A 5-year average of 6.56% and a median of 7.79% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
The widest YoY moves for Operating Margin: up 451 bps in 2022, down 2327 bps in 2022.
Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 7.79% in 2022, then decreased by 25 bps to 5.81% in 2023, then declined by 6 bps to 5.44% in 2024, then declined by 20 bps to 4.35% in 2025, then plunged by 43 bps to 2.48% in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 2.48%, 4.35%, and 11.91% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Operating Margin (Qtr)
1	Linde	222.77 Bn	217.87 Bn	4.43 Bn	27.49%
2	Sherwin Williams	84.55 Bn	84.26 Bn	3.34 Bn	18.18%
3	Ecolab	78.89 Bn	73.75 Bn	1.95 Bn	17.16%
4	Air Products & Chemicals	66.91 Bn	65.93 Bn	1.04 Bn	-66.34%
5	Ppg Industries	25.15 Bn	23.56 Bn	1.81 Bn	14.73%
6	Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile	22.35 Bn	18.48 Bn	778.60 Mn	47.01%
7	LyondellBasell Industries	22.02 Bn	19.39 Bn	2.04 Bn	16.81%
8	International Flavors & Fragrances	21.27 Bn	20.70 Bn	853.00 Mn	8.09%
9	DuPont de Nemours	18.86 Bn	17.12 Bn	639.00 Mn	18.03%
10	Orion	342.54 Mn	291.74 Mn	93.00 Mn	4.25%

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