Optimum Communications (OPTU) Operating Margin (2015 - 2026)
Optimum Communications' (OPTU) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 114.27% in Q1 2026, down 13023.0% YoY from N/an in Q1 2025, and down 727.28% on a QoQ basis from 18.22% in Q4 2025.
Optimum Communications (OPTU) Operating Margin (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Optimum Communications (OPTU) has 12 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 114.27% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Margin fell 13023.0% year-over-year to 114.27% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 33.12% (down 5153.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 1.31%, down 2007.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin slipped to 114.27% in Q1 2026, from 18.22% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 22.38% in Q2 2024 to a low of 114.27% in Q1 2026.
- A 5-year average of 6.03% and a median of 18.22% in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2025 — Operating Margin jumped 297 bps — and 2026, when it tumbled 13023 bps.
- Tracing OPTU's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 12.71% in 2022, then rose by 3 bps to 13.13% in 2023, then gained by 16 bps to 15.25% in 2024, then gained by 19 bps to 18.22% in 2025, then tumbled by 727 bps to 114.27% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 114.27% (Q1 2026), 18.22% (Q4 2025), and 55.25% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 8.21% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -114.27% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 18.22% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -55.25% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 14.49% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 15.96% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 15.25% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 19.96% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 22.38% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 17.47% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 13.13% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 21.26% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 20.74% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 18.53% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 12.71% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 19.52% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 21.18% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 21.16% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 23.75% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 26.82% |