Douglas Dynamics (PLOW) EBIT Margin (2010 - 2026)

Douglas Dynamics (PLOW) reported EBIT Margin of 7.19% for Q1 2026, up 441.0% year-over-year from 1.33% in Q1 2025, and down 31.31% on a QoQ basis from 10.47% in Q4 2025.

Douglas Dynamics (PLOW) has 17 years of EBIT Margin data on file, last reported at 7.19% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EBIT Margin rose 441.0% year-over-year to 7.19% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 11.83% (down 489.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 11.22%, down 438.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin fell to 7.19% in Q1 2026 per PLOW's latest filing, from 10.47% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBIT Margin topped out at 35.44% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 20.12% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EBIT Margin is 9.04% (2024), against an average of 7.28%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when EBIT Margin soared 2954 bps; it then plunged 2675 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing PLOW's EBIT Margin over 5 years: stood at 20.12% in 2022, then soared by 147 bps to 9.42% in 2023, then retreated by 4 bps to 9.04% in 2024, then gained by 16 bps to 10.47% in 2025, then sank by 31 bps to 7.19% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest PLOW EBIT Margin figures stand at 7.19% (Q1 2026), 10.47% (Q4 2025), and 8.69% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 O Reilly Automotive 77.46 Bn 77.21 Bn 2.35 Bn 18.45%
2 Autozone 56.88 Bn 56.59 Bn 2.24 Bn 16.34%
3 Genuine Parts 13.45 Bn 12.97 Bn 2.34 Bn 4.57%
4 Modine Manufacturing 13.16 Bn 13.07 Bn 186.10 Mn 11.09%
5 Borgwarner 13.07 Bn 13.23 Bn 677.00 Mn 9.51%
6 Aptiv 11.89 Bn 8.82 Bn 920.00 Mn 7.43%
7 Magna International 10.79 Bn 9.60 Bn 1.42 Bn 8.34%
8 Allison Transmission Holdings 9.02 Bn 8.71 Bn 406.00 Mn 13.87%
9 Autoliv 9.01 Bn 8.66 Bn 526.00 Mn 8.61%
10 Douglas Dynamics 1.00 Bn 1.00 Bn 37.77 Mn 7.19%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 7.19%
Dec 31, 2025 10.47%
Sep 30, 2025 8.69%
Jun 30, 2025 19.04%
Mar 31, 2025 2.78%
Dec 31, 2024 9.04%
Sep 30, 2024 35.44%
Jun 30, 2024 18.16%
Mar 31, 2024 -6.71%
Dec 31, 2023 9.42%
Sep 30, 2023 7.98%
Jun 30, 2023 16.67%
Mar 31, 2023 -16.71%
Dec 31, 2022 -20.12%
Sep 30, 2022 11.71%
Jun 30, 2022 13.64%
Mar 31, 2022 -2.86%
Dec 31, 2021 -20.19%
Sep 30, 2021 8.14%
Jun 30, 2021 15.31%
Mar 31, 2021 3.53%
Dec 31, 2020 52.02%
Sep 30, 2020 13.13%
Jun 30, 2020 -93.63%
Mar 31, 2020 -12.02%
Dec 31, 2019 15.59%
Sep 30, 2019 14.05%
Jun 30, 2019 21.60%
Mar 31, 2019 3.82%
Dec 31, 2018 -24.50%
Sep 30, 2018 12.38%
Jun 30, 2018 19.85%
Mar 31, 2018 1.20%
Dec 31, 2017 -19.34%
Sep 30, 2017 16.07%
Jun 30, 2017 18.30%
Mar 31, 2017 -0.61%
Dec 31, 2016 17.94%
Sep 30, 2016 13.34%
Jun 30, 2016 25.04%
Mar 31, 2016 3.06%
Dec 31, 2015 20.10%
Sep 30, 2015 22.03%
Jun 30, 2015 22.22%
Mar 31, 2015 5.78%
Dec 31, 2014 -25.75%
Sep 30, 2014 23.65%
Jun 30, 2014 27.75%
Mar 31, 2014 11.91%
Dec 31, 2013 -5.57%
Sep 30, 2013 5.50%
Jun 30, 2013 20.64%
Mar 31, 2013 -24.96%
Dec 31, 2012 -48.23%
Sep 30, 2012 13.81%
Jun 30, 2012 24.51%
Mar 31, 2012 -48.03%
Dec 31, 2011 -30.10%
Sep 30, 2011 16.17%
Jun 30, 2011 25.54%
Mar 31, 2011 7.85%
Dec 31, 2010 21.99%
Sep 30, 2010 14.35%
Jun 30, 2010 14.58%