Growth Metrics

Skywest (SKYW) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Skywest has reported Operating Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 12.21% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 249.0% to 12.21% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 14.61% through Mar 2026, up 1105.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 15.22% for FY2025, 1265.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 12.21% for Q1 2026 at Skywest, down from 13.1% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 16.58% in Q3 2025 and troughed at 28.89% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 11.09% (2022), against an average of 5.81%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: plummeted -3313bps in 2022 and later soared 4061bps in 2025.
  • Tracing SKYW's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 28.89% in 2022, then soared by 113bps to 3.67% in 2023, then plummeted by -849bps to 27.51% in 2024, then soared by 148bps to 13.1% in 2025, then fell by -7bps to 12.21% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods came in at 12.21%, 13.1%, and 16.58% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.