Growth Metrics

System1 (SST) Gross Margin (2021 - 2026)

Quarterly results put Gross Margin at 62.78% for Q1 2026, up 2461.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Mar 2026 was 41.66% (up 833.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 37.72%, up 826.0%.

System1 has reported Gross Margin over the past 6 years, most recently at 62.78% for Q1 2026.

  • Gross Margin reached 62.78% in Q1 2026 per SST's latest filing, up from 41.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 62.78% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 21.9% in Q1 2024.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 35.72% (2025), compared with a mean of 35.68%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Gross Margin plummeted -1444bps in 2024 before it surged 2461bps in 2026.
  • Over 5 years, Gross Margin stood at 30.65% in 2022, then increased by 28bps to 39.09% in 2023, then grew by 8bps to 42.09% in 2024, then fell by -3bps to 41.04% in 2025, then surged by 53bps to 62.78% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Gross Margin for SST at 62.78% in Q1 2026, 41.04% in Q4 2025, and 36.94% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Relx 81.40 Bn 81.16 Bn - -
2 Rentokil Initial 79.56 Bn 78.10 Bn - -
3 Cintas 69.26 Bn 69.08 Bn 1.45 Bn 50.98%
4 Copart 33.09 Bn 28.01 Bn 971.24 Mn 86.59%
5 UL Solutions 20.56 Bn 20.32 Bn 381.00 Mn 50.26%
6 Global Payments 19.88 Bn 14.69 Bn 1.70 Bn 57.11%
7 Rb Global 19.08 Bn 18.89 Bn 869.50 Mn 70.43%
8 Aramark 13.57 Bn 13.16 Bn 426.35 Mn 8.69%
9 Amentum Holdings 5.65 Bn 5.74 Bn 345.00 Mn 9.92%
10 System1 21.03 Mn -54.58 Mn 23.37 Mn 62.78%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 62.78%
Dec 31, 2025 41.04%
Sep 30, 2025 36.94%
Jun 30, 2025 35.72%
Mar 31, 2025 38.16%
Dec 31, 2024 42.09%
Sep 30, 2024 27.96%
Jun 30, 2024 27.57%
Mar 31, 2024 21.90%
Dec 31, 2023 39.09%
Sep 30, 2023 42.40%
Jun 30, 2023 41.54%
Mar 31, 2023 31.51%
Dec 31, 2022 30.65%
Sep 30, 2022 29.11%
Jun 30, 2022 30.59%
Mar 31, 2022 27.53%
Dec 31, 2021 22.29%
Sep 30, 2021 24.82%
Jun 30, 2021 25.60%
Mar 31, 2021 24.92%