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Stryker (SYK) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Stryker has reported Operating Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 15.55% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin rose 128.0% to 15.55% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 19.74% through Mar 2026, up 443.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 19.47% for FY2025, 314.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 15.55% for Q1 2026 at Stryker, down from 25.16% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 25.16% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 9.03% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 18.48% (2025), against an average of 17.38%.
  • Year-over-year, Operating Margin tumbled -1259bps in 2024 and then surged 1613bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 15.65% in 2022, then surged by 38bps to 21.62% in 2023, then crashed by -58bps to 9.03% in 2024, then soared by 179bps to 25.16% in 2025, then tumbled by -38bps to 15.55% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SYK's Operating Margin are 15.55% (Q1 2026), 25.16% (Q4 2025), and 18.74% (Q3 2025).