At&T T
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At close: Sep 30, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

At&T (T) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Updated

At&T's Operating Margin came in at 22.30% for Q2 2026, up 1.23 percentage points from 21.07% a year earlier and up 1.17 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

At&T (T) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, At&T reported Operating Margin of 20.12%, up 4.24 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 19.23%, up 3.66 percentage points from FY2024.

  • Operating Margin carries a five-year change of +13.38 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • Going back by year, Operating Margin was 15.57% in FY2024 (-3.59 pp), 19.16% in FY2023 (+22.96 pp), -3.80% in FY2022 (-23.12 pp) and 19.32% in FY2021 (+13.47 pp).
  • The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Operating Margin since Q4 2013.
  • Year-over-year, Operating Margin has increased for five consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.79 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Margin over five years came in Q4 2023 (a gain of 83.75 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2022 (a drop of 83.03 percentage points).
  • Business Quant data shows T's Operating Margin at 21.13% (Q1 2026), 17.30% (Q4 2025) and 19.93% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Verizon Communications 191.08 Bn 155.48 Bn 27.03 Bn 20.96%
2 T-Mobile US 175.17 Bn 159.92 Bn 14.76 Bn 24.09%
3 At&T 167.81 Bn 115.76 Bn 25.82 Bn 22.30%
4 Grupo Televisa, S.A.B 146.22 Bn 134.85 Bn 318.12 Mn 11.00%
5 Comcast 76.40 Bn 40.65 Bn - 17.23%
6 Chunghwa Telecom 35.35 Bn 31.20 Bn 728.80 Mn 21.61%
7 EchoStar 26.08 Bn 17.22 Bn 1.65 Bn 14.34%
8 AST SpaceMobile 23.11 Bn 23.62 Bn 7.95 Mn -1,018.86%
9 Bce 18.79 Bn 17.12 Bn - -
10 Telefonica Brasil 18.18 Bn 12.18 Bn 1.42 Bn 16.48%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 22.30%
Mar 31, 2026 21.13%
Dec 31, 2025 17.30%
Sep 30, 2025 19.93%
Jun 30, 2025 21.07%
Mar 31, 2025 18.79%
Dec 31, 2024 16.49%
Sep 30, 2024 7.00%
Jun 30, 2024 19.33%
Mar 31, 2024 19.47%
Dec 31, 2023 16.46%
Sep 30, 2023 19.05%
Jun 30, 2023 21.41%
Mar 31, 2023 19.91%
Dec 31, 2022 -67.29%
Sep 30, 2022 20.01%
Jun 30, 2022 16.72%
Mar 31, 2022 18.64%
Dec 31, 2021 15.74%
Sep 30, 2021 19.91%
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