Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) recorded quarterly Operating Margin of 16.93% in Q1 2026, down 8.3% on a QoQ basis from 18.46% in Q4 2025, and up 37.0% year-over-year from 12.36% in Q1 2025.

Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Thermo Fisher Scientific has disclosed Operating Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 16.93% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin rose 37.0% year-over-year to 16.93% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 17.46% (up 24.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 17.38%, up 27.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin eased to 16.93% in Q1 2026, from 18.46% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 23.87% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 14.59% in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 17.24% and a median of 17.03% in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Operating Margin tumbled 928 bps — and 2024, when it jumped 250 bps.
  • Tracing TMO's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 16.25% in 2022, then increased by 5 bps to 17.03% in 2023, then grew by 4 bps to 17.69% in 2024, then rose by 4 bps to 18.46% in 2025, then retreated by 8 bps to 16.93% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows TMO's Operating Margin at 16.93% in Q1 2026, 18.46% in Q4 2025, and 17.45% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Waters 29,902.70 Bn 29,902.24 Bn 1.11 Bn -3.71%
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 175.99 Bn 172.74 Bn 7.74 Bn 16.93%
3 Danaher 129.87 Bn 124.18 Bn 3.59 Bn 22.58%
4 Idexx Laboratories 44.75 Bn 44.55 Bn 722.74 Mn 31.78%
5 Agilent Technologies 37.52 Bn 35.72 Bn 990.00 Mn 21.74%
6 Iqvia Holdings 30.91 Bn 28.94 Bn 1.36 Bn 12.38%
7 Natera 30.21 Bn 29.11 Bn 696.04 Mn -13.42%
8 Illumina 24.19 Bn 23.04 Bn 721.00 Mn 19.16%
9 Mettler Toledo International 23.12 Bn 23.06 Bn 555.82 Mn 25.23%
10 Quest Diagnostics 21.68 Bn 21.59 Bn 942.00 Mn 13.78%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 16.93%
Dec 31, 2025 18.46%
Sep 27, 2025 17.45%
Jun 28, 2025 16.90%
Mar 29, 2025 16.56%
Dec 31, 2024 17.69%
Sep 28, 2024 17.34%
Jun 29, 2024 17.27%
Mar 30, 2024 16.08%
Dec 31, 2023 17.03%
Sep 30, 2023 17.63%
Jul 1, 2023 14.77%
Apr 1, 2023 14.59%
Dec 31, 2022 16.25%
Oct 1, 2022 16.02%
Jul 2, 2022 18.24%
Apr 2, 2022 23.87%
Dec 31, 2021 23.72%
Oct 2, 2021 24.42%
Jul 3, 2021 23.33%