Tesla (TSLA) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025)

Tesla's (TSLA) annual Operating Margin came in at 4.59% in FY2025, down 36.6% year-over-year from 7.24% in FY2024.

Tesla (TSLA) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Tesla has disclosed Operating Margin across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 4.59% for FY2025.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 4.2%, up 214.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 5.0% (down 158.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 4.59%, down 265.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin came in at 4.59% for FY2025 at Tesla, down from 7.24% in the prior year.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 16.76% in FY2022 to a low of 4.59% in FY2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 9.19% (2023), against an average of 9.98%.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin soared 580 bps in 2021 and slumped 758 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Tesla's Operating Margin stood at 12.12% in 2021, then jumped by 38 bps to 16.76% in 2022, then tumbled by 45 bps to 9.19% in 2023, then slipped by 21 bps to 7.24% in 2024, then plunged by 37 bps to 4.59% in 2025.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 4.59% (FY2025), 7.24% (FY2024), and 9.19% (FY2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Yr)
1 Tesla 1,297.09 Bn 1,252.41 Bn 4.72 Bn -
2 Toyota Motor 440.56 Bn 289.71 Bn 39.87 Bn 7.43%
3 Ferrari 75.26 Bn 73.46 Bn 1.09 Bn 29.52%
4 General Motors 72.40 Bn 50.02 Bn 4.32 Bn -
5 Ford Motor 56.05 Bn 25.60 Bn 7.94 Bn -
6 Rivian Automotive 20.65 Bn 15.84 Bn 119.00 Mn -
7 China Yuchai International 14.25 Bn 13.19 Bn 317.01 Mn 4.42%
8 VinFast Auto 7.11 Bn 10.11 Bn -15,731.99 Bn -22.01%
9 Digital Currency X Technology 4.89 Bn 4.89 Bn - -
10 Xpeng 4.49 Bn 1.59 Bn 388.90 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 4.59%
Dec 31, 2024 7.24%
Dec 31, 2023 9.19%
Dec 31, 2022 16.76%
Dec 31, 2021 12.12%
Dec 31, 2020 6.32%
Dec 31, 2019 -0.28%
Dec 31, 2018 -1.81%
Dec 31, 2017 -13.88%
Dec 31, 2016 -4.67%
Dec 31, 2015 -8.93%
Dec 31, 2014 -6.49%
Dec 31, 2013 -3.19%
Dec 31, 2012 -34.92%
Dec 31, 2011 -42.27%
Dec 31, 2010 -44.90%
Dec 31, 2009 -16.92%