Growth Metrics

Universal Logistics Holdings (ULH) Operating Margin (2010 - 2025)

Universal Logistics Holdings posted quarterly Operating Margin of 15.78% for Q4 2025, up 4338.0% year-on-year from 0.36% in Q4 2024, and up 153.34% on a QoQ basis from 29.59% in Q3 2025.

Universal Logistics Holdings (ULH) has 16 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 15.78% in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Operating Margin rose 4338.0% year-over-year to 15.78%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 1.35% (down 332.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 1.35%, down 332.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 stood at 15.78%, up from 29.59% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 15.78% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 29.59% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 8.73% (2023), against an average of 5.48%.
  • Peak annual rise in Operating Margin reached 4338 bps in 2025, while the deepest fall reached 3958 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 5.09% in 2021, then jumped by 106 bps to 10.5% in 2022, then slipped by 17 bps to 8.72% in 2023, then tumbled by 416 bps to 27.59% in 2024, then jumped by 157 bps to 15.78% in 2025.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 15.78% (Q4 2025), 29.59% (Q3 2025), and 5.05% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 23.78%
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 8.30%
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 8.29%
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 1.54%
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 2.39%
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn -1.96%
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 0.34%
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 0.49%
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn -6.29%
10 Universal Logistics Holdings 422.83 Mn 385.63 Mn 339.25 Mn 15.78%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 15.78%
Sep 27, 2025 -29.59%
Jun 28, 2025 5.05%
Mar 29, 2025 4.10%
Dec 31, 2024 -27.59%
Sep 28, 2024 9.99%
Jun 29, 2024 10.19%
Mar 30, 2024 15.27%
Dec 31, 2023 8.72%
Sep 30, 2023 8.73%
Jul 1, 2023 8.82%
Apr 1, 2023 8.73%
Dec 31, 2022 10.50%
Oct 1, 2022 13.80%
Jul 2, 2022 12.26%
Apr 2, 2022 11.04%
Dec 31, 2021 5.09%
Oct 2, 2021 3.75%
Jul 3, 2021 7.41%
Apr 3, 2021 7.50%
Dec 31, 2020 6.10%
Oct 3, 2020 6.04%
Jul 4, 2020 4.20%
Apr 4, 2020 6.26%
Dec 31, 2019 4.12%
Sep 28, 2019 -1.96%
Jun 29, 2019 8.02%
Mar 30, 2019 7.03%
Dec 31, 2018 4.63%
Sep 29, 2018 6.02%
Jun 30, 2018 7.17%
Mar 31, 2018 5.10%
Dec 31, 2017 4.18%
Sep 30, 2017 -1.11%
Jul 1, 2017 2.10%
Apr 1, 2017 3.22%
Dec 31, 2016 2.22%
Oct 1, 2016 3.69%
Jul 2, 2016 6.06%
Apr 2, 2016 5.35%
Dec 31, 2015 6.46%
Sep 26, 2015 5.96%
Jun 27, 2015 7.77%
Mar 28, 2015 5.72%
Dec 31, 2014 6.21%
Sep 27, 2014 7.61%
Jun 28, 2014 7.94%
Mar 29, 2014 5.24%
Dec 31, 2013 7.37%
Sep 28, 2013 8.59%
Jun 29, 2013 8.94%
Mar 30, 2013 7.76%
Dec 31, 2012 5.26%
Sep 29, 2012 7.35%
Jun 30, 2012 7.26%
Mar 31, 2012 6.80%
Dec 31, 2011 5.96%
Oct 1, 2011 4.49%
Jul 2, 2011 3.40%
Apr 2, 2011 2.43%
Dec 31, 2010 10.51%
Oct 2, 2010 2.98%
Jul 3, 2010 2.64%