Growth Metrics

United Natural Foods (UNFI) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

United Natural Foods' Operating Margin history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.72% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 39.0% year-over-year to 0.72%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.04%, down 9.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.1%, 12.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 was 0.72% at United Natural Foods, up from 0.24% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 1.7% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 1.01% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 0.24% (2025), against an average of 0.38%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Operating Margin tumbled -195bps in 2023 before it skyrocketed 104bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 1.31% in 2022, then crashed by -116bps to 0.21% in 2023, then surged by 130bps to 0.06% in 2024, then soared by 282bps to 0.24% in 2025, then surged by 196bps to 0.72% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for UNFI's Operating Margin are 0.72% (Q1 2026), 0.24% (Q4 2025), and 1.01% (Q3 2025).