Wheels Up Experience (UP) Operating Margin (2020 - 2025)
Wheels Up Experience's Operating Margin was -33.07% in Q3 2025, down 11.48 percentage points from -21.59% a year earlier and down 1.64 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Wheels Up Experience (UP) Operating Margin (2020 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Wheels Up Experience's Operating Margin was -33.67% through Sep 30, 2025, down 1.24 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2024, it was -32.67%, up 2.72 percentage points from FY2023.
- Operating Margin shows a five-year change of -12.37 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2024).
- In earlier years, Operating Margin was -35.39% in FY2023 (+0.06 pp), -35.45% in FY2022 (-18.43 pp), -17.02% in FY2021 (-7.96 pp) and -9.06% in FY2020 (+11.24 pp).
- Quarterly Operating Margin has moved between -58.91% (Q4 2021) and -8.68% (Q2 2021) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Operating Margin was higher in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +3.96 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin over five years was Q4 2023 (a gain of 27.91 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2021 (a drop of 44.95 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, UP's Operating Margin in the three quarters before Q3 2025 was -31.43% (Q2 2025), -45.49% (Q1 2025) and -26.04% (Q4 2024).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union Pacific | 170.50 Bn | 165.03 Bn | - | 40.25% |
| 2 | Csx | 88.86 Bn | 85.07 Bn | - | 38.27% |
| 3 | United Parcel Service | 82.91 Bn | 59.81 Bn | - | 4.07% |
| 4 | Canadian Pacific Kansas City | 76.79 Bn | 75.81 Bn | - | 35.35% |
| 5 | Norfolk Southern | 72.78 Bn | 67.42 Bn | - | 32.44% |
| 6 | Fedex | 69.54 Bn | 35.48 Bn | - | 6.20% |
| 7 | Delta Air Lines | 48.82 Bn | 31.01 Bn | - | 7.20% |
| 8 | Old Dominion Freight Line | 38.83 Bn | 38.10 Bn | - | 29.94% |
| 9 | United Airlines Holdings | 31.02 Bn | -25.36 Bn | - | 6.20% |
| 10 | Wheels Up Experience | 114.02 Mn | -424.08 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | -33.07% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -31.43% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -45.49% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -26.04% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -21.59% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -40.28% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -42.90% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -26.35% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -40.31% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -45.66% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -27.47% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -54.26% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -36.08% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -22.12% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -28.47% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -58.91% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -22.71% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -8.68% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -10.57% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -13.97% |
API Access
Wheels Up Experience Operating Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=UP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "UP", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=UP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();