Growth Metrics

Upbound (UPBD) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Upbound (UPBD) has disclosed Operating Margin for 18 consecutive years, with 6.35% as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 103.0% year-over-year to 6.35%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 5.03%, down 162.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 4.76%, 199.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin hit 6.35% in Q1 2026 for Upbound, up from 4.78% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 8.58% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 3.46% in Q1 2023.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 4.89%, with a median of 5.42% recorded in 2022.
  • Year-over-year, Operating Margin tumbled -3231bps in 2022 and then skyrocketed 909bps in 2024.
  • Upbound's Operating Margin stood at 4.27% in 2022, then grew by 28bps to 5.49% in 2023, then surged by 34bps to 7.33% in 2024, then tumbled by -35bps to 4.78% in 2025, then skyrocketed by 33bps to 6.35% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods came in at 6.35%, 4.78%, and 4.53% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.