Upstart Holdings (UPST) Operating Margin (2020 - 2026)

Upstart Holdings (UPST) posted quarterly Operating Margin of 2.71% for Q1 2026, down 29.0% YoY from 3.82% in Q1 2025, and down 138.04% sequentially from 7.13% in Q4 2025.

Upstart Holdings (UPST) Operating Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Upstart Holdings has disclosed Operating Margin across 7 years of filings, most recently posting 2.71% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 29.0% year-over-year to 2.71%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 3.74% (up 1996.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 4.49%, up 3169.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin declined to 2.71% in Q1 2026, from 7.13% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for UPST reached as high as 11.09% in Q1 2022 and fell as low as 128.09% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 24.56% (2023), against an average of 22.95%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Operating Margin sank 13918 bps — and 2024, when it surged 7922 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 39.82% in 2022, then surged by 36 bps to 25.38% in 2023, then jumped by 91 bps to 2.38% in 2024, then surged by 399 bps to 7.13% in 2025, then tumbled by 138 bps to 2.71% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 2.71%, 7.13%, and 9.15% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Visa 587.74 Bn 575.34 Bn - 64.42%
2 Mastercard 465.55 Bn 455.34 Bn - 58.43%
3 American Express 238.39 Bn 184.35 Bn 17.43 Bn 18.77%
4 PayPal Holdings 40.24 Bn 30.89 Bn 7.84 Bn 17.81%
5 Affirm Holdings 28.27 Bn 26.55 Bn 261.64 Mn 26.44%
6 SoFi Technologies 23.54 Bn 20.13 Bn 929.25 Mn 3.39%
7 Ally Financial 14.34 Bn 13.89 Bn 1.98 Bn 35.49%
8 Credit Acceptance 7.51 Bn 7.49 Bn 562.70 Mn 24.11%
9 FinVolution 6.22 Bn 4.97 Bn 311.24 Mn 15.96%
10 Upstart Holdings 3.46 Bn 2.99 Bn 221.97 Mn -2.71%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -2.71%
Dec 31, 2025 7.13%
Sep 30, 2025 9.15%
Jun 30, 2025 1.77%
Mar 31, 2025 -2.42%
Dec 31, 2024 -2.38%
Sep 30, 2024 -27.85%
Jun 30, 2024 -42.51%
Mar 31, 2024 -48.87%
Dec 31, 2023 -25.38%
Sep 30, 2023 -29.88%
Jun 30, 2023 -24.56%
Mar 31, 2023 -128.09%
Dec 31, 2022 -39.82%
Sep 30, 2022 -32.39%
Jun 30, 2022 -12.43%
Mar 31, 2022 11.09%
Dec 31, 2021 23.46%
Sep 30, 2021 13.59%
Jun 30, 2021 19.38%