World Kinect (WKC) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
World Kinect's (WKC) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 0.58% in Q1 2026, up 65.0% year-on-year from 0.35% in Q1 2025, and up 119.02% quarter-over-quarter from 3.06% in Q4 2025.
World Kinect (WKC) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
World Kinect has disclosed Operating Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.58% for Q1 2026.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 0.58%, up 65.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.35% (down 170.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.53%, down 203.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin came in at 0.58% for Q1 2026 at World Kinect, up from 3.06% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 0.69% in Q3 2024 to a low of 3.82% in Q2 2025.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 0.52% (2023), against an average of 0.01%.
- Across the five-year window, Operating Margin sank 423 bps in 2025 and soared 65 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
- World Kinect's Operating Margin stood at 0.57% in 2022, then slumped by 122 bps to 0.13% in 2023, then surged by 340 bps to 0.31% in 2024, then sank by 1098 bps to 3.06% in 2025, then jumped by 119 bps to 0.58% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 0.58% (Q1 2026), 3.06% (Q4 2025), and 0.67% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marathon Petroleum | 76.18 Bn | 80.70 Bn | 3.31 Bn | 4.06% |
| 2 | Valero Energy | 75.63 Bn | 72.96 Bn | 30.79 Bn | 5.35% |
| 3 | Phillips 66 | 71.92 Bn | 67.92 Bn | 31.12 Bn | -4.91% |
| 4 | HF Sinclair | 12.56 Bn | 11.48 Bn | 1.19 Bn | 11.89% |
| 5 | Sunoco | 8.81 Bn | 8.10 Bn | 1.69 Bn | 8.10% |
| 6 | Cosan | 5.12 Bn | 250.68 Mn | 552.94 Mn | 137.93% |
| 7 | Icahn Enterprises | 4.72 Bn | 3.42 Bn | -134.00 Mn | -133.82% |
| 8 | PBF Energy | 4.49 Bn | 4.08 Bn | 278.50 Mn | 3.79% |
| 9 | Cvr Energy | 3.16 Bn | 2.85 Bn | -103.00 Mn | -7.32% |
| 10 | World Kinect | 1.61 Bn | 1.38 Bn | 271.20 Mn | 0.58% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.58% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -3.06% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.67% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -3.82% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -0.07% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.31% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.69% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.41% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.58% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -0.13% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.60% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.69% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.52% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.57% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.64% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.31% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.33% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.33% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.50% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.44% |