WillScot Holdings (WSC) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)
WillScot Holdings (WSC) reported Operating Margin of 17.62% for Q1 2026, down 373.0% year-over-year from 6.45% in Q1 2025, and up 154.29% quarter-over-quarter from 32.46% in Q4 2025.
WillScot Holdings (WSC) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
WillScot Holdings (WSC) has 11 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 17.62% in Q1 2026.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 17.62%, down 373.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 6.99% (down 371.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 7.95%, down 306.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin rose to 17.62% in Q1 2026 per WSC's latest filing, from 32.46% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 29.45% in Q3 2023 and troughed at 32.46% in Q4 2025.
- A 5-year average of 17.71% and a median of 21.82% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Operating Margin sank 180225 bps in 2022, then jumped 2682 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 28.99% in 2022, then retreated by 0 bps to 28.93% in 2023, then climbed by 0 bps to 28.95% in 2024, then plunged by 212 bps to 32.46% in 2025, then jumped by 154 bps to 17.62% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows WSC's Operating Margin at 17.62% in Q1 2026, 32.46% in Q4 2025, and 20.96% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 17.62% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -32.46% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 20.96% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 21.54% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 21.34% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 28.95% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -5.86% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -0.87% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 22.13% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 28.93% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 29.45% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 28.61% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 26.82% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 28.99% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 24.99% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 21.82% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 18.11% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 15.70% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1,827.24% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 17.43% |