Growth Metrics

Zillow (ZG) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Zillow has reported Operating Margin over the past 12 years, most recently at 1.68% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin rose 1077.0% to 1.68% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 1.32% through Dec 2025, up 749.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 1.32% for FY2025, 749.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 1.68% for Q4 2025 at Zillow, down from 0.44% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 10.0% in Q3 2021 and troughed at 22.15% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 4.16% (2025), against an average of 4.52%.
  • Year-over-year, Operating Margin skyrocketed 3185bps in 2021 and then tumbled -2506bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 5.98% in 2021, then tumbled by -419bps to 19.08% in 2022, then fell by -16bps to 22.15% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 44bps to 12.45% in 2024, then soared by 86bps to 1.68% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ZG's Operating Margin are 1.68% (Q4 2025), 0.44% (Q3 2025), and 1.68% (Q2 2025).