TTM
20.0%
YoY change
+4.36pp
Trough year (2002)
13.9%
Peak year (2014)
19.8%
Latest annual
19.6%
Operating Margin history chart for Emerson Electric (EMR) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 19.6%
Operating Margin change chart for Emerson Electric (EMR) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: +4.36pp
Operating Margin history table for Emerson Electric (EMR) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 19.6% | +4.36pp | ||
| 2024 | 15.2% | -2.95pp | ||
| 2023 | 18.2% | +1.13pp | ||
| 2022 | 17.1% | +1.92pp | ||
| 2021 | 15.1% | -1.44pp | ||
| 2020 | 16.6% | -0.40pp | ||
| 2019 | 17.0% | +0.02pp | ||
| 2018 | 17.0% | -0.65pp | ||
| 2017 | 17.6% | -1.08pp | ||
| 2016 | 18.7% | -0.88pp | ||
| 2015 | 19.6% | -0.19pp | ||
| 2014 | 19.8% | +3.52pp | ||
| 2013 | 16.2% | -0.03pp | ||
| 2012 | 16.3% | +0.22pp | ||
| 2011 | 16.0% | -0.63pp | ||
| 2010 | 16.7% | +1.04pp | ||
| 2009 | 15.6% | +0.41pp | ||
| 2008 | 15.2% | -0.28pp | ||
| 2007 | 15.5% | +0.28pp | ||
| 2006 | 15.2% | +0.44pp | ||
| 2005 | 14.8% | +0.29pp | ||
| 2004 | 14.5% | +0.44pp | ||
| 2003 | 14.1% | +0.21pp | ||
| 2002 | 13.9% | -0.99pp | ||
| 2001 | 14.8% | -1.50pp | ||
| 2000 | 16.3% | +0.19pp | ||
| 1999 | 16.2% | -0.02pp | ||
| 1998 | 16.2% | +0.06pp | ||
| 1997 | 16.1% | +0.04pp | ||
| 1996 | 16.1% | +0.11pp | ||
| 1995 | 16.0% | +0.00pp | ||
| 1994 | 16.0% | +0.34pp | ||
| 1993 | 15.6% | +0.17pp | ||
| 1992 | 15.5% | -0.04pp | ||
| 1991 | 15.5% | +0.41pp | ||
| 1990 | 15.1% | -0.08pp | ||
| 1989 | 15.2% | +0.21pp | ||
| 1988 | 15.0% | +0.01pp | ||
| 1987 | 15.0% | -0.32pp | ||
| 1986 | 15.3% | -0.62pp | ||
| 1985 | 15.9% | — |
- 202519.6%+4.36pp
- 202415.2%-2.95pp
- 202318.2%+1.13pp
- 202217.1%+1.92pp
- 202115.1%-1.44pp
- 202016.6%-0.40pp
- 201917.0%+0.02pp
- 201817.0%-0.65pp
- 201717.6%-1.08pp
- 201618.7%-0.88pp
- 201519.6%-0.19pp
- 201419.8%+3.52pp
- 201316.2%-0.03pp
- 201216.3%+0.22pp
- 201116.0%-0.63pp
- 201016.7%+1.04pp
- 200915.6%+0.41pp
- 200815.2%-0.28pp
- 200715.5%+0.28pp
- 200615.2%+0.44pp
- 200514.8%+0.29pp
- 200414.5%+0.44pp
- 200314.1%+0.21pp
- 200213.9%-0.99pp
- 200114.8%-1.50pp
- 200016.3%+0.19pp
- 199916.2%-0.02pp
- 199816.2%+0.06pp
- 199716.1%+0.04pp
- 199616.1%+0.11pp
- 199516.0%+0.00pp
- 199416.0%+0.34pp
- 199315.6%+0.17pp
- 199215.5%-0.04pp
- 199115.5%+0.41pp
- 199015.1%-0.08pp
- 198915.2%+0.21pp
- 198815.0%+0.01pp
- 198715.0%-0.32pp
- 198615.3%-0.62pp
- 198515.9%—
Operating Margin values are taken from Emerson Electric's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Operating Margin at Emerson Electric (EMR)
According to Emerson Electric's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 20.0%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
Emerson Electric (EMR) most recent annual operating margin stands at 19.60% (2025) – expanded 4.4 percentage points year-over-year.
The record annual operating margin stands at 19.75%, reached in 2014; the historical low of 13.86% was recorded in 2002.
Emerson Electric Operating Margin by Year
Emerson Electric Operating Margin 2025: 19.6%
2025's operating margin for Emerson Electric came in at 19.60%, expanded 4.4 percentage points from 2024.
Emerson Electric Operating Margin 2024: 15.2%
Emerson Electric posted operating margin of 15.24% in 2024, contracted 3.0 percentage points from 2023.
Emerson Electric Operating Margin 2023: 18.2%
In 2023, Emerson Electric reported operating margin of 18.19%, expanded 1.1 percentage points from 2022.
Emerson Electric Operating Margin 2022: 17.1%
Emerson Electric operating margin in 2022 was 17.07%, expanded 1.9 percentage points from 2021.
Emerson Electric Operating Margin 2021: 15.1%
Emerson Electric operating margin in 2021 was 15.15%.
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| 40.1% | |
| 18.5% | |
| 18.1% | |
| 17.9% | |
| 16.6% | |
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| 10.9% | |
| -5.9% |
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