TTM
32.7%
YoY change
−0.06pp
Trough year (2000)
-77.1%
Peak year (2002)
42.4%
Latest annual
32.1%
Operating Margin history chart for Alphabet (GOOGL) from 2000 to 2025
Latest: 32.1%
Operating Margin change chart for Alphabet (GOOGL) from 2000 to 2025
Latest: −0.06pp
Operating Margin history table for Alphabet (GOOGL) from 2000 to 2025
| 2025 | 32.1% | -0.06pp | ||
| 2024 | 32.1% | +4.69pp | ||
| 2023 | 27.4% | +0.96pp | ||
| 2022 | 26.5% | -4.09pp | ||
| 2021 | 30.6% | +7.97pp | ||
| 2020 | 22.6% | +1.44pp | ||
| 2019 | 21.1% | +1.03pp | ||
| 2018 | 20.1% | -3.50pp | ||
| 2017 | 23.6% | -2.66pp | ||
| 2016 | 26.3% | +0.45pp | ||
| 2015 | 25.8% | +0.82pp | ||
| 2014 | 25.0% | -2.75pp | ||
| 2013 | 27.7% | -2.30pp | ||
| 2012 | 30.0% | -0.93pp | ||
| 2011 | 31.0% | -4.43pp | ||
| 2010 | 35.4% | +0.26pp | ||
| 2009 | 35.1% | +4.72pp | ||
| 2008 | 30.4% | -0.21pp | ||
| 2007 | 30.6% | -2.83pp | ||
| 2006 | 33.5% | +0.61pp | ||
| 2005 | 32.9% | +12.79pp | ||
| 2004 | 20.1% | -3.29pp | ||
| 2003 | 23.4% | -19.06pp | ||
| 2002 | 42.4% | +29.74pp | ||
| 2001 | 12.7% | +89.81pp | ||
| 2000 | -77.1% | — |
- 202532.1%-0.06pp
- 202432.1%+4.69pp
- 202327.4%+0.96pp
- 202226.5%-4.09pp
- 202130.6%+7.97pp
- 202022.6%+1.44pp
- 201921.1%+1.03pp
- 201820.1%-3.50pp
- 201723.6%-2.66pp
- 201626.3%+0.45pp
- 201525.8%+0.82pp
- 201425.0%-2.75pp
- 201327.7%-2.30pp
- 201230.0%-0.93pp
- 201131.0%-4.43pp
- 201035.4%+0.26pp
- 200935.1%+4.72pp
- 200830.4%-0.21pp
- 200730.6%-2.83pp
- 200633.5%+0.61pp
- 200532.9%+12.79pp
- 200420.1%-3.29pp
- 200323.4%-19.06pp
- 200242.4%+29.74pp
- 200112.7%+89.81pp
- 2000-77.1%—
Operating Margin values are taken from Alphabet'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 Alphabet (GOOGL)
According to Alphabet's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 32.7%. 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 .
In 2025, Alphabet (GOOGL) operating margin totalled 32.05% – contracted 0.1 percentage points year-over-year.
42.43% stands as the all-time-high annual operating margin, posted in 2002, against a low of -77.12% during 2000.
Alphabet Operating Margin by Year
Alphabet Operating Margin 2025: 32.1%
Alphabet posted operating margin of 32.05% in 2025, contracted 0.1 percentage points from 2024.
Alphabet Operating Margin 2024: 32.1%
In 2024, Alphabet reported operating margin of 32.11%, expanded 4.7 percentage points from 2023.
Alphabet Operating Margin 2023: 27.4%
Alphabet operating margin in 2023 was 27.42%, expanded 1.0 percentage points from 2022.
Alphabet Operating Margin 2022: 26.5%
2022's operating margin for Alphabet came in at 26.46%, contracted 4.1 percentage points from 2021.
Alphabet Operating Margin 2021: 30.6%
Alphabet operating margin in 2021 was 30.55%.
See more financial history for Alphabet (GOOGL).
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| 41.2% | |
| 29.7% | |
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| 19.4% | |
| 15.5% | |
| 15.3% | |
| 13.7% |
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