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Operating Margin for Optical Cable (OCC)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

2.5%

YoY change

+4.48pp

Trough year (2020)

-10.0%

Peak year (1996)

26.3%

Operating Margin history chart for Optical Cable (OCC) from 1996 to 2025

Latest: -0.6%

Operating Margin change chart for Optical Cable (OCC) from 1996 to 2025

Latest: +4.48pp

Operating Margin history table for Optical Cable (OCC) from 1996 to 2025

  • 2025-0.6%+4.48pp
  • 2024-5.1%-6.44pp
  • 20231.4%+0.69pp
  • 20220.7%+4.02pp
  • 2021-3.3%+6.67pp
  • 2020-10.0%-2.77pp
  • 2019-7.2%-9.22pp
  • 20182.0%+4.04pp
  • 2017-2.1%-0.17pp
  • 2016-1.9%+1.35pp
  • 2015-3.2%-4.84pp
  • 20141.6%+0.59pp
  • 20131.0%-4.27pp
  • 20125.3%+3.28pp
  • 20112.0%+1.69pp
  • 20100.3%+3.09pp
  • 2009-2.8%-8.81pp
  • 20086.0%+1.93pp
  • 20074.1%+2.96pp
  • 20061.2%-2.78pp
  • 20053.9%+1.05pp
  • 20042.9%+2.12pp
  • 20030.8%-0.16pp
  • 20020.9%-11.15pp
  • 200112.1%-9.09pp
  • 200021.2%-3.30pp
  • 199924.5%+1.93pp
  • 199822.5%-0.46pp
  • 199723.0%-3.34pp
  • 199626.3%—

Operating Margin values are taken from Optical Cable'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 Optical Cable (OCC)

According to Optical Cable's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 2.5%. 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, Optical Cable (OCC) operating margin totalled -0.58% – expanded 4.5 percentage points year-over-year.

1996 marks the peak operating margin at 26.33%, with the historical low of -10.01% recorded in 2020.

Optical Cable Operating Margin by Year

Optical Cable Operating Margin 2025: -0.6%

Optical Cable operating margin in 2025 was -0.58%, expanded 4.5 percentage points from 2024.

Optical Cable Operating Margin 2024: -5.1%

2024's operating margin for Optical Cable came in at -5.06%, contracted 6.4 percentage points from 2023.

Optical Cable Operating Margin 2023: 1.4%

Optical Cable posted operating margin of 1.38% in 2023, expanded 0.7 percentage points from 2022.

Optical Cable Operating Margin 2022: 0.7%

In 2022, Optical Cable reported operating margin of 0.68%, expanded 4.0 percentage points from 2021.

Optical Cable Operating Margin 2021: -3.3%

Optical Cable operating margin in 2021 was -3.34%.

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