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Operating Margin for RLI (RLI)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

26.7%

YoY change

+3.38pp

Trough year (1985)

0.0%

Peak year (1991)

86.5%

Operating Margin history chart for RLI (RLI) from 1985 to 2025

Latest: 27.5%

Operating Margin change chart for RLI (RLI) from 1985 to 2025

Latest: +3.38pp

Operating Margin history table for RLI (RLI) from 1985 to 2025

  • 202527.5%+3.38pp
  • 202424.2%-0.80pp
  • 202325.0%-17.49pp
  • 202242.4%+13.35pp
  • 202129.1%+9.87pp
  • 202019.2%-3.90pp
  • 201923.1%+14.88pp
  • 20188.2%-2.33pp
  • 201710.6%-8.64pp
  • 201619.2%-5.49pp
  • 201524.7%+0.31pp
  • 201424.4%-0.44pp
  • 201324.8%+3.28pp
  • 201221.5%-8.01pp
  • 201129.5%-0.93pp
  • 201030.5%+6.34pp
  • 200924.1%+5.14pp
  • 200819.0%-20.01pp
  • 200739.0%+9.47pp
  • 200629.5%+4.27pp
  • 200525.3%+7.94pp
  • 200417.3%-0.80pp
  • 200318.1%+5.38pp
  • 200212.8%-0.51pp
  • 200113.3%-1.27pp
  • 200014.5%-4.53pp
  • 199919.1%-3.38pp
  • 199822.4%-48.94pp
  • 199771.4%+48.69pp
  • 199622.7%-46.43pp
  • 199569.1%+2.87pp
  • 199466.2%-13.64pp
  • 199379.9%-2.30pp
  • 199282.2%-4.34pp
  • 199186.5%+5.08pp
  • 199081.5%+2.24pp
  • 198979.2%+79.21pp
  • 19880.0%0.00pp
  • 19870.0%0.00pp
  • 19860.0%0.00pp
  • 19850.0%—

Operating Margin values are taken from RLI'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 RLI (RLI)

According to RLI's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 26.7%. 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 .

The 2025 reading of RLI (RLI) operating margin is 27.53% – expanded 3.4 percentage points year-over-year.

86.53% stands as the all-time-high annual operating margin, posted in 1991, against a low of 0.00% during 1985.

RLI Operating Margin by Year

RLI Operating Margin 2025: 27.5%

RLI posted operating margin of 27.53% in 2025, expanded 3.4 percentage points from 2024.

RLI Operating Margin 2024: 24.2%

In 2024, RLI reported operating margin of 24.15%, contracted 0.8 percentage points from 2023.

RLI Operating Margin 2023: 25.0%

RLI operating margin in 2023 was 24.95%, contracted 17.5 percentage points from 2022.

RLI Operating Margin 2022: 42.4%

2022's operating margin for RLI came in at 42.44%, expanded 13.4 percentage points from 2021.

RLI Operating Margin 2021: 29.1%

RLI operating margin in 2021 was 29.09%.

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