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Operating Margin for RPM International (RPM)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

12.0%

YoY change

+0.25pp

Trough year (2003)

2.3%

Peak year (2025)

12.3%

Operating Margin history chart for RPM International (RPM) from 1986 to 2025

Latest: 12.3%

Operating Margin change chart for RPM International (RPM) from 1986 to 2025

Latest: +0.25pp

Operating Margin history table for RPM International (RPM) from 1986 to 2025

  • 202512.3%+0.25pp
  • 202412.0%+1.27pp
  • 202310.8%+1.38pp
  • 20229.4%-2.53pp
  • 202111.9%+1.86pp
  • 202010.1%+1.16pp
  • 20198.9%-1.01pp
  • 20189.9%-0.69pp
  • 201710.6%-1.16pp
  • 201611.8%+0.81pp
  • 201511.0%-0.14pp
  • 201411.1%+1.45pp
  • 20139.6%-0.59pp
  • 201210.2%+0.04pp
  • 201110.2%+0.54pp
  • 20109.7%+2.04pp
  • 20097.6%-2.62pp
  • 200810.2%+0.07pp
  • 200710.2%-0.10pp
  • 200610.3%-0.57pp
  • 200510.8%+1.55pp
  • 20049.3%+7.00pp
  • 20032.3%-5.46pp
  • 20027.8%+2.71pp
  • 20015.1%+1.38pp
  • 20003.7%-5.65pp
  • 19999.3%+0.07pp
  • 19989.3%-0.79pp
  • 199710.0%-0.50pp
  • 199610.6%+0.04pp
  • 199510.5%-0.29pp
  • 199410.8%+0.24pp
  • 199310.6%+0.19pp
  • 199210.4%+0.06pp
  • 199110.3%+0.22pp
  • 199010.1%+2.41pp
  • 19897.7%+0.14pp
  • 19887.5%+0.31pp
  • 19877.2%+2.16pp
  • 19865.1%—

Operating Margin values are taken from RPM International'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 RPM International (RPM)

According to RPM International's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 12.0%. 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 .

As of the 2025 fiscal year, RPM International (RPM) reported operating margin of 12.29% – expanded 0.3 percentage points year-over-year.

Across the available history, operating margin reached its high of 12.29% in 2025 and its low of 2.30% in 2003.

RPM International Operating Margin by Year

RPM International Operating Margin 2025: 12.3%

RPM International operating margin in 2025 was 12.29%, expanded 0.3 percentage points from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.

RPM International Operating Margin 2024: 12.0%

2024's operating margin for RPM International came in at 12.04%, expanded 1.3 percentage points from 2023.

RPM International Operating Margin 2023: 10.8%

RPM International posted operating margin of 10.77% in 2023, expanded 1.4 percentage points from 2022.

RPM International Operating Margin 2022: 9.4%

In 2022, RPM International reported operating margin of 9.39%, contracted 2.5 percentage points from 2021.

RPM International Operating Margin 2021: 11.9%

RPM International operating margin in 2021 was 11.92%.

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