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Operating Margin for Seagate Technology (STX)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

28.3%

YoY change

+13.88pp

Trough year (2009)

-27.2%

Peak year (2012)

20.8%

Operating Margin history chart for Seagate Technology (STX) from 2000 to 2025

Latest: 20.8%

Operating Margin change chart for Seagate Technology (STX) from 2000 to 2025

Latest: +13.88pp

Operating Margin history table for Seagate Technology (STX) from 2000 to 2025

  • 202520.8%+13.88pp
  • 20246.9%+11.53pp
  • 2023-4.6%-21.40pp
  • 202216.8%+2.80pp
  • 202114.0%+1.60pp
  • 202012.4%-1.94pp
  • 201914.3%-0.30pp
  • 201814.6%+4.82pp
  • 20179.8%+5.80pp
  • 20164.0%-10.99pp
  • 201515.0%+2.04pp
  • 201412.9%-1.63pp
  • 201314.6%-6.23pp
  • 201220.8%+13.46pp
  • 20117.3%-7.92pp
  • 201015.3%+42.45pp
  • 2009-27.2%-38.01pp
  • 200810.8%+5.42pp
  • 20075.4%-4.09pp
  • 20069.5%-0.07pp
  • 20059.6%+2.43pp
  • 20047.1%-3.52pp
  • 200310.7%+4.51pp
  • 20026.1%+17.83pp
  • 2001-11.7%-6.99pp
  • 2000-4.7%—

Operating Margin values are taken from Seagate Technology's reported income statements (interim 6-K and annual 20-F 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 Seagate Technology (STX)

According to Seagate Technology's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 28.3%. 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 Seagate Technology (STX) operating margin is 20.78% – expanded 13.9 percentage points year-over-year.

2012 marks the peak operating margin at 20.80%, with the historical low of -27.18% recorded in 2009.

Seagate Technology Operating Margin by Year

Seagate Technology Operating Margin 2025: 20.8%

In 2025, Seagate Technology reported operating margin of 20.78%, expanded 13.9 percentage points from 2024.

Seagate Technology Operating Margin 2024: 6.9%

Seagate Technology operating margin in 2024 was 6.90%, expanded 11.5 percentage points from 2023.

Seagate Technology Operating Margin 2023: -4.6%

2023's operating margin for Seagate Technology came in at -4.63%, contracted 21.4 percentage points from 2022.

Seagate Technology Operating Margin 2022: 16.8%

Seagate Technology posted operating margin of 16.77% in 2022, expanded 2.8 percentage points from 2021.

Seagate Technology Operating Margin 2021: 14.0%

Seagate Technology operating margin in 2021 was 13.97%.

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