Tesla, Inc. (TSLA): operating margin, 10 filed years
Operating margin at Tesla, Inc. was 4.6% in FY2025, the newest filed year. Across the 10 computed years from FY2016 it ranged from -13.9% (FY2017) to 16.8% (FY2022), with a median of 5.5%.
Tonight's figure on the company page: 4.6%, recomputed 2026-10-15. The table is each filed year on its own terms, with the formula below; the current figure may use trailing twelve months or, where the explainer says so, a different denominator.
Year by year
| Fiscal year | Operating margin | Read from |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | -9.5% | 10-K, filed 2017-03-01 |
| FY2017 | -13.9% | 10-K, filed 2018-02-23 |
| FY2018 | -1.8% | 10-K, filed 2019-02-19 |
| FY2019 | -0.3% | 10-K, filed 2020-02-13 |
| FY2020 | 6.3% | 10-K, filed 2021-02-08 |
| FY2021 | 12.1% | 10-K, filed 2022-02-07 |
| FY2022 | 16.8% | 10-K, filed 2023-01-31 |
| FY2023 | 9.2% | 10-K, filed 2024-01-29 |
| FY2024 | 7.2% | 10-K, filed 2025-01-30 |
| FY2025 | 4.6% | 10-K, filed 2026-01-29 |
How each year is computed
Operating income / revenue x 100
Each year is a ratio of lines in that year's filed annual report, with the nightly recompute's own rules for what counts as a filed line. Nothing is estimated, smoothed or filled in: a year that cannot be computed says why.
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A computation on accounts filed with the SEC, not a recommendation and not advice. Past filings do not indicate future results. Risk disclaimer.