Balchem Corporation

BCPC Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Balchem Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.0 billion, up 8.75% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.63%
EPS
+17.7%
Free cash flow
+14.4%
Total debt
−16.7%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

179.33 3.25 −1.78%
Market cap
$5.7B
P/E
33.8×
Fwd P/E
31.0×
Dividend yield
0.54%
F-score
9/9
Altman Z
9.01
Beneish M
−2.45
Dividend safety
76/100

Balchem Corporation (BCPC) Operating margin

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Balchem Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 20.7%, up 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (20.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.4% (fiscal 2022) to 20.2% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 5.64% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 2.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 20.2% 1.00
FY2024 19.2% 1.92
FY2023 17.3% 1.85
FY2022 15.4% (0.55)
FY2021 16.0% 0.16
FY2020 15.8% (0.13)
FY2019 15.9% (0.71)
FY2018 16.6% 0.35
FY2017 16.3% (0.13)
FY2016 16.4% (0.59)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 21.5% 0.63
Jun 2026 20.9% 0.30
Mar 2026 20.6% 0.71
Dec 2025 19.8% (0.56)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 15.4% High 20.2%
Ten-year median 16.4%
Current reading's percentile 100

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 33.3%
BCPC Balchem Corporation 20.7%
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 20.2%
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation compare 14.5%
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare 14.5%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 12.4%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 11.7%
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 9.67%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 9.59%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 5.64%
Basic Materials sector median 2.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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