Alcoa (AA) Operating Expenses (2015 - 2026)

Alcoa's (AA) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $111.0 million in Q1 2026, up 26.14% year-on-year from $88.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 56.34% quarter-over-quarter from $71.0 million in Q4 2025.

Alcoa (AA) Operating Expenses (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Alcoa has disclosed Operating Expenses across 12 years of filings, most recently posting $111.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $111.0 million, up 26.14% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.3 billion (up 223.27% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.2 billion, up 84.4% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $111.0 million for Q1 2026 at Alcoa, up from $71.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $974.0 million in Q3 2025 to a low of $61.0 million in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $91.0 million (2024), against an average of $185.4 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses tumbled 90.29% in 2023 and jumped 769.64% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Alcoa's Operating Expenses stood at $690.0 million in 2022, then sank by 90.29% to $67.0 million in 2023, then jumped by 35.82% to $91.0 million in 2024, then decreased by 21.98% to $71.0 million in 2025, then surged by 56.34% to $111.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $111.0 million (Q1 2026), $71.0 million (Q4 2025), and $974.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Alcoa 18.13 Bn 16.72 Bn 681.00 Mn 111.00 Mn
2 Century Aluminum 6.04 Bn 5.93 Bn 118.80 Mn 25.80 Mn
3 Constellium Se 4.83 Bn 4.56 Bn 420.00 Mn 110.00 Mn
4 Kaiser Aluminum 3.08 Bn 3.05 Bn 944.60 Mn 1.01 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 111.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 71.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 974.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 108.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 88.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 91.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 112.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 100.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 86.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 67.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 87.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 82.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 165.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 690.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 80.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 61.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 178.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 140.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 88.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 93.00 Mn