Aqua Metals (AQMS) Operating Expenses (2015 - 2025)

Aqua Metals (AQMS) reported Operating Expenses of $4.6 million for Q4 2025, down 31.89% year-over-year from $6.7 million in Q4 2024, and up 48.48% quarter-over-quarter from $3.1 million in Q3 2025.

Aqua Metals (AQMS) Operating Expenses (2015 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Aqua Metals (AQMS) has 11 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $4.6 million in Q4 2025.

  • Operating Expenses for Q4 2025 came in at $4.6 million, down 31.89% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $23.3 million (down 2.17% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $23.3 million, down 2.16% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses rose to $4.6 million in Q4 2025 per AQMS's latest filing, from $3.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $10.2 million in Q4 2023 and troughed at $3.1 million in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $5.2 million and a median of $4.6 million in 2021 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Operating Expenses jumped 201.87% in 2023, then slumped 41.18% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $4.4 million in 2021, then retreated by 23.0% to $3.4 million in 2022, then jumped by 201.87% to $10.2 million in 2023, then sank by 34.28% to $6.7 million in 2024, then slumped by 31.89% to $4.6 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows AQMS's Operating Expenses at $4.6 million in Q4 2025, $3.1 million in Q3 2025, and $7.0 million in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 252.38 Bn 252.50 Bn 218.62 Mn 400.55 Mn
2 Waste Connections 40.24 Bn 40.13 Bn 1.01 Bn 518.60 Mn
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn 207.14 Mn
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn 452.47 Mn
5 Enviri 1.71 Bn 1.63 Bn - -
6 Onterris 613.85 Mn 602.80 Mn - -
7 American Battery Technology 425.23 Mn 386.75 Mn 737,749.00 35.14 Mn
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn -22.00 Mn
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn 4.60 Mn
10 Aqua Metals 4.97 Mn 4.97 Mn - 4.55 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 4.55 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 3.07 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 7.03 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 8.68 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 6.68 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 5.21 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 6.16 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 5.79 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 10.17 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 4.97 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 4.85 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 4.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 3.37 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 3.93 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 3.96 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 4.31 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 4.37 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 4.62 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 4.44 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 4.20 Mn