Ascent Solar Technologies (ASTI) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)

Ascent Solar Technologies' (ASTI) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $2.3 million in Q1 2026, up 31.35% year-on-year from $1.8 million in Q1 2025, and up 10.9% quarter-over-quarter from $2.1 million in Q4 2025.

Ascent Solar Technologies (ASTI) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ascent Solar Technologies has disclosed Operating Expenses across 17 years of filings, most recently posting $2.3 million for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $2.3 million, up 31.35% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $8.5 million (up 8.19% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $8.0 million, down 7.32% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $2.3 million for Q1 2026 at Ascent Solar Technologies, up from $2.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $7.7 million in Q3 2022 to a low of $1.4 million in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $2.5 million (2024), against an average of $3.1 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses soared 186.54% in 2022 and sank 71.62% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Ascent Solar Technologies' Operating Expenses stood at $4.9 million in 2022, then advanced by 3.39% to $5.1 million in 2023, then tumbled by 71.62% to $1.4 million in 2024, then surged by 44.4% to $2.1 million in 2025, then advanced by 10.9% to $2.3 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $2.3 million (Q1 2026), $2.1 million (Q4 2025), and $2.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 First Solar 28.68 Bn 26.25 Bn 486.13 Mn 140.83 Mn
2 Nextpower 18.03 Bn 16.93 Bn 297.38 Mn 143.79 Mn
3 Enphase Energy 7.16 Bn 6.23 Bn 100.39 Mn 130.04 Mn
4 Solaredge Technologies 3.68 Bn 3.13 Bn 68.28 Mn 123.32 Mn
5 Sunrun 3.02 Bn 3.91 Bn 543.70 Mn 765.74 Mn
6 Shoals Technologies 1.75 Bn 1.75 Bn 41.01 Mn 33.29 Mn
7 Array Technologies 1.19 Bn 987.00 Mn 63.00 Mn 55.90 Mn
8 JinkoSolar Holding 596.69 Mn 2.20 Bn 147.66 Mn -232.93 Mn
9 Tigo Energy 209.39 Mn 197.82 Mn 10.79 Mn 13.20 Mn
10 Ascent Solar Technologies 62.32 Mn 62.32 Mn -18,793.00 2.31 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.31 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 2.09 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 2.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 2.11 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 1.76 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 1.45 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 2.27 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 2.38 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 2.48 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 5.09 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 2.61 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 3.25 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 5.15 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 4.92 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 7.66 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 2.92 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 2.78 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 3.21 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 2.67 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 2.14 Mn