Boeing (BA) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Boeing (BA) reported Operating Expenses of $2.1 billion for Q1 2026, up 7.36% year-over-year from $2.0 billion in Q1 2025, and down 20.06% quarter-over-quarter from $2.6 billion in Q4 2025.

Boeing (BA) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Boeing (BA) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $2.1 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $2.1 billion, up 7.36% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $9.8 billion (up 12.43% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $9.7 billion, up 9.87% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses retreated to $2.1 billion in Q1 2026 per BA's latest filing, from $2.6 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $2.7 billion in Q2 2025 and troughed at $1.4 billion in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $2.1 billion and a median of $2.1 billion in 2026 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Expenses declined 11.13% in 2022, then soared 52.49% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $2.2 billion in 2022, then advanced by 8.63% to $2.4 billion in 2023, then slipped by 7.53% to $2.2 billion in 2024, then advanced by 17.59% to $2.6 billion in 2025, then dropped by 20.06% to $2.1 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BA's Operating Expenses at $2.1 billion in Q1 2026, $2.6 billion in Q4 2025, and $2.4 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 DEFSEC Technologies 5,720.56 Bn 5,720.56 Bn 456,459.43 1.85 Mn
2 General Electric 359.38 Bn 348.64 Bn 9.11 Bn 10.18 Bn
3 Rtx 248.80 Bn 243.70 Bn 9.08 Bn 19.59 Bn
4 Boeing 180.64 Bn 159.74 Bn 2.55 Bn 2.10 Bn
5 Lockheed Martin 121.64 Bn 119.74 Bn 2.08 Bn -
6 Howmet Aerospace 108.46 Bn 106.03 Bn 854.00 Mn 120.00 Mn
7 General Dynamics 96.96 Bn 93.31 Bn 9.09 Bn 12.06 Bn
8 Embraer 95.73 Bn 93.11 Bn - -
9 Northrop Grumman 77.30 Bn 75.21 Bn 3.45 Bn 8.89 Bn
10 TransDigm 74.20 Bn 70.32 Bn 1.51 Bn 273.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.10 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 2.63 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 2.42 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 2.70 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.96 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 2.23 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 2.24 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 2.33 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 2.03 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 2.42 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 2.00 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 2.08 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 2.05 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 2.22 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 1.95 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.37 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.50 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.67 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 1.67 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 1.54 Bn