Black Hills (BKH) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Black Hills (BKH) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $578.8 million for Q1 2026, down 3.57% YoY from $600.2 million in Q1 2025, and up 24.71% sequentially from $464.1 million in Q4 2025.

Black Hills (BKH) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Black Hills has disclosed Operating Expenses across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $578.8 million for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Expenses fell 3.57% year-over-year to $578.8 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $1.8 billion (up 3.49% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $1.8 billion, up 9.1% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses improved to $578.8 million in Q1 2026, from $464.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Expenses for BKH reached as high as $746.3 million in Q1 2023 and fell as low as $309.3 million in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $433.8 million (2024), against an average of $466.5 million.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses jumped 47.46% — and 2023, when it slumped 31.18%.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $661.4 million in 2022, then slumped by 31.18% to $455.2 million in 2023, then retreated by 4.7% to $433.8 million in 2024, then advanced by 6.98% to $464.1 million in 2025, then rose by 24.71% to $578.8 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods registered $578.8 million, $464.1 million, and $351.5 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Atmos Energy 28.80 Bn 28.68 Bn - -
2 Nisource 22.46 Bn 24.65 Bn 1.83 Bn 1.54 Bn
3 Ugi 7.39 Bn 6.84 Bn 1.50 Bn 1.93 Bn
4 New Jersey Resources 5.67 Bn 5.53 Bn 826.91 Mn 638.37 Mn
5 Black Hills 5.61 Bn 5.58 Bn - 578.80 Mn
6 ONE Gas 4.80 Bn 4.77 Bn 438.14 Mn 248.54 Mn
7 Mdu Resources 4.26 Bn 4.20 Bn - 490.27 Mn
8 Chesapeake Utilities 2.94 Bn 2.94 Bn 102.40 Mn 8.00 Mn
9 Centuri Holdings 2.87 Bn 2.82 Bn 35.76 Mn 32.70 Mn
10 Rgc Resources 248.35 Mn 244.36 Mn 39.84 Mn 34.17 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 578.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 464.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 351.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 356.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 600.20 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 433.80 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 325.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 332.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 533.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 455.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 309.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 347.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 746.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 661.44 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 383.13 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 401.81 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 650.22 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 448.56 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 290.72 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 305.31 Mn