Growth Metrics

Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) Operating Expenses (2021 - 2026)

Bausch & Lomb posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $1.2 billion for Q1 2026, down 0.74% year-on-year from $1.2 billion in Q1 2025, and down 6.34% on a QoQ basis from $1.3 billion in Q4 2025.

Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) has 6 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $1.2 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses fell 0.74% year-over-year to $1.2 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $5.0 billion (up 4.69% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $5.0 billion, up 7.76% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $1.2 billion, down from $1.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $1.3 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $835.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $1.1 billion (2023), against an average of $1.1 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Operating Expenses grew 19.96%; it then slipped 0.74% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $945.0 million in 2022, then grew by 18.94% to $1.1 billion in 2023, then increased by 6.14% to $1.2 billion in 2024, then grew by 8.38% to $1.3 billion in 2025, then retreated by 6.34% to $1.2 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $1.2 billion (Q1 2026), $1.3 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.2 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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8 Baxter International 9.81 Bn 7.77 Bn 891.00 Mn 867.00 Mn
9 Aptargroup 7.39 Bn 7.19 Bn 351.91 Mn 875.37 Mn
10 Bausch & Lomb 5.74 Bn 5.53 Bn 973.00 Mn 1.21 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.21 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.29 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.19 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.29 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.22 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.19 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.15 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.19 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.09 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.12 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 967.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 992.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 933.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 945.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 896.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 885.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 835.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 909.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 855.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 876.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 796.00 Mn