Bank Of Montreal /Can/ (BMO) Total Expenses (2009 - 2026)
Bank Of Montreal's Operating Expenses was $4.79 billion in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 28.9% from $3.72 billion a year earlier and up 23.2% from the prior quarter.
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Bank Of Montreal /Can/ (BMO) Total Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Bank Of Montreal's Operating Expenses was $16.83 billion through Jul 31, 2026, down 23.9% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Oct 31, 2025), it was $45.88 billion, down 6.2% from FY2024.
- Operating Expenses shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 25.3% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier fiscal years, Operating Expenses was $48.93 billion in FY2024 (+24.3%), $39.37 billion in FY2023 (+212.7%), $12.59 billion in FY2022 (-22.8%) and $16.31 billion in FY2021 (+9.6%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Operating Expenses since fiscal Q2 2025.
- Compared with a year earlier, Operating Expenses was higher in four of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 14.2%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Operating Expenses over five years was fiscal Q3 2023 (growth of 296.8%); the worst was fiscal Q3 2025 (a decline of 71.8%).
- Per Business Quant data, BMO's Operating Expenses in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 was $3.89 billion (Q2 2026), $4.15 billion (Q1 2026) and $4.01 billion (Q4 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 4.79 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 3.89 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 4.15 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 4.01 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 3.72 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 11.33 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 3.82 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 3.24 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 13.18 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 3.57 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 3.99 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 4.19 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 11.91 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 10.80 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 3.25 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 3.60 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 3.00 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 2.93 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 3.04 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | -8.18 Bn |
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Bank Of Montreal /Can/ Total Expenses API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=total-expenses&ticker=BMO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "total-expenses", "ticker": "BMO", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=total-expenses&ticker=BMO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();