Growth Metrics

Box (BXCAP) Operating Expenses (2014 - 2026)

Box posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $213.8 million for Q1 2026, up 5.42% year-on-year from $202.8 million in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from $214.5 million in Q4 2025.

Box (BXCAP) has 13 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $213.8 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 5.42% year-over-year to $213.8 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at $849.4 million (up 8.57% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was $849.4 million, up 8.57% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $213.8 million, roughly flat from $214.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $214.5 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $168.8 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $184.5 million (2023), against an average of $189.9 million.
  • Peak annual rise in Operating Expenses reached 17.59% in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 0.02% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $172.1 million in 2022, then increased by 5.13% to $180.9 million in 2023, then rose by 8.85% to $196.9 million in 2024, then rose by 8.9% to $214.5 million in 2025, then retreated by 0.32% to $213.8 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $213.8 million (Q1 2026), $214.5 million (Q4 2025), and $211.9 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 3,425.08 Bn 3,346.81 Bn 56.06 Bn 10.85 Bn
2 Oracle 712.03 Bn 673.46 Bn 15.14 Bn 11.73 Bn
3 Palantir Technologies 384.58 Bn 376.66 Bn 1.42 Bn 662.79 Mn
4 Palo Alto Networks 208.80 Bn 204.26 Bn 1.91 Bn 1.51 Bn
5 CrowdStrike Holdings 195.63 Bn 192.58 Bn 993.68 Mn 979.89 Mn
6 Fortinet 108.69 Bn 105.40 Bn 1.49 Bn 905.10 Mn
7 Cloudflare 95.27 Bn 94.32 Bn 455.60 Mn 517.59 Mn
8 Synopsys 93.41 Bn 93.30 Bn 1.77 Bn 1.57 Bn
9 CoreWeave 65.84 Bn 63.57 Bn 2.01 Bn 2.22 Bn
10 Box - - 245.00 Mn 213.79 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 213.79 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 214.47 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 211.90 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 209.26 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 202.80 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 196.95 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 194.25 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 188.40 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 178.99 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 180.93 Mn
Jul 31, 2023 184.54 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 181.91 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 175.75 Mn
Oct 31, 2022 172.10 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 178.03 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 175.60 Mn
Jan 31, 2022 168.85 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 172.06 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 159.81 Mn
Apr 30, 2021 151.76 Mn
Jan 31, 2021 143.59 Mn
Oct 31, 2020 141.81 Mn
Jul 31, 2020 144.47 Mn
Apr 30, 2020 153.81 Mn
Jan 31, 2020 155.45 Mn
Oct 31, 2019 160.09 Mn
Jul 31, 2019 154.95 Mn
Apr 30, 2019 149.67 Mn
Jan 31, 2019 138.21 Mn
Oct 31, 2018 150.68 Mn
Jul 31, 2018 142.84 Mn
Apr 30, 2018 137.30 Mn
Jan 31, 2018 133.89 Mn
Oct 31, 2017 137.39 Mn
Jul 31, 2017 129.16 Mn
Apr 30, 2017 124.48 Mn
Jan 31, 2017 116.77 Mn
Oct 31, 2016 113.45 Mn
Jul 31, 2016 106.03 Mn
Apr 30, 2016 100.89 Mn
Jan 31, 2016 108.87 Mn
Oct 31, 2015 110.05 Mn
Jul 31, 2015 102.59 Mn
Apr 30, 2015 95.10 Mn
Jan 31, 2015 93.78 Mn
Oct 31, 2014 89.28 Mn
Jul 31, 2014 78.88 Mn
Apr 30, 2014 73.88 Mn