Chewy CHWY
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As of: Oct 14, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Chewy (CHWY) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2026)

Updated

Chewy (CHWY) posted Operating Expenses of $919.2 million for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Aug 2, 2026), up 5.4% from $872.5 million a year earlier and up 4.1% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Chewy (CHWY) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For the trailing twelve months through Aug 2, 2026, Operating Expenses at Chewy was $3.58 billion, up 3.1% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Feb 1, 2026), it came in at $3.5 billion, up 4.3% from FY2025.

  • Annual Operating Expenses has increased for eight consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 12.9% (FY2021 to FY2026).
  • In prior fiscal years, Chewy's Operating Expenses was $3.36 billion in FY2025 (+5.3%), $3.19 billion in FY2024 (+14.7%), $2.78 billion in FY2023 (+13.0%) and $2.46 billion in FY2022 (+28.7%).
  • The fiscal Q2 2027 figure stands as the highest quarterly Operating Expenses since fiscal Q4 2025.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Operating Expenses increased in seven of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 5.7%.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Expenses in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2022, with growth of 28.1%; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2026, with a decline of 2.0%.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses for the three prior fiscal quarters was $882.9 million (Q1 2027), $917.2 million (Q4 2026) and $863 million (Q3 2026).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Unilever 139.34 Bn 90.80 Bn - -
2 Mondelez International 80.33 Bn 73.60 Bn 3.99 Bn 2.01 Bn
3 Hershey 33.19 Bn 29.44 Bn 1.26 Bn 628.91 Mn
4 Kraft Heinz 26.86 Bn 13.28 Bn 2.03 Bn 8.46 Bn
5 General Mills 17.22 Bn 14.87 Bn 1.49 Bn 853.60 Mn
6 J M Smucker 13.01 Bn 12.79 Bn 979.60 Mn 411.10 Mn
7 Mccormick 12.02 Bn 11.09 Bn 794.90 Mn 436.40 Mn
8 Hormel Foods 10.90 Bn 7.56 Bn 471.52 Mn 323.50 Mn
9 Chewy 8.45 Bn 5.74 Bn 1.01 Bn 919.20 Mn
10 Lamb Weston Holdings 7.28 Bn 6.91 Bn 266.50 Mn 184.30 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Aug 2, 2026 919.20 Mn
May 3, 2026 882.90 Mn
Feb 1, 2026 917.20 Mn
Nov 2, 2025 863.00 Mn
Aug 3, 2025 872.50 Mn
May 4, 2025 846.90 Mn
Feb 2, 2025 935.70 Mn
Oct 27, 2024 818.30 Mn
Jul 28, 2024 811.70 Mn
Apr 28, 2024 789.40 Mn
Jan 28, 2024 820.02 Mn
Oct 29, 2023 791.58 Mn
Jul 30, 2023 805.38 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 768.12 Mn
Jan 29, 2023 747.32 Mn
Oct 30, 2022 720.61 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 661.14 Mn
May 1, 2022 649.00 Mn
Jan 30, 2022 681.97 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 616.77 Mn
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