Canadian Solar (CSIQ) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025)

Canadian Solar (CSIQ) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $188.5 million for Q4 2025, down 45.24% year-on-year from $344.1 million in Q4 2024, and down 15.0% on a QoQ basis from $221.7 million in Q3 2025.

Canadian Solar (CSIQ) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Canadian Solar (CSIQ) has reported Operating Expenses for 17 consecutive years, with $188.5 million the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses fell 45.24% year-over-year to $188.5 million in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $983.1 million (down 4.5% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $983.1 million, down 4.5% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses eased to $188.5 million in Q4 2025 per CSIQ's latest filing, from $221.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Expenses for CSIQ reached as high as $377.6 million in Q2 2025 and fell as low as $151.1 million in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of $223.3 million and a median of $214.7 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Operating Expenses surged 68.73% — and 2025, when it tumbled 45.24%.
  • Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at $233.9 million in 2021, then slipped by 8.98% to $212.9 million in 2022, then decreased by 0.02% to $212.8 million in 2023, then surged by 61.7% to $344.1 million in 2024, then slumped by 45.24% to $188.5 million in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods registered $188.5 million, $221.7 million, and $377.6 million for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 First Solar 22.08 Bn 19.65 Bn 486.13 Mn 140.83 Mn
2 Nextpower 15.32 Bn 14.23 Bn 297.38 Mn 143.79 Mn
3 Enphase Energy 4.98 Bn 4.05 Bn 100.39 Mn 130.04 Mn
4 JinkoSolar Holding 3.20 Bn -107.75 Mn 147.66 Mn -232.93 Mn
5 Solaredge Technologies 2.60 Bn 2.04 Bn 68.28 Mn 123.32 Mn
6 Sunrun 2.35 Bn 687.09 Mn 407.49 Mn 765.74 Mn
7 Shoals Technologies 1.55 Bn 1.55 Bn 41.01 Mn 33.29 Mn
8 Canadian Solar 925.64 Mn 166.07 Mn 124.40 Mn 188.46 Mn
9 Array Technologies 843.55 Mn 642.85 Mn 63.00 Mn 55.90 Mn
10 Toyo 182.74 Mn 106.10 Mn 47.76 Mn -11.49 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 188.46 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 221.71 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 377.60 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 195.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 344.13 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 247.14 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 234.44 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 203.68 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 212.83 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 224.99 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 216.45 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 172.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 212.87 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 273.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 254.93 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 165.38 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 233.87 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 175.54 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 158.41 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 151.12 Mn