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

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

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

Canadian Solar has disclosed Operating Expenses across 17 years of filings, most recently posting $188.5 million for 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, from $221.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $377.6 million in Q2 2025 and troughed at $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 jumped 68.73% — and 2025, when it plunged 45.24%.
  • Tracing CSIQ's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $233.9 million in 2021, then decreased by 8.98% to $212.9 million in 2022, then retreated by 0.02% to $212.8 million in 2023, then jumped by 61.7% to $344.1 million in 2024, then tumbled by 45.24% to $188.5 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows CSIQ's Operating Expenses at $188.5 million in Q4 2025, $221.7 million in Q3 2025, and $377.6 million in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 First Solar 28.68 Bn 26.25 Bn 486.13 Mn 140.83 Mn
2 Nextpower 18.03 Bn 16.93 Bn 297.38 Mn 143.79 Mn
3 Enphase Energy 7.16 Bn 6.23 Bn 100.39 Mn 130.04 Mn
4 Solaredge Technologies 3.68 Bn 3.13 Bn 68.28 Mn 123.32 Mn
5 Sunrun 3.02 Bn 3.91 Bn 543.70 Mn 765.74 Mn
6 Shoals Technologies 1.75 Bn 1.75 Bn 41.01 Mn 33.29 Mn
7 Array Technologies 1.19 Bn 987.00 Mn 63.00 Mn 55.90 Mn
8 JinkoSolar Holding 596.69 Mn 2.20 Bn 147.66 Mn -232.93 Mn
9 Tigo Energy 209.39 Mn 197.82 Mn 10.79 Mn 13.20 Mn
10 Canadian Solar 41,875.00 578.43 Mn 124.40 Mn 188.46 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