CuriosityStream (CURI) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2025)

CuriosityStream (CURI) reported Operating Expenses of $22.6 million for Q4 2025, up 25.3% on a YoY basis from $18.0 million in Q4 2024, and down 1.23% sequentially from $22.8 million in Q3 2025.

CuriosityStream (CURI) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

CuriosityStream (CURI) has 6 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $22.6 million in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Operating Expenses rose 25.3% year-over-year to $22.6 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at $79.0 million (up 22.48% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $79.0 million, up 22.48% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses eased to $22.6 million in Q4 2025, from $22.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $45.3 million in Q4 2021 to a low of $14.9 million in Q2 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $25.1 million and a median of $22.7 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses soared 73.78% in 2021 and plunged 59.89% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Tracing CURI's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $45.3 million in 2021, then sank by 34.06% to $29.9 million in 2022, then plunged by 34.55% to $19.5 million in 2023, then retreated by 7.82% to $18.0 million in 2024, then advanced by 25.3% to $22.6 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows CURI's Operating Expenses at $22.6 million in Q4 2025, $22.8 million in Q3 2025, and $18.5 million in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Nexstar Media 5.66 Bn 5.23 Bn 785.00 Mn 1.13 Bn
2 Newsmax 840.22 Mn 799.79 Mn 21.36 Mn 26.04 Mn
3 iHeartMedia 565.51 Mn 430.46 Mn 509.13 Mn 426.19 Mn
4 Gray Media 389.45 Mn 130.45 Mn 213.00 Mn 687.00 Mn
5 E.W. Scripps 268.40 Mn 184.68 Mn 206.07 Mn 492.10 Mn
6 FuboTV 251.35 Mn -201.06 Mn 399.10 Mn 344.01 Mn
7 CuriosityStream 140.99 Mn 107.64 Mn 11.62 Mn 22.57 Mn
8 Mediaco Holding 83.31 Mn 80.20 Mn -3.44 Mn 38.92 Mn
9 Saga Communications 51.99 Mn 21.56 Mn 17.72 Mn 22.01 Mn
10 Beasley Broadcast 37.48 Mn 31.05 Mn - 42.17 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 22.57 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 22.85 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 18.53 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 15.01 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 18.01 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 15.86 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 14.94 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 15.66 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 19.54 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 39.53 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 22.12 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 20.18 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 29.86 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 27.95 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 38.40 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 37.12 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 45.28 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 26.93 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 26.40 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 25.14 Mn