CuriosityStream (CURI) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2025)

CuriosityStream's (CURI) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $22.6 million in Q4 2025, up 25.3% year-on-year from $18.0 million in Q4 2024, and down 1.23% quarter-over-quarter from $22.8 million in Q3 2025.

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

CuriosityStream has disclosed Operating Expenses across 6 years of filings, most recently posting $22.6 million for Q4 2025.

  • Operating Expenses for Q4 2025 came in at $22.6 million, up 25.3% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $79.0 million (up 22.48% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $79.0 million, up 22.48% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $22.6 million for Q4 2025 at CuriosityStream, down 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.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $22.7 million (2025), against an average of $25.1 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses soared 73.78% in 2021 and slumped 59.89% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • CuriosityStream's Operating Expenses stood at $45.3 million in 2021, then plunged by 34.06% to $29.9 million in 2022, then tumbled by 34.55% to $19.5 million in 2023, then decreased by 7.82% to $18.0 million in 2024, then climbed by 25.3% to $22.6 million in 2025.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $22.6 million (Q4 2025), $22.8 million (Q3 2025), and $18.5 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Nexstar Media 5.40 Bn 5.00 Bn -505.00 Mn 1.13 Bn
2 FuboTV 3.40 Bn 5.32 Bn 348.72 Mn 344.01 Mn
3 Newsmax 970.61 Mn 930.17 Mn 21.36 Mn 26.04 Mn
4 iHeartMedia 620.04 Mn 488.35 Mn 509.13 Mn 426.19 Mn
5 Gray Media 389.45 Mn 130.45 Mn 213.00 Mn 687.00 Mn
6 E.W. Scripps 307.00 Mn 223.28 Mn 206.07 Mn 492.10 Mn
7 CuriosityStream 163.48 Mn 154.27 Mn 11.62 Mn 22.57 Mn
8 Mediaco Holding 68.20 Mn 68.20 Mn -3.44 Mn 38.92 Mn
9 Saga Communications 55.58 Mn 25.14 Mn 17.72 Mn 22.01 Mn
10 Beasley Broadcast 37.03 Mn 30.60 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