Cenovus Energy (CVE) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025)
Cenovus Energy (CVE) reported Operating Expenses of $276.08 million for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2025, up 44.4% from $191.13 million a year earlier.
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Cenovus Energy (CVE) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Dec 31, 2025, Cenovus Energy posted Operating Expenses of $6.36 billion, down 11.1% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 42.0% (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- By year, Operating Expenses came in at $7.15 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+18.1%), $6.05 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (-12.3%), $6.91 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 and $471.6 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (-57.2%).
- The figure for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2025 ranks as the highest quarterly Operating Expenses since the quarter ended Mar 31, 2024.
- Year over year, Operating Expenses gained in five of the last six quarters, with growth averaging 22.2%.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Expenses in five years was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2021 (growth of 209.2%); the low point was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2022 (a decline of 76.7%).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil Holdings | 702.52 Bn | 660.66 Bn | - | 91.93 Bn |
| 2 | Chevron | 427.59 Bn | 399.71 Bn | 33.45 Bn | 53.37 Bn |
| 3 | Shell | 299.61 Bn | 159.87 Bn | - | -177.00 Mn |
| 4 | TotalEnergies SE | 197.84 Bn | 68.92 Bn | 31,614.00 | 5.11 Bn |
| 5 | Conocophillips | 165.71 Bn | 138.42 Bn | 12.81 Bn | 2.43 Bn |
| 6 | Equinor Asa | 111.12 Bn | 23.97 Bn | 4.49 Bn | 30.42 Bn |
| 7 | Canadian Natural Resources | 104.02 Bn | 101.03 Bn | 8.84 Bn | 114.95 Mn |
| 8 | Phillips 66 | 102.56 Bn | 86.35 Bn | 10.69 Bn | 44.40 Bn |
| 9 | Suncor Energy | 88.02 Bn | 73.77 Bn | - | 17.00 Mn |
| 10 | Cenovus Energy | 51.43 Bn | 43.14 Bn | - | 22.95 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 22.95 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.16 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.75 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.63 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 9.31 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.27 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.92 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.56 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.16 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 188.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 182.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 27.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.15 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.16 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.29 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.02 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 913.57 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 930.68 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 1.13 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 372.02 Mn |
API Access
Cenovus Energy Operating Expenses API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=CVE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "ticker": "CVE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=CVE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();