Curtiss Wright (CW) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Curtiss Wright (CW) posted Operating Expenses of $127.4 million for Q1 2026, little changed on a QoQ basis from $127.2 million in Q4 2025, and up 3.32% year-over-year from $123.3 million in Q1 2025.

Curtiss Wright (CW) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Curtiss Wright's Operating Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $127.4 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 3.32% year-over-year to $127.4 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $503.4 million (up 3.6% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $499.3 million, up 4.1% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $127.4 million for Q1 2026 at Curtiss Wright, roughly flat from $127.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $128.1 million in Q2 2025 and bottomed at $92.7 million in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $115.1 million and a median of $116.0 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses fell 12.09% — and 2023, when it increased 23.86%.
  • Curtiss Wright's Operating Expenses stood at $104.0 million in 2022, then advanced by 3.55% to $107.7 million in 2023, then rose by 17.36% to $126.4 million in 2024, then advanced by 0.6% to $127.2 million in 2025, then gained by 0.18% to $127.4 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CW's Operating Expenses at $127.4 million in Q1 2026, $127.2 million in Q4 2025, and $120.7 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 General Electric 373.45 Bn 364.10 Bn -3.10 Bn 10.86 Bn
2 Rtx 288.16 Bn 279.85 Bn 9.91 Bn 21.96 Bn
3 Boeing 167.44 Bn 147.42 Bn 2.41 Bn 2.35 Bn
4 Lockheed Martin 132.17 Bn 128.38 Bn 2.45 Bn -
5 Howmet Aerospace 112.99 Bn 110.56 Bn 854.00 Mn 27.00 Mn
6 General Dynamics 102.42 Bn 98.09 Bn 6.76 Bn 12.63 Bn
7 Northrop Grumman 75.81 Bn 73.51 Bn 3.72 Bn 9.78 Bn
8 TransDigm 72.68 Bn 68.79 Bn 1.51 Bn 273.00 Mn
9 L3Harris Technologies 50.93 Bn 50.34 Bn 1.40 Bn 750.00 Mn
10 Curtiss Wright 26.56 Bn 26.22 Bn 331.48 Mn 127.43 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 127.43 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 127.19 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 120.66 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 128.09 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 123.33 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 126.44 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 116.05 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 120.08 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 117.03 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 107.73 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 114.87 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 112.53 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 110.37 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 104.04 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 92.74 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 100.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 108.15 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 118.35 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 100.62 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 100.57 Mn