Daqo New Energy (DQ) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Daqo New Energy (DQ) reported Operating Expenses of -$11.4 billion for Q1 2026, up 64.8% YoY from -$6.9 billion in Q1 2025, and up 68.49% on a QoQ basis from -$36.3 billion in Q4 2025.

Daqo New Energy (DQ) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Daqo New Energy has reported Operating Expenses for 18 years, with the latest figure at -$11.4 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at -$11.4 billion, up 64.8% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$33658.7 billion (up 54.62% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $132.4 million, down 62.3% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at -$11.4 billion for Q1 2026 at Daqo New Energy, up from -$36.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Expenses was -$16.6 million in Q1 2022, with the low at -$45343.0 billion in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of -$15262.1 billion and a median of -$235.7 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses slumped 93738962.8% — and 2025, when it surged 99.92%.
  • Daqo New Energy's Operating Expenses stood at -$45.8 billion in 2022, then jumped by 91.48% to -$3.9 billion in 2023, then slumped by 5935.24% to -$235.7 billion in 2024, then jumped by 84.59% to -$36.3 billion in 2025, then soared by 68.49% to -$11.4 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at -$11.4 billion (Q1 2026), -$36.3 billion (Q4 2025), and -$30.0 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Asml Holding 636.08 Bn 620.57 Bn 5.90 Bn -
2 Applied Materials 406.04 Bn 399.30 Bn 3.95 Bn 1.42 Bn
3 Lam Research 369.24 Bn 364.49 Bn 2.91 Bn 863.51 Mn
4 Kla 240.65 Bn 238.86 Bn 2.09 Bn 679.90 Mn
5 Teradyne 58.07 Bn 57.82 Bn 780.95 Mn 307.95 Mn
6 Qnity Electronics 27.70 Bn 26.85 Bn 618.00 Mn 267.00 Mn
7 Entegris 18.25 Bn 17.80 Bn 380.80 Mn 192.90 Mn
8 Onto Innovation 12.83 Bn 12.17 Bn 146.39 Mn 112.88 Mn
9 Amkor Technology 12.41 Bn 9.90 Bn 318.59 Mn 118.74 Mn
10 Daqo New Energy 4.12 Bn 2.85 Bn -139.37 Bn -11.45 Bn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 -11.45 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 -36.33 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -29.96 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -33,581.00 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -32.52 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -235.68 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -37,448.00 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -36,459.00 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -41,576.00 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -3.91 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 -45,343.00 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -45,041.00 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -42.93 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -45.81 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -285.57 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -19,284.00 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 -16.62 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -11.74 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 -34,055.00 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 -20.57 Mn