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

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

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 64.8% year-over-year to -$11.4 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$33658.7 billion (up 54.62% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $132.4 million, down 62.3% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses improved to -$11.4 billion in Q1 2026 per DQ's latest filing, from -$36.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at -$16.6 million in Q1 2022 and troughed 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.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Operating Expenses slumped 93738962.8% in 2022, then surged 99.92% in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, 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.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods registered -$11.4 billion, -$36.3 billion, and -$30.0 billion for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Asml Holding 683.77 Bn 668.27 Bn 5.90 Bn -
2 Lam Research 393.97 Bn 388.39 Bn 3.48 Bn 965.25 Mn
3 Applied Materials 389.80 Bn 381.56 Bn 3.95 Bn 1.42 Bn
4 Kla 240.86 Bn 239.21 Bn 2.24 Bn 690.50 Mn
5 Teradyne 58.87 Bn 58.52 Bn 794.62 Mn 356.81 Mn
6 Qnity Electronics 27.06 Bn 26.10 Bn 666.00 Mn 298.00 Mn
7 Entegris 21.93 Bn 21.58 Bn 420.00 Mn 209.30 Mn
8 Onto Innovation 14.50 Bn 12.61 Bn 183.25 Mn 119.70 Mn
9 Amkor Technology 12.45 Bn 9.94 Bn 318.59 Mn 118.74 Mn
10 Daqo New Energy 915.98 Mn -352.59 Mn -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