Design Therapeutics (DSGN) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2026)

Design Therapeutics' (DSGN) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $19.7 million in Q1 2026, down 3.49% year-on-year from $20.4 million in Q1 2025, and up 8.46% quarter-over-quarter from $18.2 million in Q4 2025.

Design Therapeutics (DSGN) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Design Therapeutics has disclosed Operating Expenses across 7 years of filings, most recently posting $19.7 million for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $19.7 million, down 3.49% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $78.8 million (up 15.14% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $79.5 million, up 27.39% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $19.7 million for Q1 2026 at Design Therapeutics, up from $18.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $22.6 million in Q2 2023 to a low of $13.4 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $18.8 million (2023), against an average of $18.1 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses soared 135.39% in 2022 and plunged 33.49% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Design Therapeutics' Operating Expenses stood at $19.4 million in 2022, then slipped by 22.02% to $15.1 million in 2023, then increased by 10.4% to $16.7 million in 2024, then advanced by 8.84% to $18.2 million in 2025, then advanced by 8.46% to $19.7 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $19.7 million (Q1 2026), $18.2 million (Q4 2025), and $19.3 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Alterity Therapeutics 925,601.88 Bn 925,601.85 Bn - 4.33 Mn
2 Belite Bio 58,560.00 Bn 58,560.00 Bn - 32.68 Mn
3 Quantum Biopharma 17,284.41 Bn 17,284.40 Bn - 2.97 Mn
4 Legend Biotech 2,809.00 Bn 2,808.71 Bn 242.10 Mn -138.30 Mn
5 Evaxion A 1,334.43 Bn 1,334.42 Bn - -3.82 Mn
6 Akari Therapeutics 1,312.27 Bn 1,312.26 Bn - 15.76 Mn
7 Psyence Biomedical 212.16 Bn 212.16 Bn - 574,669.00
8 Vertex Pharmaceuticals 114.83 Bn 107.58 Bn 2.59 Bn 1.85 Bn
9 Abivax 91.96 Bn 91.96 Bn - -67.40 Mn
10 Design Therapeutics 763.94 Mn 541.11 Mn - 19.71 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 19.71 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 18.17 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 19.31 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 21.57 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 20.42 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 16.69 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 16.25 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 15.04 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 14.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 15.12 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 18.82 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 22.60 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 21.65 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 19.39 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 19.19 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 15.64 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 13.37 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 11.13 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 11.34 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 7.69 Mn