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Electronic Arts (EA) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Electronic Arts posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $1.2 billion for Q1 2026, up 5.3% year-on-year from $1.1 billion in Q1 2025, and down 6.58% on a QoQ basis from $1.3 billion in Q4 2025.

Electronic Arts (EA) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $1.2 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 5.3% year-over-year to $1.2 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $4.8 billion (up 8.75% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was $4.8 billion, up 8.75% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $1.2 billion, down from $1.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $1.3 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $1.0 billion in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $1.1 billion (2023), against an average of $1.1 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses grew 22.18%; it then declined 5.04% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $1.0 billion in 2022, then climbed by 2.64% to $1.1 billion in 2023, then declined by 0.1% to $1.0 billion in 2024, then rose by 21.52% to $1.3 billion in 2025, then retreated by 6.58% to $1.2 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $1.2 billion (Q1 2026), $1.3 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.2 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 NetEase 51.49 Bn 41.63 Bn - -
2 Electronic Arts 50.24 Bn 47.38 Bn 1.76 Bn 1.19 Bn
3 Take Two Interactive Software 41.73 Bn 39.37 Bn 945.50 Mn 984.20 Mn
4 Roblox 34.28 Bn 31.06 Bn 1.15 Bn 1.74 Bn
5 Playtika Holding 1.29 Bn 514.59 Mn 384.10 Mn 794.30 Mn
6 Sohu.com 430.85 Mn -399.49 Mn 111.48 Mn 118.21 Mn
7 Gdev 278.25 Mn 169.93 Mn - -
8 DoubleDown Interactive 253.74 Mn -279.47 Mn 69.71 Mn -58.72 Mn
9 Skillz 136.00 Mn -23.93 Mn 25.51 Mn 37.86 Mn
10 GCL Global Holdings 84.04 Mn -16,894.62 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.19 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.28 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.20 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.12 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.13 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.05 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.19 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.03 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.19 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.05 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.08 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 1.01 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 1.25 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.02 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 1.02 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.01 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.04 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.06 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 992.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 914.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 852.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 821.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 716.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 700.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 717.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 724.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 675.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 607.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 766.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 634.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 610.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 622.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 596.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 680.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 611.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 552.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 608.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 637.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 546.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 532.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 546.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 555.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 525.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 518.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 551.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 563.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 539.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 485.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 556.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 583.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 534.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 522.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 591.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 532.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 630.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 535.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 629.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 692.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 657.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 532.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 617.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 770.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 520.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 495.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 598.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 696.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 612.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2009 568.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2009 573.00 Mn