Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of -$1.9 billion for Q2 2026, up 13.46% year-on-year from -$1.7 billion in Q2 2025, and up 19.11% on a QoQ basis from -$2.4 billion in Q1 2026.

Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) has reported Operating Expenses for 18 consecutive years, with -$1.9 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 13.46% year-over-year to -$1.9 billion in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was -$8.8 billion (up 8.08% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $8.9 billion, down 21.95% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses advanced to -$1.9 billion in Q2 2026 per ERIC's latest filing, from -$2.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Expenses for ERIC reached as high as -$1.9 billion in Q1 2022 and fell as low as -$4.1 billion in Q2 2024.
  • A 5-year average of -$2.4 billion and a median of -$2.3 billion in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Operating Expenses sank 53.98% — and 2025, when it soared 46.54%.
  • Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at -$2.7 billion in 2022, then grew by 8.92% to -$2.5 billion in 2023, then dropped by 7.52% to -$2.7 billion in 2024, then grew by 10.04% to -$2.4 billion in 2025, then increased by 19.71% to -$1.9 billion in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods registered -$1.9 billion, -$2.4 billion, and -$2.4 billion for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 453.08 Bn 436.44 Bn 10.08 Bn 6.12 Bn
2 Motorola Solutions 70.40 Bn 69.51 Bn 1.36 Bn 691.00 Mn
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 64.04 Bn 59.20 Bn 9.10 Bn 8.83 Bn
4 Ciena 53.20 Bn 51.90 Bn 625.52 Mn 436.11 Mn
5 Lumentum Holdings 51.31 Bn 48.14 Bn 357.00 Mn 182.50 Mn
6 Nokia 49.83 Bn 42.52 Bn 9.86 Bn -992.30 Mn
7 Ubiquiti 32.53 Bn 32.16 Bn 370.71 Mn 79.89 Mn
8 Ericsson Lm Telephone 32.22 Bn 26.54 Bn 2.53 Bn -1.91 Bn
9 AST SpaceMobile 16.80 Bn 16.80 Bn 3.67 Mn 164.15 Mn
10 Zebra Technologies 13.05 Bn 12.94 Bn 742.00 Mn 527.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 -1.91 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 -2.37 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 -2.38 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -2.11 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -2.21 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -2.24 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -2.65 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -2.44 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -4.14 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -2.23 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -2.46 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 -2.35 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -2.69 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -2.30 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -2.71 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -2.31 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -2.10 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 -1.90 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 -2.11 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 -1.78 Bn