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

Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) reported Operating Expenses of -$2.4 billion for Q1 2026, down 23.53% on a YoY basis from -$3.1 billion in Q1 2025, and down 2.29% quarter-over-quarter from -$2.3 billion in Q4 2025.

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

Ericsson Lm Telephone has reported Operating Expenses for 18 years, with the latest figure at -$2.4 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses fell 23.53% year-over-year to -$2.4 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$8.9 billion (up 10.67% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $8.8 billion, down 10.8% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at -$2.4 billion, down from -$2.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Expenses was -$1.9 billion in Q1 2022, with the low at -$3.6 billion in Q2 2024.
  • Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged -$2.2 billion across 5 years, with a median of -$2.1 billion in 2025.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Operating Expenses slumped 51.56% — and 2025, when it soared 40.97%.
  • Ericsson Lm Telephone's Operating Expenses stood at -$2.3 billion in 2022, then climbed by 8.31% to -$2.1 billion in 2023, then declined by 6.48% to -$2.3 billion in 2024, then fell by 2.8% to -$2.3 billion in 2025, then decreased by 2.29% to -$2.4 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at -$2.4 billion (Q1 2026), -$2.3 billion (Q4 2025), and -$2.0 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 469.93 Bn 453.29 Bn 10.08 Bn 6.12 Bn
2 Motorola Solutions 65.69 Bn 64.83 Bn 1.36 Bn 691.00 Mn
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 63.18 Bn 58.34 Bn 8.25 Bn 8.83 Bn
4 Ciena 60.70 Bn 59.40 Bn 625.52 Mn 436.11 Mn
5 Lumentum Holdings 60.35 Bn 57.18 Bn 357.00 Mn 182.50 Mn
6 Ubiquiti 35.71 Bn 35.34 Bn 370.71 Mn 79.89 Mn
7 AST SpaceMobile 23.10 Bn 23.68 Bn -69.36 Mn 164.15 Mn
8 Applied Optoelectronics 12.30 Bn 11.86 Bn 43.92 Mn 56.91 Mn
9 Zebra Technologies 11.58 Bn 11.47 Bn 742.00 Mn 527.00 Mn
10 Ericsson Lm Telephone 4.16 Bn -2.76 Bn 2.55 Bn -2.39 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -2.39 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 -2.33 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -2.04 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -2.10 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -1.93 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -2.27 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -2.15 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -3.57 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -1.98 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -2.13 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 -2.00 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -2.35 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -2.03 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -2.32 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -2.02 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -1.97 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 -1.87 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 -2.19 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 -1.89 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 -2.06 Bn