Growth Metrics

Vertical Aerospace (EVTL) Operating Expenses (2021 - 2026)

Vertical Aerospace posted quarterly Operating Expenses of -$55.1 million for Q1 2026, down 111.38% year-on-year from $484.5 million in Q1 2025, and down 136.64% on a QoQ basis from $150.4 million in Q4 2025.

Vertical Aerospace (EVTL) has 6 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at -$55.1 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses fell 111.38% year-over-year to -$55.1 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$10.7 million (down 594.62% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $95.8 million, up 24.58% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at -$55.1 million, down from $150.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $150.4 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$115.0 million in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $7.6 million (2023), against an average of $10.7 million.
  • Peak annual rise in Operating Expenses reached 382.67% in 2024, while the deepest fall reached 1826.25% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $91.8 million in 2022, then tumbled by 69.6% to $27.9 million in 2023, then surged by 382.67% to $134.7 million in 2024, then rose by 11.68% to $150.4 million in 2025, then tumbled by 136.64% to -$55.1 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at -$55.1 million (Q1 2026), $150.4 million (Q4 2025), and -$104.6 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 General Electric 316.77 Bn 306.03 Bn 9.11 Bn 10.18 Bn
2 Rtx 238.61 Bn 233.51 Bn 9.08 Bn 19.59 Bn
3 Boeing 172.59 Bn 151.68 Bn 2.55 Bn 2.10 Bn
4 Lockheed Martin 122.59 Bn 120.70 Bn 2.08 Bn -
5 Howmet Aerospace 102.88 Bn 100.44 Bn 854.00 Mn 120.00 Mn
6 General Dynamics 92.64 Bn 88.99 Bn 9.09 Bn 12.06 Bn
7 Rocket Lab 82.19 Bn 80.92 Bn 76.49 Mn 132.46 Mn
8 Northrop Grumman 78.95 Bn 76.86 Bn 3.45 Bn 8.89 Bn
9 TransDigm 70.63 Bn 66.75 Bn 1.51 Bn 273.00 Mn
10 Vertical Aerospace 349,690.50 251,156.18 - -55.13 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -55.13 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 150.44 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -104.60 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -1.38 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -26.08 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 134.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -114.95 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 8.49 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 27.91 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 6.66 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 34.52 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 91.81 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -22.77 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 19.75 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 48.42 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -14.15 Mn