Edwards Lifesciences (EW) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)
Edwards Lifesciences (EW) posted Operating Expenses of $840.1 million for Q2 2026, up 7.4% from $782.4 million a year earlier and up 7.0% from the prior quarter.
Edwards Lifesciences (EW) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Operating Expenses at Edwards Lifesciences was $3.3 billion, up 10.7% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $3.18 billion, up 10.5% from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Expenses has increased for three consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 9.8% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Edwards Lifesciences' Operating Expenses was $2.88 billion in FY2024 (+13.0%), $2.55 billion in FY2023 (+12.5%), $2.26 billion in FY2022 (-5.6%) and $2.4 billion in FY2021 (+20.5%).
- Quarterly Operating Expenses has run from a low of $331.6 million in Q4 2022 to a high of $875.2 million in Q4 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Expenses has increased in each of the last nine quarters, with growth averaging 10.8% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Expenses in the past five years was Q4 2023, with growth of 98.6%; the weakest was Q4 2022, with a decline of 49.5%.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses for the three prior quarters was $785.5 million (Q1 2026), $875.2 million (Q4 2025) and $795.4 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 250.84 Bn | 229.99 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 9.91 Bn |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 174.73 Bn | 145.82 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 10.90 Bn |
| 3 | Danaher | 159.85 Bn | 143.67 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 2.48 Bn |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 146.79 Bn | 126.35 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 988.50 Mn |
| 5 | Medtronic | 114.54 Bn | 80.41 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 4.06 Bn |
| 6 | Stryker | 105.67 Bn | 91.79 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 2.84 Bn |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 63.93 Bn | 58.94 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 2.67 Bn |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 50.12 Bn | 47.27 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 4.32 Bn |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 50.06 Bn | 34.17 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 840.10 Mn |
| 10 | Agilent Technologies | 49.40 Bn | 42.29 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 1.43 Bn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 840.10 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 785.50 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 875.20 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 795.40 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 782.40 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 724.50 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 763.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 707.70 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 719.30 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 685.10 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 658.70 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 624.70 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 654.10 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 697.50 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 331.60 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 610.90 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 659.80 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 598.90 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 656.80 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 602.40 Mn |
Edwards Lifesciences Operating Expenses API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=EW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "ticker": "EW", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=EW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();