Gaotu Techedu (GOTU) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2025)
Gaotu Techedu's (GOTU) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at -$180.5 million in Q4 2025, down 20.06% YoY from -$225.8 million in Q4 2024, and down 5.21% on a QoQ basis from -$171.6 million in Q3 2025.
Gaotu Techedu (GOTU) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Gaotu Techedu (GOTU) has 8 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at -$180.5 million in Q4 2025.
- Quarterly Operating Expenses fell 20.06% year-over-year to -$180.5 million in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was -$652.4 million (down 9.61% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $664.7 million, up 13.35% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses fell to -$180.5 million in Q4 2025, from -$171.6 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of -$65.4 million in Q2 2022 to a low of -$438.3 million in Q1 2021.
- A 5-year average of -$149.4 million and a median of -$121.5 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Operating Expenses plunged 236.43% — and 2022, when it jumped 82.49%.
- Tracing GOTU's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at -$98.8 million in 2021, then rose by 29.0% to -$70.1 million in 2022, then tumbled by 44.88% to -$101.6 million in 2023, then slumped by 48.03% to -$150.4 million in 2024, then fell by 20.06% to -$180.5 million in 2025.
- The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at -$180.5 million (Q4 2025), -$171.6 million (Q3 2025), and -$161.7 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| 2 | 51Talk Online Education | 7.32 Bn | 7.28 Bn | 22.97 Mn | -24.40 Mn |
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| 9 | TAL Education | 2.28 Bn | -401.26 Mn | 227.32 Mn | 243.19 Mn |
| 10 | Gaotu Techedu | 271.59 Mn | -210.72 Mn | 163.65 Mn | -180.54 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | -180.54 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -171.59 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -161.71 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -138.60 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -150.37 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -180.77 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -159.77 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -104.31 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -101.58 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -91.95 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -65.56 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -65.84 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -70.11 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -71.26 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -65.44 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -76.73 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -98.75 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -228.94 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -365.94 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -438.27 Mn |