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Helmerich & Payne (HP) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

Helmerich & Payne (HP) has disclosed Operating Expenses for 17 consecutive years, with $1.1 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses rose 83.65% to $1.1 billion in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $4.2 billion, a 81.75% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $3.7 billion, up 62.79% from a year prior.
  • Operating Expenses was $1.1 billion for Q4 2025 at Helmerich & Payne, up from $1.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $1.2 billion in Q2 2025 to a low of $409.6 million in Q2 2021.
  • A 5-year average of $637.1 million and a median of $575.3 million in 2022 define the central range for Operating Expenses.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Expenses: plummeted 60.33% in 2021, then surged 100.11% in 2025.
  • Helmerich & Payne's Operating Expenses stood at $452.4 million in 2021, then increased by 27.19% to $575.4 million in 2022, then fell by 3.78% to $553.7 million in 2023, then increased by 5.91% to $586.4 million in 2024, then soared by 83.65% to $1.1 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HP's Operating Expenses are $1.1 billion (Q4 2025), $1.0 billion (Q3 2025), and $1.2 billion (Q2 2025).