Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Kaiser Aluminum has reported Operating Expenses for 18 years, with the latest figure at $1.0 billion in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 37.09% year-over-year to $1.0 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $3.5 billion (up 17.81% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $3.2 billion, up 9.36% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $1.0 billion, up from $868.4 million in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Operating Expenses was $1.0 billion in Q1 2026, with the low at $673.3 million in Q4 2023.
• Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $793.7 million across 5 years, with a median of $778.2 million in 2023.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses soared 200.75% — and 2023, when it slipped 18.62%.
• Kaiser Aluminum's Operating Expenses stood at $798.2 million in 2022, then slipped by 15.65% to $673.3 million in 2023, then rose by 7.96% to $726.9 million in 2024, then grew by 19.47% to $868.4 million in 2025, then climbed by 16.19% to $1.0 billion in 2026.
• The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $1.0 billion (Q1 2026), $868.4 million (Q4 2025), and $794.7 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.