Growth Metrics

Nlight (LASR) Operating Expenses (2017 - 2025)

Nlight (LASR) has disclosed Operating Expenses for 9 consecutive years, with $30.4 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses rose 10.16% to $30.4 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $104.5 million, a 5.94% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $104.5 million, up 5.94% from a year prior.
  • Operating Expenses was $30.4 million for Q4 2025 at Nlight, up from $28.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $30.4 million in Q4 2025 to a low of $22.2 million in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $25.5 million and a median of $24.5 million in 2022 define the central range for Operating Expenses.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Expenses: skyrocketed 53.57% in 2021, then decreased 17.53% in 2023.
  • Nlight's Operating Expenses stood at $26.6 million in 2021, then grew by 10.04% to $29.3 million in 2022, then fell by 17.53% to $24.1 million in 2023, then increased by 14.14% to $27.6 million in 2024, then increased by 10.16% to $30.4 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LASR's Operating Expenses are $30.4 million (Q4 2025), $28.1 million (Q3 2025), and $22.7 million (Q2 2025).