Liberty Star Uranium & Metals (LBSR) Operating Expenses (2015 - 2026)
Liberty Star Uranium & Metals' Operating Expenses was $184,278 in fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 6.9% from $197,854 a year earlier and down 12.0% from the prior quarter.
Liberty Star Uranium & Metals (LBSR) Operating Expenses (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Liberty Star Uranium & Metals' Operating Expenses was $1.09 million through Jul 31, 2026, down 4.9% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it was $1.09 million, down 35.9% from FY2025.
- Operating Expenses shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 12.8% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Operating Expenses was $1.7 million in FY2025 (+10.3%), $1.54 million in FY2024 (+85.3%), $831,071 in FY2023 (+60.5%) and $517,760 in FY2022 (-13.0%).
- The fiscal Q2 2027 figure marks the lowest quarterly Operating Expenses since fiscal Q2 2024.
- Compared with a year earlier, Operating Expenses was higher in three of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 17.5%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Operating Expenses over five years was fiscal Q4 2024 (growth of 643.4%); the worst was fiscal Q1 2026 (a decline of 63.2%).
- Per Business Quant data, LBSR's Operating Expenses in the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2027 was $209,469 (Q1 2027), $237,470 (Q4 2026) and $461,789 (Q3 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio Tinto | 179.45 Bn | 145.58 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Southern Copper | 168.96 Bn | 147.82 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 1.67 Bn |
| 3 | Newmont | 123.37 Bn | 91.54 Bn | 4.03 Bn | 3.02 Bn |
| 4 | Ternium | 107.07 Bn | 72.12 Bn | 941.02 Mn | -427.80 Mn |
| 5 | Freeport-Mcmoran | 101.67 Bn | 97.82 Bn | 2.19 Bn | 5.03 Bn |
| 6 | Agnico Eagle Mines | 92.92 Bn | 92.92 Bn | 2.43 Bn | 57.95 Mn |
| 7 | Barrick Mining | 69.09 Bn | 53.83 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 165.00 Mn |
| 8 | Nucor | 53.61 Bn | 44.15 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 405.00 Mn |
| 9 | ArcelorMittal | 51.72 Bn | 32.74 Bn | - | -780.00 Mn |
| 10 | Liberty Star Uranium & Metals | 2.34 Mn | 1.52 Mn | - | 184,278.00 |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 184,278.00 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 209,469.00 |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 237,470.00 |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 461,789.00 |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 197,854.00 |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 191,048.00 |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 480,894.00 |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 279,490.00 |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 419,059.00 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 519,086.00 |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 1.01 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 251,167.00 |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 141,657.00 |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 134,675.00 |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 136,241.00 |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 251,587.00 |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 334,028.00 |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 109,215.00 |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 143,180.00 |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 177,346.00 |
Liberty Star Uranium & Metals 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
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=LBSR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "ticker": "LBSR", "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=LBSR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();