Lucid (LCID) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2026)

Lucid (LCID) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $1.3 billion for Q1 2026, up 37.21% year-over-year from $927.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 19.88% quarter-over-quarter from $1.6 billion in Q4 2025.

Lucid (LCID) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Lucid (LCID) has reported Operating Expenses for 7 consecutive years, with $1.3 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 37.21% year-over-year to $1.3 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $5.2 billion (up 34.97% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $4.9 billion, up 26.82% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses slipped to $1.3 billion in Q1 2026 per LCID's latest filing, from $1.6 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $1.6 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $655.2 million in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $991.4 million across 5 years, with a median of $967.4 million in 2024.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses jumped 163.57% — and 2023, when it retreated 11.26%.
  • Lucid's Operating Expenses stood at $1.0 billion in 2022, then slipped by 11.26% to $894.0 million in 2023, then advanced by 8.21% to $967.4 million in 2024, then soared by 64.09% to $1.6 billion in 2025, then fell by 19.88% to $1.3 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows LCID's Operating Expenses at $1.3 billion in Q1 2026, $1.6 billion in Q4 2025, and $1.3 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Tesla 1,062.42 Bn 1,018.89 Bn 4.75 Bn 4.35 Bn
2 Toyota Motor 248.02 Bn 113.80 Bn 12.27 Bn 78.18 Bn
3 Honda Motor 127.13 Bn 92.93 Bn -34.06 Bn 239.73 Bn
4 Ford Motor 81.51 Bn 50.18 Bn 6.08 Bn 47.66 Bn
5 General Motors 78.38 Bn 53.66 Bn 7.33 Bn 46.57 Bn
6 Li Auto 26.25 Bn 12.80 Bn 262.11 Mn -696.85 Mn
7 Xpeng 23.13 Bn 20.59 Bn 388.90 Mn -660.64 Mn
8 Rivian Automotive 21.08 Bn 15.77 Bn 179.00 Mn 1.02 Bn
9 Stellantis 16.04 Bn -25.41 Bn 5.55 Bn 4.85 Bn
10 Lucid 2.68 Bn 1.92 Bn -426.73 Mn 1.49 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 1.49 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 1.27 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.59 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.28 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.06 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 926.98 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 967.42 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 970.58 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 988.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 902.66 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 894.02 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 890.69 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 988.56 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 921.59 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 1.01 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 882.98 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 656.54 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 655.21 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 512.08 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 497.28 Mn