Lucid (LCID) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2026)

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

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

Lucid has disclosed Operating Expenses across 7 years of filings, most recently posting $1.3 billion for 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 retreated to $1.3 billion in Q1 2026, from $1.6 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Expenses for LCID reached as high as $1.6 billion in Q4 2025 and fell as low as $655.2 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $967.4 million (2024), against an average of $991.4 million.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses jumped 163.57% — and 2023, when it retreated 11.26%.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $1.0 billion in 2022, then decreased by 11.26% to $894.0 million in 2023, then gained by 8.21% to $967.4 million in 2024, then surged by 64.09% to $1.6 billion in 2025, then declined by 19.88% to $1.3 billion in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods registered $1.3 billion, $1.6 billion, and $1.3 billion for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Tesla 1,375.42 Bn 1,330.73 Bn 4.72 Bn 3.78 Bn
2 Ford Motor 78.30 Bn 47.85 Bn 7.94 Bn 40.92 Bn
3 General Motors 68.82 Bn 46.43 Bn 4.32 Bn 40.70 Bn
4 Xpeng 40.80 Bn 38.26 Bn 388.90 Mn -660.64 Mn
5 Rivian Automotive 21.46 Bn 16.65 Bn 119.00 Mn 1.00 Bn
6 Li Auto 12.40 Bn -965.30 Mn 262.11 Mn -696.85 Mn
7 Nio 12.31 Bn 9.20 Bn 704.43 Mn -749.20 Mn
8 VinFast Auto 7.23 Bn 91,500.01 Bn -17,004.89 Bn -3,574.44 Bn
9 Lucid 2.18 Bn 1.48 Bn -311.71 Mn 1.27 Bn
10 China Yuchai International 1.74 Bn 678.93 Mn 317.01 Mn -282.20 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
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
Jun 30, 2021 249.09 Mn