Lithium (LTUM) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)

Lithium's (LTUM) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $177984.0 in Q1 2026, up 12.78% year-on-year from $157819.0 in Q1 2025, and up 4.77% quarter-over-quarter from $169879.0 in Q4 2025.

Lithium (LTUM) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Lithium has disclosed Operating Expenses across 17 years of filings, most recently posting $177984.0 for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $177984.0, up 12.78% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $668487.0 (down 0.78% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $648322.0, down 13.95% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $177984.0 for Q1 2026 at Lithium, up from $169879.0 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $873049.0 in Q2 2022 to a low of $85083.0 in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $168562.0 (2025), against an average of $201489.6.
  • Peak annual rise in Operating Expenses reached 1431.24% in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 86.58% in 2022.
  • Lithium's Operating Expenses stood at $185762.0 in 2022, then sank by 34.21% to $122212.0 in 2023, then climbed by 12.09% to $136983.0 in 2024, then increased by 24.01% to $169879.0 in 2025, then rose by 4.77% to $177984.0 in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $177984.0 (Q1 2026), $169879.0 (Q4 2025), and $168562.0 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Elevra Lithium 556.97 Bn 556.92 Bn - -
2 Bhp 421.29 Bn 411.77 Bn - -
3 Skeena Resources 17.36 Bn 17.34 Bn - 15.97 Mn
4 Ioneer 10.78 Bn 10.76 Bn - 209.01 Mn
5 MP Materials 10.54 Bn 7.94 Bn 16.40 Mn 157.04 Mn
6 Iperionx 8.57 Bn 8.52 Bn - -
7 Materion 4.58 Bn 4.57 Bn 81.84 Mn 44.65 Mn
8 Sigma Lithium 4.36 Bn 4.36 Bn 25.57 Mn -11.78 Mn
9 Americas Gold & Silver 4.00 Bn 3.87 Bn 16.76 Mn 57.09 Mn
10 Lithium - - - 177,984.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 177,984.00
Dec 31, 2025 169,879.00
Sep 30, 2025 168,562.00
Jun 30, 2025 152,062.00
Mar 31, 2025 157,819.00
Dec 31, 2024 136,983.00
Sep 30, 2024 201,288.00
Jun 30, 2024 177,666.00
Mar 31, 2024 237,488.00
Dec 31, 2023 122,212.00
Sep 30, 2023 168,228.00
Jun 30, 2023 125,645.00
Mar 31, 2023 194,889.00
Dec 31, 2022 185,762.00
Sep 30, 2022 85,083.00
Jun 30, 2022 873,049.00
Mar 31, 2022 90,725.00
Dec 31, 2021 59,507.00
Sep 30, 2021 63,326.00
Jun 30, 2021 57,016.00