Methanex (MEOH) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Methanex's (MEOH) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at -$770.5 million in Q1 2026, down 32.69% year-on-year from -$1.1 billion in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from -$770.5 million in Q4 2025.

Methanex (MEOH) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Methanex has disclosed Operating Expenses across 18 years of filings, most recently posting -$770.5 million for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at -$770.5 million, down 32.69% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$2.9 billion (down 0.57% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$2.7 billion, up 10.94% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at -$770.5 million for Q1 2026 at Methanex, roughly flat from -$770.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of -$580.6 million in Q1 2025 to a low of -$892.1 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is -$770.5 million (2026), against an average of -$763.2 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses advanced 21.97% in 2025 and sank 32.69% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Methanex's Operating Expenses stood at -$840.8 million in 2022, then gained by 8.13% to -$772.5 million in 2023, then rose by 4.95% to -$734.2 million in 2024, then declined by 4.94% to -$770.5 million in 2025, then gained by 0.01% to -$770.5 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at -$770.5 million (Q1 2026), -$770.5 million (Q4 2025), and -$748.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Celanese 5.39 Bn 4.05 Bn 468.00 Mn 254.00 Mn
2 Methanex 4.49 Bn 4.51 Bn - -770.48 Mn
3 Olin 2.75 Bn 2.56 Bn 75.80 Mn 154.10 Mn
4 Rex American Resources 1.48 Bn 1.20 Bn 28.91 Mn 12.26 Mn
5 Tronox Holdings 1.16 Bn 1.07 Bn 44.00 Mn 85.00 Mn
6 Green Plains 1.03 Bn 853.25 Mn 87.95 Mn 401.03 Mn
7 Lsb Industries 880.06 Mn 698.42 Mn 35.79 Mn -1.64 Mn
8 Westlake Chemical Partners 828.28 Mn 783.99 Mn 93.76 Mn 7.19 Mn
9 ASP Isotopes 827.64 Mn 547.19 Mn 1.67 Mn 26.55 Mn
10 AdvanSix 577.39 Mn 559.81 Mn 3.80 Mn 22.52 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -770.48 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -770.52 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -748.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -581.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -580.65 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -734.23 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -794.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -744.56 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -736.32 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -772.47 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -730.05 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -724.39 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -841.16 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -840.83 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -861.38 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -851.78 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -892.11 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -918.96 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -857.87 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -816.68 Mn