Moderna (MRNA) Operating Expenses (2017 - 2026)

Moderna (MRNA) reported Operating Expenses of $1.8 billion for Q1 2026, up 53.45% year-over-year from $1.2 billion in Q1 2025, and up 15.77% quarter-over-quarter from $1.5 billion in Q4 2025.

Moderna (MRNA) Operating Expenses (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Moderna (MRNA) has 10 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $1.8 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $1.8 billion, up 53.45% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $5.6 billion (down 18.38% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $5.0 billion, down 30.12% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses advanced to $1.8 billion in Q1 2026 per MRNA's latest filing, from $1.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $3.8 billion in Q3 2023 and troughed at $1.0 billion in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $2.1 billion and a median of $1.9 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Operating Expenses soared 174.07% in 2022, then tumbled 49.73% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $3.5 billion in 2022, then retreated by 19.95% to $2.8 billion in 2023, then retreated by 21.14% to $2.2 billion in 2024, then plunged by 30.61% to $1.5 billion in 2025, then grew by 15.77% to $1.8 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MRNA's Operating Expenses at $1.8 billion in Q1 2026, $1.5 billion in Q4 2025, and $1.3 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Alterity Therapeutics 925,601.88 Bn 925,601.85 Bn - 4.33 Mn
2 Belite Bio 58,560.00 Bn 58,560.00 Bn - 32.68 Mn
3 Quantum Biopharma 17,284.41 Bn 17,284.40 Bn - 2.97 Mn
4 Legend Biotech 2,809.00 Bn 2,808.71 Bn 242.10 Mn -138.30 Mn
5 Evaxion A 1,334.43 Bn 1,334.42 Bn - -3.82 Mn
6 Akari Therapeutics 1,312.27 Bn 1,312.26 Bn - 15.76 Mn
7 Psyence Biomedical 212.16 Bn 212.16 Bn - 574,669.00
8 Vertex Pharmaceuticals 114.83 Bn 107.58 Bn 2.59 Bn 1.85 Bn
9 Abivax 91.96 Bn 91.96 Bn - -67.40 Mn
10 Moderna 25.27 Bn 20.06 Bn -566.00 Mn 1.78 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.78 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.54 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.28 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.05 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.16 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 2.21 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.93 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.60 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.43 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 2.81 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 3.84 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 2.21 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 2.23 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 3.50 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 2.20 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 2.30 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.84 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.80 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 1.41 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 1.29 Bn