Strategy (MSTR) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)

Strategy (MSTR) reported Operating Expenses of $14.6 billion for Q1 2026, up 142.62% on a YoY basis from $6.0 billion in Q1 2025, and down 16.96% sequentially from $17.5 billion in Q4 2025.

Strategy (MSTR) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Strategy (MSTR) has 17 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $14.6 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 142.62% year-over-year to $14.6 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $14.3 billion (up 81.44% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $5.8 billion, up 163.94% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses eased to $14.6 billion in Q1 2026, from $17.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $17.5 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of -$14.0 billion in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $1.5 billion and a median of $280.8 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Peak annual rise in Operating Expenses reached 1976.09% in 2025, while the deepest fall reached 5069.44% in 2025.
  • Tracing MSTR's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $299.5 million in 2022, then slumped by 53.58% to $139.0 million in 2023, then surged by 693.21% to $1.1 billion in 2024, then jumped by 1489.11% to $17.5 billion in 2025, then declined by 16.96% to $14.6 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MSTR's Operating Expenses at $14.6 billion in Q1 2026, $17.5 billion in Q4 2025, and -$3.8 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn -7.98 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - -269.42 Mn
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.16 Bn
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 11.28 Bn
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 6.22 Bn
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 2.66 Bn
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 4.23 Bn
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn 1.25 Bn
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 1.04 Bn
10 Strategy 31.26 Bn 29.06 Bn 83.35 Mn 14.55 Bn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 14.55 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 17.53 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -3.80 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -13.95 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 6.00 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.10 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 514.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 280.78 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 288.93 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 139.05 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 128.05 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 119.99 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 114.28 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 299.55 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 93.92 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 1.01 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 263.56 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 247.98 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 155.34 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 516.56 Mn