Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) Operating Expenses (2012 - 2026)

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings' (NCLH) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $720.4 million in Q1 2026, up 15.69% year-on-year from $622.7 million in Q1 2025, and down 1.89% quarter-over-quarter from $734.2 million in Q4 2025.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) Operating Expenses (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings has disclosed Operating Expenses across 15 years of filings, most recently posting $720.4 million for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $720.4 million, up 15.69% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $2.7 billion (up 15.36% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $2.6 billion, up 13.01% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $720.4 million for Q1 2026 at Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, down from $734.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $734.2 million in Q4 2025 to a low of $475.3 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $576.4 million (2024), against an average of $585.4 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses surged 41.95% in 2022 and fell 6.95% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings' Operating Expenses stood at $580.6 million in 2022, then declined by 6.95% to $540.3 million in 2023, then gained by 8.65% to $587.0 million in 2024, then grew by 25.07% to $734.2 million in 2025, then dropped by 1.89% to $720.4 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $720.4 million (Q1 2026), $734.2 million (Q4 2025), and $633.8 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Booking Holdings 131.01 Bn 114.99 Bn 3.46 Bn 4.26 Bn
2 Airbnb 79.86 Bn 67.85 Bn 2.10 Bn 2.59 Bn
3 Royal Caribbean Cruises 75.60 Bn 75.08 Bn 2.21 Bn 582.00 Mn
4 Carnival 37.80 Bn 36.39 Bn - 3.94 Bn
5 Expedia 27.88 Bn 22.09 Bn 3.05 Bn 797.00 Mn
6 Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings 8.56 Bn 8.38 Bn 953.34 Mn 720.40 Mn
7 Global Business Travel 4.79 Bn 4.35 Bn 714.00 Mn 837.00 Mn
8 Travel & Leisure 4.51 Bn 4.25 Bn 926.00 Mn 802.00 Mn
9 Trip.com 4.42 Bn -788.25 Mn 1.74 Bn -1.38 Bn
10 MakeMyTrip 2.12 Bn 1.35 Bn - -

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 720.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 734.24 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 633.83 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 636.81 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 622.67 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 587.05 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 576.43 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 576.18 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 585.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 540.31 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 529.97 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 549.34 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 530.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 580.64 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 561.84 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 510.67 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 475.28 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 456.61 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 402.43 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 359.75 Mn