Nokia (NOK) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025)

Nokia (NOK) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of -$992.3 million for Q4 2025, up 70.38% year-on-year from -$582.4 million in Q4 2024, and down 20.11% on a QoQ basis from -$826.2 million in Q3 2025.

Nokia (NOK) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Nokia (NOK) has reported Operating Expenses for 17 consecutive years, with -$992.3 million the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 70.38% year-over-year to -$992.3 million in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was -$3.5 billion (up 37.58% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $9.0 billion, up 7.37% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses retreated to -$992.3 million in Q4 2025 per NOK's latest filing, from -$826.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Expenses for NOK reached as high as -$305.0 million in Q2 2024 and fell as low as -$7.7 billion in Q4 2021.
  • A 5-year average of -$2.6 billion and a median of -$1.2 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Operating Expenses surged 85.63% — and 2024, when it slumped 280.36%.
  • Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at -$7.7 billion in 2021, then increased by 20.09% to -$6.1 billion in 2022, then jumped by 85.63% to -$880.8 million in 2023, then plunged by 280.36% to -$3.4 billion in 2024, then surged by 70.38% to -$992.3 million in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods registered -$992.3 million, -$826.2 million, and -$838.7 million for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 444.27 Bn 427.63 Bn 10.08 Bn 6.12 Bn
2 Motorola Solutions 68.42 Bn 67.56 Bn 1.36 Bn 691.00 Mn
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 63.57 Bn 58.72 Bn 9.10 Bn 8.83 Bn
4 Lumentum Holdings 59.61 Bn 56.43 Bn 357.00 Mn 182.50 Mn
5 Ciena 57.62 Bn 56.33 Bn 625.52 Mn 436.11 Mn
6 Nokia 52.70 Bn 45.22 Bn 9.86 Bn -992.30 Mn
7 Ubiquiti 32.00 Bn 31.63 Bn 370.71 Mn 79.89 Mn
8 AST SpaceMobile 17.20 Bn 17.78 Bn 3.67 Mn 164.15 Mn
9 Zebra Technologies 12.59 Bn 12.48 Bn 742.00 Mn 527.00 Mn
10 Viasat 10.14 Bn 8.46 Bn 615.36 Mn 295.67 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -992.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -826.15 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -838.67 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -871.67 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -3.35 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -1.37 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -304.97 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -623.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -880.78 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -6.03 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -785.19 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -6.13 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 -7.67 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 -5.84 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 -3.69 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 -1.87 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 -7.21 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 -5.76 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 -3.75 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 -2.03 Bn