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
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |