Nokia (NOKBF) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025)
Nokia's (NOKBF) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at -$65.2 million in Q4 2025, up 97.93% year-on-year from -$32.9 million in Q4 2024, and up 97.93% quarter-over-quarter from -$3.1 billion in Q4 2024.
Nokia (NOKBF) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Nokia has disclosed Operating Expenses across 17 years of filings, most recently posting -$65.2 million for Q4 2025.
- Operating Expenses for Q4 2025 came in at -$65.2 million, up 97.93% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was -$4.8 billion (up 9.9% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $9.0 billion, up 13.52% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses came in at -$65.2 million for Q4 2025 at Nokia, up from -$3.1 billion in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of -$65.2 million in Q4 2025 to a low of -$8.0 billion in Q4 2021.
- The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is -$1.3 billion (2024), against an average of -$2.6 billion.
- Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses slumped 277.77% in 2024 and jumped 97.93% in 2025, its largest moves.
- Nokia's Operating Expenses stood at -$8.0 billion in 2021, then surged by 31.41% to -$5.5 billion in 2022, then soared by 84.85% to -$832.8 million in 2023, then tumbled by 277.77% to -$3.1 billion in 2024, then jumped by 97.93% to -$65.2 million in 2025.
- The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at -$65.2 million (Q4 2025), -$3.1 billion (Q4 2024), and -$1.3 billion (Q3 2024), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cisco Systems | 480.96 Bn | 464.32 Bn | 10.08 Bn | 6.12 Bn |
| 2 | Ciena | 69.17 Bn | 67.87 Bn | 625.52 Mn | 436.11 Mn |
| 3 | Motorola Solutions | 68.03 Bn | 67.17 Bn | 1.36 Bn | 691.00 Mn |
| 4 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 65.63 Bn | 60.79 Bn | 8.25 Bn | 8.83 Bn |
| 5 | Lumentum Holdings | 61.32 Bn | 58.15 Bn | 357.00 Mn | 182.50 Mn |
| 6 | Ubiquiti | 34.34 Bn | 33.97 Bn | 370.71 Mn | 79.89 Mn |
| 7 | AST SpaceMobile | 27.21 Bn | 27.79 Bn | -69.36 Mn | 164.15 Mn |
| 8 | Applied Optoelectronics | 13.45 Bn | 13.01 Bn | 43.92 Mn | 56.91 Mn |
| 9 | Zebra Technologies | 11.38 Bn | 11.26 Bn | 742.00 Mn | 527.00 Mn |
| 10 | Nokia | - | - | 10.09 Bn | -65.19 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | -65.19 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -3.15 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -1.33 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -288.61 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -595.33 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -832.78 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -751.36 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -5.50 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -8.01 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -5.85 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -1.95 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -8.33 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | -5.64 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | -3.65 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -1.89 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -2.28 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2019 | -5.89 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 2.44 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2019 | -8.73 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 3.42 Mn |