NetEase (NTES) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

NetEase (NTES) posted Operating Expenses of -$1.2 billion for Q1 2026, up 6.49% on a QoQ basis from -$1.3 billion in Q4 2025, and down 11.76% year-over-year from -$1.4 billion in Q1 2025.

NetEase (NTES) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

NetEase's Operating Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$1.2 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses fell 11.76% year-over-year to -$1.2 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$5.2 billion (down 8.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $5.2 billion, up 5.37% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was -$1.2 billion for Q1 2026 at NetEase, up from -$1.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at -$1.1 billion in Q1 2025 and bottomed at -$1.4 billion in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of -$1.3 billion and a median of -$1.2 billion in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Operating Expenses fell 17.07% — and 2025, when it climbed 15.82%.
  • NetEase's Operating Expenses stood at -$1.2 billion in 2022, then fell by 11.62% to -$1.4 billion in 2023, then increased by 14.92% to -$1.2 billion in 2024, then dropped by 12.33% to -$1.3 billion in 2025, then grew by 6.49% to -$1.2 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows NTES's Operating Expenses at -$1.2 billion in Q1 2026, -$1.3 billion in Q4 2025, and -$1.4 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Electronic Arts 52.46 Bn 49.60 Bn 1.76 Bn 1.19 Bn
2 Take Two Interactive Software 48.15 Bn 47.69 Bn 938.70 Mn 927.80 Mn
3 Roblox 33.85 Bn 30.63 Bn 1.15 Bn 1.74 Bn
4 Gdev 2.31 Bn 2.31 Bn 85.00 Mn -47.00 Mn
5 NetEase 2.16 Bn -7,331,731.34 Bn 3.06 Bn -1.24 Bn
6 Playtika Holding 1.35 Bn 575.11 Mn 552.50 Mn 794.30 Mn
7 Gravity 418.32 Mn 418.18 Mn 35,341.61 14,247.76
8 Meridian Holdings 152.70 Mn 138.17 Mn 28.14 Mn 24.99 Mn
9 Firy 128.08 Mn -57.32 Mn 25.51 Mn 37.86 Mn
10 CTW Cayman 118.94 Mn 99.19 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -1.24 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 -1.32 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -1.42 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -1.24 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -1.11 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -1.18 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -1.30 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -1.25 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -1.31 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -1.38 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 -1.30 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -1.19 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -1.12 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -1.24 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -1.32 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -1.21 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 -1.15 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 -1.30 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 -1.24 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 -1.15 Bn