Newell Brands (NWL) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Newell Brands (NWL) posted Operating Expenses of $479.0 million for Q1 2026, down 12.75% on a QoQ basis from $549.0 million in Q4 2025, and down 0.62% year-over-year from $482.0 million in Q1 2025.

Newell Brands (NWL) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Newell Brands' Operating Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $479.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses fell 0.62% year-over-year to $479.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $2.0 billion (down 3.91% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $2.0 billion, down 3.81% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $479.0 million for Q1 2026 at Newell Brands, down from $549.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $570.0 million in Q4 2024 and bottomed at $470.0 million in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $517.2 million and a median of $517.0 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses slipped 17.11% — and 2023, when it climbed 10.0%.
  • Newell Brands' Operating Expenses stood at $547.0 million in 2022, then climbed by 2.93% to $563.0 million in 2023, then grew by 1.24% to $570.0 million in 2024, then fell by 3.68% to $549.0 million in 2025, then declined by 12.75% to $479.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows NWL's Operating Expenses at $479.0 million in Q1 2026, $549.0 million in Q4 2025, and $497.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 346.06 Bn 333.76 Bn 10.51 Bn 5.94 Bn
2 Unilever 133.77 Bn 123.29 Bn - -
3 Colgate Palmolive 73.60 Bn 72.26 Bn 3.23 Bn 2.08 Bn
4 Kenvue 37.29 Bn 37.18 Bn 2.30 Bn 1.52 Bn
5 Kimberly Clark 36.91 Bn 36.36 Bn 1.53 Bn -
6 Estee Lauder Companies 29.75 Bn 26.63 Bn 2.84 Bn 2.59 Bn
7 Church & Dwight 23.30 Bn 22.80 Bn 681.40 Mn 251.00 Mn
8 Clorox 11.68 Bn 10.49 Bn 722.00 Mn 256.00 Mn
9 Yatsen Holding 6.22 Bn 6.08 Bn 153.20 Mn -155.01 Mn
10 Newell Brands 2.21 Bn 2.01 Bn 513.00 Mn 479.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 479.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 549.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 497.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 514.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 482.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 570.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 540.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 530.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 488.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 563.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 517.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 498.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 518.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 547.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 470.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 508.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 523.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 607.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 567.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 577.00 Mn