Optical Cable (OCC) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)
Optical Cable's (OCC) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $1.3 million in Q2 2026, up 8.02% YoY from $1.2 million in Q2 2025, and up 21.13% on a QoQ basis from $1.1 million in Q1 2026.
Optical Cable (OCC) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Optical Cable's Operating Expenses history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.3 million for Q2 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses rose 8.02% year-over-year to $1.3 million in Q2 2026; TTM through Apr 2026 was $14.1 million, a 5.74% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $4.5 million, up 4.82% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses was $1.3 million for Q2 2026 at Optical Cable, up from $1.1 million in the prior quarter.
- Over the last five years, Operating Expenses for OCC reached as high as $6.0 million in Q4 2025 and fell as low as $1.1 million in Q1 2026.
- A 5-year average of $4.4 million and a median of $5.1 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Operating Expenses rose 14.13%; it then plunged 78.97% in 2025.
- Tracing OCC's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $5.2 million in 2022, then fell by 0.84% to $5.1 million in 2023, then increased by 13.7% to $5.9 million in 2024, then grew by 3.06% to $6.0 million in 2025, then tumbled by 78.65% to $1.3 million in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods registered $1.3 million, $1.1 million, and $6.0 million for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cisco Systems | 469.93 Bn | 453.29 Bn | 10.08 Bn | 6.12 Bn |
| 2 | Motorola Solutions | 65.69 Bn | 64.83 Bn | 1.36 Bn | 691.00 Mn |
| 3 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 63.18 Bn | 58.34 Bn | 8.25 Bn | 8.83 Bn |
| 4 | Ciena | 60.70 Bn | 59.40 Bn | 625.52 Mn | 436.11 Mn |
| 5 | Lumentum Holdings | 60.35 Bn | 57.18 Bn | 357.00 Mn | 182.50 Mn |
| 6 | Ubiquiti | 35.71 Bn | 35.34 Bn | 370.71 Mn | 79.89 Mn |
| 7 | AST SpaceMobile | 23.10 Bn | 23.68 Bn | -69.36 Mn | 164.15 Mn |
| 8 | Applied Optoelectronics | 12.30 Bn | 11.86 Bn | 43.92 Mn | 56.91 Mn |
| 9 | Zebra Technologies | 11.58 Bn | 11.47 Bn | 742.00 Mn | 527.00 Mn |
| 10 | Optical Cable | 198.24 Mn | 198.09 Mn | 7.59 Mn | 1.29 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 1.29 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 1.06 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 6.03 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 5.74 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 1.19 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 1.07 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 5.85 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 5.24 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 5.32 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 5.09 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 5.15 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 4.96 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 5.66 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 5.46 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 5.19 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 4.95 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 5.04 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 4.78 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 4.81 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 4.53 Mn |