Optimum Communications (OPTU) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2026)
Optimum Communications' (OPTU) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $4.4 billion in Q1 2026, up 144.66% YoY from $1.8 billion in Q1 2025, and up 147.89% on a QoQ basis from $1.8 billion in Q4 2025.
Optimum Communications (OPTU) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Optimum Communications (OPTU) has 11 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $4.4 billion in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 144.66% year-over-year to $4.4 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $11.3 billion (up 56.67% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $8.7 billion, up 19.64% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses rose to $4.4 billion in Q1 2026, from $1.8 billion in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $4.4 billion in Q1 2026 to a low of $1.7 billion in Q2 2024.
- A 5-year average of $2.1 billion and a median of $1.9 billion in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2025 — Operating Expenses fell 5.76% — and 2026, when it soared 144.66%.
- Tracing OPTU's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $2.1 billion in 2022, then dropped by 3.32% to $2.0 billion in 2023, then fell by 5.26% to $1.9 billion in 2024, then declined by 5.76% to $1.8 billion in 2025, then jumped by 147.89% to $4.4 billion in 2026.
- The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $4.4 billion (Q1 2026), $1.8 billion (Q4 2025), and $3.3 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.86 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.43 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.79 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.27 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.84 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.81 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.89 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.78 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.74 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.86 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.00 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.82 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.84 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.87 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.07 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.93 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.94 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.91 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.92 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.88 Bn |