Petrobras - Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR-A) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Petrobras - Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR-A) posted Operating Expenses of -$3.5 billion for Q1 2026, up 69.07% sequentially from -$11.3 billion in Q3 2025, and down 15.51% YoY from -$4.1 billion in Q1 2025.

Petrobras - Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR-A) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Petrobras - Petroleo Brasileiro has reported Operating Expenses for 18 years, with the latest figure at -$3.5 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses fell 15.51% year-over-year to -$3.5 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$14.7 billion (up 17.17% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$2.8 billion, down 14.4% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses improved to -$3.5 billion in Q1 2026 per PBR-A's latest filing, from -$11.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at -$543.0 million in Q2 2022 and troughed at -$11.6 billion in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of -$3.8 billion and a median of -$2.9 billion in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Operating Expenses slumped 513.44% in 2023, then jumped 77.59% in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Operating Expenses stood at -$2.1 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 77.78% to -$3.8 billion in 2023, then jumped by 35.24% to -$2.4 billion in 2024, then sank by 360.53% to -$11.3 billion in 2025, then surged by 69.07% to -$3.5 billion in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods registered -$3.5 billion, -$11.3 billion, and -$3.0 billion for Q1 2026, Q3 2025, and Q1 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Petrobras - Petroleo Brasileiro 1,308.33 Bn -5,263.99 Bn 11.34 Bn -3.48 Bn
2 ExxonMobil Holdings 651.52 Bn 649.70 Bn - 78.17 Bn
3 Chevron 382.50 Bn 382.83 Bn 20.34 Bn 44.66 Bn
4 Eni Spa 205.81 Bn 195.97 Bn - -
5 Shell 102.19 Bn 62.32 Bn 30.13 Bn 3.02 Bn
6 Equinor Asa 98.30 Bn 89.04 Bn - -22.18 Bn
7 Suncor Energy 78.77 Bn 76.39 Bn 6.68 Bn 1.27 Bn
8 Imperial Oil 61.22 Bn 60.47 Bn - 8.18 Bn
9 TotalEnergies SE 25.61 Bn -6.11 Bn 18.79 Bn 95.00 Mn
10 Ypf Sociedad Anonima 20.09 Bn 18.40 Bn 1.76 Bn -311.00 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 -3.48 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -11.26 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -3.02 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -2.45 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -11.59 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -746.61 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -3.37 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 -3.78 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -3.33 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -2.71 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -2.12 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -2.55 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -543.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -2.35 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 -3.38 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 -797.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 -2.15 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 -1.19 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 -20.11 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 -16.99 Bn