Growth Metrics

PureCycle Technologies (PCTTU) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2026)

PureCycle Technologies posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $31.4 million for Q1 2026, up 30.8% year-on-year from $24.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 18.6% on a QoQ basis from $26.5 million in Q4 2025.

PureCycle Technologies (PCTTU) has 7 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $31.4 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 30.8% year-over-year to $31.4 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $146.5 million (up 278.03% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $109.3 million, up 27.46% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $31.4 million, up from $26.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $47.2 million in Q2 2025 and bottomed at -$24.4 million in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $21.4 million (2022), against an average of $20.9 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses soared 798.31%; it then tumbled 252.81% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $21.4 million in 2022, then dropped by 25.42% to $16.0 million in 2023, then sank by 252.81% to -$24.4 million in 2024, then surged by 208.31% to $26.5 million in 2025, then climbed by 18.6% to $31.4 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $31.4 million (Q1 2026), $26.5 million (Q4 2025), and $41.4 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Veralto 20.72 Bn 19.29 Bn 854.00 Mn 516.00 Mn
2 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions 7.83 Bn 7.56 Bn 205.80 Mn 109.10 Mn
3 Federal Signal 6.47 Bn 6.40 Bn 179.40 Mn 72.00 Mn
4 Ceco Environmental 2.82 Bn 2.78 Bn 63.92 Mn 56.37 Mn
5 PureCycle Technologies 2.21 Bn 2.11 Bn - 31.39 Mn
6 Euro Tech Holdings 1.36 Bn 1.34 Bn - -
7 Energy Recovery 421.81 Mn 335.66 Mn 2.70 Mn 17.56 Mn
8 CleanCore Solutions 173.22 Mn 156.17 Mn -419,259.00 18.56 Mn
9 Arq 116.43 Mn 111.76 Mn 9.94 Mn 10.92 Mn
10 PureCycle Technologies - - - 31.39 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 31.39 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 26.47 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 41.36 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 47.25 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 24.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -24.44 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 16.97 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 22.22 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 21.19 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 15.99 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 31.60 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 11.61 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 21.82 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 21.44 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 21.09 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 6.45 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 19.13 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 21.88 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 2.69 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 9.89 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 2.13 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 -3.48 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 3.56 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 2.85 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 3.27 Mn