RLX Technology (RLX) Operating Expenses (2019 - 2026)

RLX Technology (RLX) posted Operating Expenses of -$37.6 million for Q1 2026, down 10.08% on a QoQ basis from -$34.2 million in Q4 2025, and down 77.92% year-over-year from -$170.5 million in Q1 2025.

RLX Technology (RLX) Operating Expenses (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

RLX Technology's Operating Expenses history runs 8 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$37.6 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses fell 77.92% year-over-year to -$37.6 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$136.6 million (down 24.14% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $122.3 million, up 7.06% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was -$37.6 million for Q1 2026 at RLX Technology, down from -$34.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at -$5.3 million in Q1 2022 and bottomed at -$90.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of -$34.2 million and a median of -$30.9 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses soared 97.15% — and 2023, when it plunged 1052.54%.
  • RLX Technology's Operating Expenses stood at -$90.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 58.68% to -$37.2 million in 2023, then increased by 14.7% to -$31.7 million in 2024, then decreased by 7.83% to -$34.2 million in 2025, then decreased by 10.08% to -$37.6 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows RLX's Operating Expenses at -$37.6 million in Q1 2026, -$34.2 million in Q4 2025, and -$36.4 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Philip Morris International 300.23 Bn 294.78 Bn 6.91 Bn -
2 British American Tobacco p.l.c 133.32 Bn 128.01 Bn - -
3 Altria 121.70 Bn 118.17 Bn 3.51 Bn -
4 RLX Technology 2.50 Bn 1.83 Bn 73.10 Mn -37.64 Mn
5 Turning Point Brands 1.47 Bn 1.43 Bn 68.30 Mn 55.81 Mn
6 Universal 1.35 Bn 1.11 Bn 98.47 Mn 72.37 Mn
7 Ispire Technology 89.38 Mn 71.30 Mn 1.99 Mn 11.47 Mn
8 Rythm 42.81 Mn 9.55 Mn 10.40 Mn 14.43 Mn
9 VPR Brands 11.01 Mn 8.30 Mn 138,574.00 603,041.00
10 Greenlane Holdings 8.50 Mn -29.73 Mn 217,000.00 5.79 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -37.64 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -34.19 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -36.42 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -28.36 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -21.15 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -31.71 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -30.87 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -26.31 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -26.92 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -37.17 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -19.87 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -6.51 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -61.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -89.96 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -7.98 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -79.27 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -5.29 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -36.33 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 37.45 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -25.89 Mn