Royal Bank Of Canada RY
NYSE RY
$205.26 -2.38 (-1.15%)
At close: Aug 20, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $6.8 billion for Q1 2026, up 4.58% year-over-year from $6.5 billion in Q1 2025, and up 0.91% quarter-over-quarter from $6.8 billion in Q4 2025.

Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Royal Bank Of Canada's Operating Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $6.8 billion for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 4.58% year-over-year to $6.8 billion; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at $26.4 billion (up 3.52% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $26.1 billion, up 3.83% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $6.8 billion, up from $6.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Expenses was $6.8 billion in Q1 2026, with the low at $5.0 billion in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $6.1 billion (2024), against an average of $6.0 billion.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Expenses slipped 4.98% in 2022, then grew 17.16% in 2023.
  • Royal Bank Of Canada's Operating Expenses stood at $5.4 billion in 2022, then climbed by 9.5% to $5.9 billion in 2023, then climbed by 11.12% to $6.6 billion in 2024, then increased by 2.32% to $6.8 billion in 2025, then increased by 0.91% to $6.8 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows RY's Operating Expenses at $6.8 billion in Q1 2026, $6.8 billion in Q4 2025, and $6.7 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Bank Of America 442.66 Bn -145.83 Bn 30.39 Bn 18.63 Bn
2 Hsbc Holdings 350.79 Bn 350.79 Bn - 16.82 Bn
3 Royal Bank Of Canada 287.27 Bn 88.34 Bn - 6.82 Bn
4 Wells Fargo & Company 254.74 Bn 50.77 Bn - 13.66 Bn
5 Mitsubishi Ufj Financial 246.23 Bn -147.39 Bn 10.89 Bn 17.50 Bn
6 Citigroup 221.13 Bn -2,081.18 Bn 24.75 Bn 14.22 Bn
7 Banco Santander 209.76 Bn 30.11 Bn - -7.44 Bn
8 Toronto Dominion Bank 194.25 Bn 19.76 Bn - 6.11 Bn
9 UBS Group AG 167.62 Bn -48.10 Bn - -
10 Bank of New York Mellon 108.21 Bn 46.98 Bn - 3.44 Bn

Historic Data

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Jan 31, 2026 6.82 Bn
Oct 31, 2025 6.76 Bn
Jul 31, 2025 6.72 Bn
Apr 30, 2025 6.13 Bn
Jan 31, 2025 6.52 Bn
Oct 31, 2024 6.60 Bn
Jul 31, 2024 6.28 Bn
Apr 30, 2024 6.13 Bn
Jan 31, 2024 6.16 Bn
Oct 31, 2023 5.94 Bn
Jul 31, 2023 5.82 Bn
Apr 30, 2023 5.47 Bn
Jan 31, 2023 5.63 Bn
Oct 31, 2022 5.43 Bn
Jul 31, 2022 4.97 Bn
Apr 30, 2022 5.08 Bn
Jan 31, 2022 5.20 Bn
Oct 31, 2021 5.24 Bn
Jul 31, 2021 5.23 Bn
Apr 30, 2021 5.07 Bn