Smith & Nephew (SNN) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025)

Smith & Nephew (SNN) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of -$47.0 million for Q4 2025, up 97.34% year-on-year from -$23.8 million in Q4 2024, and up 97.34% on a QoQ basis from -$1.8 billion in Q4 2024.

Smith & Nephew (SNN) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Smith & Nephew (SNN) has reported Operating Expenses for 17 consecutive years, with -$47.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 97.34% year-over-year to -$47.0 million in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was -$1.8 billion (up 62.7% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $3.4 billion, up 2.6% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses grew to -$47.0 million in Q4 2025 per SNN's latest filing, from -$1.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Expenses for SNN reached as high as -$47.0 million in Q4 2025 and fell as low as -$1.8 billion in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of -$1.3 billion and a median of -$1.6 billion in 2021 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Operating Expenses fell 12.18% — and 2025, when it soared 97.34%.
  • Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at -$1.6 billion in 2021, then increased by 2.06% to -$1.5 billion in 2022, then dropped by 3.61% to -$1.6 billion in 2023, then fell by 12.18% to -$1.8 billion in 2024, then surged by 97.34% to -$47.0 million in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods registered -$47.0 million, -$1.8 billion, and -$1.6 billion for Q4 2025, Q4 2024, and Q4 2023 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Abbott Laboratories 201.40 Bn 194.75 Bn 6.27 Bn 9.82 Bn
2 Stryker 122.29 Bn 119.41 Bn 3.81 Bn 2.87 Bn
3 Medtronic 105.01 Bn 96.40 Bn 6.41 Bn 3.59 Bn
4 Boston Scientific 64.81 Bn 63.59 Bn 3.61 Bn 2.51 Bn
5 Edwards Lifesciences 55.28 Bn 51.60 Bn 1.29 Bn 785.50 Mn
6 Dexcom 29.06 Bn 27.94 Bn 750.30 Mn 495.00 Mn
7 Koninklijke Philips 29.02 Bn 25.93 Bn 2.07 Bn -668.50 Mn
8 GE HealthCare Technologies 28.27 Bn 26.20 Bn 1.98 Bn 1.46 Bn
9 Smith & Nephew 25.80 Bn 25.22 Bn - -47.00 Mn
10 Steris 20.59 Bn 20.16 Bn 697.10 Mn 380.30 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -47.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -1.77 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -1.58 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -1.52 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 -1.55 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 -1.39 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 -2.94 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 -2.69 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 -2.58 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 -2.60 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 -2.80 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 -2.65 Bn
Sep 30, 2014 -691.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 -714.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 -2.42 Bn
Mar 31, 2013 -625.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 -2.22 Bn
Jun 30, 2012 -567.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 -539.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 -709.00 Mn