Growth Metrics

Snowflake (SNOW) Operating Expenses (2019 - 2026)

Snowflake recorded quarterly Operating Expenses of $1.2 billion in Q1 2026, up 2.11% quarter-over-quarter from $1.2 billion in Q4 2025, and up 13.03% year-over-year from $1.0 billion in Q1 2025.

Snowflake's Operating Expenses history runs 8 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.2 billion for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 13.03% year-over-year to $1.2 billion; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at $4.6 billion (up 18.45% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was $4.6 billion, up 18.45% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $1.2 billion for Q1 2026 at Snowflake, up from $1.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $1.2 billion in Q1 2026 to a low of $401.6 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $826.1 million and a median of $808.4 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses soared 55.15% in 2023 and climbed 13.03% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Snowflake's Operating Expenses stood at $572.3 million in 2022, then surged by 33.81% to $765.8 million in 2023, then advanced by 28.83% to $986.7 million in 2024, then gained by 16.71% to $1.2 billion in 2025, then grew by 2.11% to $1.2 billion in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods registered $1.2 billion, $1.2 billion, and $1.1 billion for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn -7.98 Bn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 6.82 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 11.28 Bn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.16 Bn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 2.33 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 1.04 Bn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 3.32 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 4.23 Bn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 4.54 Bn
10 Snowflake 58.12 Bn 54.92 Bn 857.66 Mn 1.18 Bn

Historic Data

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Jan 31, 2026 1.18 Bn
Oct 31, 2025 1.15 Bn
Jul 31, 2025 1.11 Bn
Apr 30, 2025 1.14 Bn
Jan 31, 2025 1.04 Bn
Oct 31, 2024 986.66 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 936.05 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 904.76 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 808.40 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 765.85 Mn
Jul 31, 2023 741.03 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 687.42 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 623.11 Mn
Oct 31, 2022 572.33 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 531.75 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 463.21 Mn
Jan 31, 2022 401.62 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 370.93 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 366.22 Mn
Apr 30, 2021 337.16 Mn
Jan 31, 2021 307.96 Mn
Oct 31, 2020 262.40 Mn
Jul 31, 2020 160.38 Mn
Apr 30, 2020 162.66 Mn
Jan 31, 2020 138.28 Mn
Oct 31, 2019 133.66 Mn