Sunlands Technology (STG) Operating Expenses (2017 - 2025)

Sunlands Technology (STG) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of -$43.3 million for Q4 2025, up 11.45% year-over-year from -$38.9 million in Q4 2024, and up 4.95% quarter-over-quarter from -$45.6 million in Q3 2025.

Sunlands Technology (STG) Operating Expenses (2017 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Sunlands Technology's Operating Expenses history runs 9 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$43.3 million for Q4 2025.

  • In Q4 2025, Operating Expenses rose 11.45% year-over-year to -$43.3 million; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at -$136.7 million (up 28.7% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $197.2 million, up 4.7% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q4 2025 stood at -$43.3 million, up from -$45.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Expenses was -$43.3 million in Q4 2025, with the low at -$101.8 million in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is -$48.7 million (2022), against an average of -$54.6 million.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2022: Operating Expenses dropped 26.9% in 2021, then soared 46.39% in 2022.
  • Sunlands Technology's Operating Expenses stood at -$62.8 million in 2021, then advanced by 22.5% to -$48.7 million in 2022, then dropped by 20.51% to -$58.7 million in 2023, then climbed by 16.69% to -$48.9 million in 2024, then advanced by 11.45% to -$43.3 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows STG's Operating Expenses at -$43.3 million in Q4 2025, -$45.6 million in Q3 2025, and -$47.8 million in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 New Oriental Education & Technology 84.71 Bn 82.71 Bn 812.22 Mn 1.44 Bn
2 51Talk Online Education 7.32 Bn 7.28 Bn 22.97 Mn -24.40 Mn
3 Laureate Education 5.21 Bn 5.05 Bn 237.67 Mn 14.24 Mn
4 Graham Holdings 4.98 Bn 3.74 Bn 777.03 Mn 1.22 Bn
5 Covista 4.66 Bn 4.66 Bn 284.63 Mn 405.94 Mn
6 Grand Canyon Education 3.78 Bn 3.50 Bn 204.08 Mn 205.89 Mn
7 Stride 3.50 Bn 2.55 Bn 217.28 Mn 111.43 Mn
8 McGraw Hill 2.38 Bn 2.13 Bn 388.89 Mn 395.25 Mn
9 TAL Education 2.28 Bn -401.26 Mn 227.32 Mn 243.19 Mn
10 Sunlands Technology 22.36 Mn -58.95 Mn 58.35 Mn -43.31 Mn

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 -43.31 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -45.56 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -47.83 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -48.91 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -48.93 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -46.64 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -47.25 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -58.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -46.39 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -44.41 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -46.70 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -48.71 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -45.69 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -52.43 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -54.55 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -62.85 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -66.84 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -80.47 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 -101.75 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 -103.25 Mn