Telesat (TSAT) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2026)

Telesat (TSAT) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $40.4 million for Q1 2026, up 9.16% year-on-year from $37.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 211.82% on a QoQ basis from -$36.1 million in Q4 2025.

Telesat (TSAT) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Telesat (TSAT) has reported Operating Expenses for 7 consecutive years, with $40.4 million the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 9.16% year-over-year to $40.4 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$74.3 million (up 6.82% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $537000.0, down 24.58% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses grew to $40.4 million in Q1 2026 per TSAT's latest filing, from -$36.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Expenses for TSAT reached as high as $263.8 million in Q4 2023 and fell as low as -$64.4 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of -$13.9 million and a median of -$37.0 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Operating Expenses surged 656.42% — and 2024, when it sank 115.85%.
  • Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at -$47.4 million in 2022, then jumped by 656.42% to $263.8 million in 2023, then plunged by 115.85% to -$41.8 million in 2024, then increased by 13.74% to -$36.1 million in 2025, then soared by 211.82% to $40.4 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods registered $40.4 million, -$36.1 million, and -$42.0 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 444.27 Bn 427.63 Bn 10.08 Bn 6.12 Bn
2 Motorola Solutions 68.42 Bn 67.56 Bn 1.36 Bn 691.00 Mn
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 63.57 Bn 58.72 Bn 9.10 Bn 8.83 Bn
4 Lumentum Holdings 59.61 Bn 56.43 Bn 357.00 Mn 182.50 Mn
5 Ciena 57.62 Bn 56.33 Bn 625.52 Mn 436.11 Mn
6 Nokia 52.70 Bn 45.22 Bn 9.86 Bn -992.30 Mn
7 Ubiquiti 32.00 Bn 31.63 Bn 370.71 Mn 79.89 Mn
8 AST SpaceMobile 17.20 Bn 17.78 Bn 3.67 Mn 164.15 Mn
9 Zebra Technologies 12.59 Bn 12.48 Bn 742.00 Mn 527.00 Mn
10 Telesat 576.55 Mn 1.10 Bn 62.14 Mn 40.35 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 40.35 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -36.09 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -42.04 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -36.49 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 36.97 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -41.83 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -33.67 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -41.15 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -43.37 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 263.85 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -36.96 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -41.10 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -36.91 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -47.42 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -42.74 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -33.98 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -64.37 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -32.02 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -47.67 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -27.57 Mn