Telesat (TSAT) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2025)

Telesat (TSAT) reported Operating Expenses of -$36.1 million for Q4 2025, up 13.74% year-over-year from -$31.7 million in Q4 2024, and up 14.16% quarter-over-quarter from -$42.0 million in Q3 2025.

Telesat (TSAT) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Telesat (TSAT) has 6 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at -$36.1 million in Q4 2025.

  • Operating Expenses for Q4 2025 came in at -$36.1 million, up 13.74% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was -$151.6 million (changed 0.07% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$151.6 million, down 21387.89% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses improved to -$36.1 million in Q4 2025 per TSAT's latest filing, from -$42.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $263.8 million in Q4 2023 and troughed at -$64.4 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of -$25.3 million and a median of -$37.7 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2023: Operating Expenses tumbled 183.39% in 2021, then soared 656.42% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at -$32.0 million in 2021, then tumbled by 48.08% to -$47.4 million in 2022, then soared by 656.42% to $263.8 million in 2023, then slumped by 115.85% to -$41.8 million in 2024, then gained by 13.74% to -$36.1 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows TSAT's Operating Expenses at -$36.1 million in Q4 2025, -$42.0 million in Q3 2025, and -$38.4 million in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 6.12 Bn
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 436.11 Mn
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 691.00 Mn
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn 8.83 Bn
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 182.50 Mn
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 79.89 Mn
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn 164.15 Mn
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn 56.91 Mn
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 527.00 Mn
10 Telesat 474.30 Mn 108.43 Mn - -36.09 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -36.09 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -42.04 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -38.45 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -35.07 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -41.83 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -33.67 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -32.87 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
Mar 31, 2021 -56.51 Mn