Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025)

Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $46.4 million for Q1 2026, up 15.18% YoY from $40.3 million in Q1 2025, and down 0.85% sequentially from $46.8 million in Q4 2025.

Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Tower Semiconductor has disclosed Operating Expenses across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $46.4 million for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 15.18% year-over-year to $46.4 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $175.8 million (up 17.37% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $169.7 million, up 14.55% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses retreated to $46.4 million in Q1 2026, from $46.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Expenses for TSEM reached as high as $105.9 million in Q1 2022 and fell as low as -$12.1 million in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $40.3 million (2025), against an average of $41.5 million.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Operating Expenses slumped 126.64% — and 2024, when it jumped 512.55%.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $26.0 million in 2022, then surged by 251.69% to $91.4 million in 2023, then tumbled by 55.77% to $40.4 million in 2024, then rose by 15.7% to $46.8 million in 2025, then retreated by 0.85% to $46.4 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods registered $46.4 million, $46.8 million, and $42.5 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Nvidia 4,798.43 Bn 4,754.95 Bn 61.16 Bn 7.62 Bn
2 Micron Technology 1,164.41 Bn 1,138.39 Bn 35.06 Bn 1.72 Bn
3 Advanced Micro Devices 882.18 Bn 869.83 Bn 5.42 Bn 3.94 Bn
4 Intel 645.64 Bn 626.45 Bn 5.35 Bn 8.48 Bn
5 Aeluma 370.26 Bn 370.22 Bn 386,000.00 2.13 Mn
6 Arm Holdings 358.73 Bn 355.13 Bn 1.46 Bn -1.02 Bn
7 Texas Instruments 271.25 Bn 266.15 Bn 2.80 Bn 991.00 Mn
8 Marvell Technology 239.95 Bn 236.10 Bn 1.26 Bn 921.40 Mn
9 Qualcomm 193.93 Bn 184.13 Bn 4.16 Bn 8.29 Bn
10 Tower Semiconductor 28.07 Bn 26.57 Bn 110.95 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 46.78 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 40.16 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 40.27 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 40.43 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 31.77 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 91.42 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 35.99 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 25.99 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 41.77 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 109.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 39.75 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 93.96 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 21.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 35.58 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 16.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 35.65 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 81.85 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 82.34 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 102.61 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 34.29 Mn