Upstart Holdings (UPST) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2026)
Upstart Holdings (UPST) posted Operating Expenses of $350.07 million for Q2 2026, up 38.5% from $252.75 million a year earlier and up 10.9% from the prior quarter.
Upstart Holdings (UPST) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Operating Expenses at Upstart Holdings was $1.2 billion, up 32.7% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $1 billion, up 23.7% from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Expenses shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 35.2% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Upstart Holdings' Operating Expenses was $809.38 million in FY2024 (+5.1%), $770.09 million in FY2023 (-19.5%), $956.31 million in FY2022 (+35.1%) and $707.71 million in FY2021 (+219.3%).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Operating Expenses in data going back to Q1 2020.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Expenses has increased in each of the last nine quarters, with growth averaging 26.8% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Expenses in the past five years was Q3 2021, with growth of 276.0%; the weakest was Q2 2023, with a decline of 35.0%.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses for the three prior quarters was $315.73 million (Q1 2026), $277.17 million (Q4 2025) and $253.44 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PayPal Holdings | 49.12 Bn | 7.35 Bn | - | 7.26 Bn |
| 2 | Coinbase Global | 47.37 Bn | 4.18 Bn | - | 1.33 Bn |
| 3 | Block | 45.86 Bn | 17.16 Bn | 3.17 Bn | 2.72 Bn |
| 4 | Corpay | 26.07 Bn | 15.96 Bn | - | 260.40 Mn |
| 5 | Fiserv | 24.52 Bn | 21.19 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 4.28 Bn |
| 6 | Global Payments | 22.18 Bn | -31.42 Mn | 2.03 Bn | 2.98 Bn |
| 7 | Guidewire Software | 13.86 Bn | 10.43 Bn | 269.68 Mn | 207.36 Mn |
| 8 | Bitmine Immersion Technologies | 13.19 Bn | 10.57 Bn | 40.81 Mn | 52.67 Mn |
| 9 | Chime Financial | 11.58 Bn | 7.37 Bn | 594.87 Mn | 573.55 Mn |
| 10 | Upstart Holdings | 2.29 Bn | 220.63 Mn | 303.39 Mn | 350.07 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 350.07 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 315.73 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 277.17 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 253.44 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 252.75 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 217.87 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 223.71 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 207.29 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 183.12 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 195.26 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 187.81 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 178.40 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 169.11 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 234.76 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 205.41 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 215.32 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 260.27 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 275.30 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 244.43 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 199.85 Mn |
Upstart Holdings Operating Expenses API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=UPST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "ticker": "UPST", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=UPST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();