Upstart Holdings UPST
NASDAQ UPST
$23.75 -0.35 (-1.45%)
As of: Oct 12, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Upstart Holdings (UPST) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2026)

Updated

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.

Analysis

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 Set

Peer Comparison

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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

Historic Data

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DateValue
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
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