Viasat (VSAT) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Viasat (VSAT) reported Operating Expenses of $295.7 million for Q1 2026, down 34.76% year-over-year from $453.2 million in Q1 2025, and up 2.79% quarter-over-quarter from $287.6 million in Q4 2025.

Viasat (VSAT) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Viasat (VSAT) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $295.7 million in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $295.7 million, down 34.76% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.2 billion (down 12.02% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was $1.2 billion, down 12.02% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses improved to $295.7 million in Q1 2026 per VSAT's latest filing, from $287.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $1.2 billion in Q3 2023 and troughed at $192.3 million in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $328.9 million and a median of $287.6 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Operating Expenses surged 464.11% in 2023, then tumbled 74.13% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $192.3 million in 2022, then jumped by 63.02% to $313.5 million in 2023, then decreased by 12.36% to $274.7 million in 2024, then grew by 4.7% to $287.6 million in 2025, then grew by 2.79% to $295.7 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows VSAT's Operating Expenses at $295.7 million in Q1 2026, $287.6 million in Q4 2025, and $284.0 million in Q3 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 Viasat 9.05 Bn 7.37 Bn 615.36 Mn 295.67 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 295.67 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 287.64 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 284.05 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 297.03 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 453.24 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 274.73 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 305.84 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 289.69 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 299.84 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 313.46 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 1.18 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 248.59 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 239.26 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 192.29 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 209.61 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 206.39 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 211.47 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 202.24 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 192.34 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 188.66 Mn