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
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |