Exicure (XCUR) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2026)

Exicure (XCUR) reported Operating Expenses of $1.6 million for Q1 2026, up 156.11% on a YoY basis from $640358.0 in Q1 2025, and down 27.3% quarter-over-quarter from $2.3 million in Q4 2025.

Exicure (XCUR) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Exicure has reported Operating Expenses for 11 years, with the latest figure at $1.6 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 156.11% year-over-year to $1.6 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $8.8 million (up 3.81% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $4.2 million, down 66.75% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $1.6 million, down from $2.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Expenses was $10.3 million in Q1 2022, with the low at -$2.9 million in Q1 2025.
  • Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $3.8 million across 5 years, with a median of $2.6 million in 2024.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Operating Expenses jumped 406.61% — and 2025, when it tumbled 318.79%.
  • Exicure's Operating Expenses stood at $3.2 million in 2022, then sank by 52.89% to $1.5 million in 2023, then jumped by 406.61% to $7.6 million in 2024, then slumped by 70.27% to $2.3 million in 2025, then decreased by 27.3% to $1.6 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $1.6 million (Q1 2026), $2.3 million (Q4 2025), and $2.4 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Alterity Therapeutics 719,706.53 Bn 719,706.50 Bn - 4.33 Mn
2 Belite Bio 55,800.00 Bn 55,800.00 Bn - 32.68 Mn
3 Quantum Biopharma 18,182.30 Bn 18,182.29 Bn - 2.97 Mn
4 Legend Biotech 3,154.00 Bn 3,153.71 Bn 242.10 Mn -138.30 Mn
5 Akari Therapeutics 1,844.30 Bn 1,844.29 Bn - 15.76 Mn
6 Evaxion A 1,567.96 Bn 1,567.94 Bn - -3.82 Mn
7 Psyence Biomedical 251.43 Bn 251.42 Bn - 574,669.00
8 Vertex Pharmaceuticals 112.56 Bn 105.31 Bn 2.59 Bn 1.85 Bn
9 Abivax 94.37 Bn 94.37 Bn - -67.40 Mn
10 Exicure 19.38 Mn 16.77 Mn - 1.64 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.64 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 2.26 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 2.39 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 2.51 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -2.92 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 7.59 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 2.57 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 1.24 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 1.34 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 1.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 3.32 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 5.64 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 4.54 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 3.18 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 7.22 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 9.95 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 10.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 15.57 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 19.40 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 13.94 Mn