Zoom Communications (ZM) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2026)

Zoom Communications (ZM) reported Operating Expenses of $701.4 million for Q1 2026, up 4.42% year-over-year from $671.7 million in Q1 2025, and up 8.3% quarter-over-quarter from $647.7 million in Q4 2025.

Zoom Communications (ZM) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Zoom Communications (ZM) has 9 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $701.4 million in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $701.4 million, up 4.42% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was $2.6 billion (down 3.54% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was $2.6 billion, down 3.54% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses improved to $701.4 million in Q1 2026 per ZM's latest filing, from $647.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $953.3 million in Q1 2023 and troughed at $562.2 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $698.9 million and a median of $694.5 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Operating Expenses soared 69.57% in 2023, then slipped 26.4% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $764.7 million in 2022, then declined by 8.94% to $696.4 million in 2023, then rose by 2.08% to $710.8 million in 2024, then slipped by 8.89% to $647.7 million in 2025, then grew by 8.3% to $701.4 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ZM's Operating Expenses at $701.4 million in Q1 2026, $647.7 million in Q4 2025, and $622.3 million in Q3 2025.

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4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.16 Bn
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 6.22 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn 1.04 Bn
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 2.33 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 4.23 Bn
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn 3.67 Bn
10 Zoom Communications 27.67 Bn 19.85 Bn 951.29 Mn 701.40 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 701.40 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 647.65 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 622.33 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 654.72 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 671.72 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 710.82 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 675.06 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 664.91 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 701.62 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 696.35 Mn
Jul 31, 2023 694.50 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 831.68 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 953.34 Mn
Oct 31, 2022 764.73 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 704.10 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 624.91 Mn
Jan 31, 2022 562.21 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 488.94 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 465.64 Mn
Apr 30, 2021 464.93 Mn