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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% on a QoQ basis from $647.7 million in Q4 2025.

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

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 4.42% year-over-year to $701.4 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was $2.6 billion (down 3.54% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at $2.6 billion, down 3.54% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses rose to $701.4 million in Q1 2026 per ZM's latest filing, from $647.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $953.3 million in Q1 2023 and bottomed at $562.2 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $694.5 million (2023), against an average of $698.9 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Operating Expenses jumped 69.57%; it then retreated 26.4% in 2024.
  • Tracing ZM's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $764.7 million in 2022, then slipped by 8.94% to $696.4 million in 2023, then grew by 2.08% to $710.8 million in 2024, then retreated by 8.89% to $647.7 million in 2025, then advanced by 8.3% to $701.4 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ZM Operating Expenses figures stand at $701.4 million (Q1 2026), $647.7 million (Q4 2025), and $622.3 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn -7.98 Bn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 6.82 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 11.28 Bn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.16 Bn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 2.33 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 1.04 Bn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 3.32 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 4.23 Bn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 4.54 Bn
10 Zoom Communications 31.75 Bn 23.93 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
Jan 31, 2021 359.08 Mn
Oct 31, 2020 326.23 Mn
Jul 31, 2020 283.15 Mn
Apr 30, 2020 201.08 Mn
Jan 31, 2020 145.15 Mn
Oct 31, 2019 137.43 Mn
Jul 31, 2019 115.66 Mn
Apr 30, 2019 96.33 Mn
Jan 31, 2019 80.78 Mn
Oct 31, 2018 74.34 Mn
Jul 31, 2018 58.13 Mn
Apr 30, 2018 50.09 Mn