operating expense

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Union Pacific UNP 0.57%increase; green up pointing triangle and Norfolk Southern NSC 0.58%increase; green up pointing triangle each report depreciation as a stand-alone operating expense on the income statement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

For its second fiscal quarter ending in March, Visa is projecting net revenue growth in the low double digits, operating expense growth in the mid-teens, and diluted earnings-per-share growth on the high end of low-double-digits.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

The MoD says firing the DragonFire system for 10 seconds is the cost equivalent of using a regular heater for an hour, with the operating expense typically less than £10 a shot.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2024

Plus, labor already accounts for museums’ biggest operating expense at a time when there is a “heightened uncertainty” around funding.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2023

In other words, a charge on capital in the first case would be classified as an item of operating expense in the second.

From The Express Companies of the United States A Study of a Public Utility by Benedict, Bert