operating expense

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What’s Next: For full-year fiscal 2026, Visa expects net revenue growth, operating expense growth, and diluted earnings-per-share growth in the low double-digits.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

That said, economies of scale may substantially cut its operating expense ratio to 20% in 2030 from 66% last year, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

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

Furthermore, an adit will obviate the installation and use of hoisting machinery, and thus there may be maintained a greater efficiency in the operating expense of the mine than would be possible with a shaft.

From The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines by Hoskin, Arthur J.