Helio (HLEOD) Total Operating Expense: $6.14 Mil (TTM As of Apr. 2026)

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What is Helio Total Operating Expense?

Helio HLEOD -15.82% 4 Total Operating Expense is $6.14 Mil as of Apr. 2026. GuruFocus rates HLEOD with a GF Score™ of 4/100. The stock has 2 warning signs investors should review.

Helio's Total Operating Expense for the three months ended in Apr. 2026 was $0.98 Mil. Helio's Total Operating Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2026 was $6.14 Mil.

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Helio Total Operating Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Helio's Total Operating Expense can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Helio Total Operating Expense Chart

Helio Annual Data
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Helio Quarterly Data
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Total Operating Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.12 1.00 1.23 2.93 0.98
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Helio Total Operating Expense Calculation

Total Operating Expense is the primary recurring expense associated with central operations that are incurred in order to generate sales.


Total Operating Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $6.14 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

What does a Total Operating Expense of $6.14 Mil mean?
Helio (HLEOD) has a Total Operating Expense of $6.14 Mil as of Apr. 2026. Total operating expense is the primary recurring expense associated with central operations. View historical data on Helio and its competitors.
Is Helio's Total Operating Expense too high?
Helio's current Total Operating Expense is $6.14 Mil. Overall, Helio has a GF Score™ of 4/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Helio's Total Operating Expense compare to DUKR and DFNS?
Helio's Total Operating Expense of $6.14 Mil can be compared against companies in the Aerospace & Defense industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Total Operating Expense for an Aerospace & Defense company?
A good Total Operating Expense depends on the Aerospace & Defense industry context. However, Total Operating Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Total Operating Expense mean?
A high Total Operating Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Total operating expense is the primary recurring expense associated with central operations. View historical data on Helio and its competitors. Helio's current Total Operating Expense is $6.14 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Helio stock overvalued right now?
Helio (HLEOD) has a current Total Operating Expense of $6.14 Mil. The current Total Operating Expense is $6.14 Mil. Helio's overall GF Score™ is 4/100 with 2 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Total Operating Expense calculated?
Total Operating Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Helio (HLEOD), the current Total Operating Expense is $6.14 Mil as of Apr. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Helio Business Description

Address 2448 Sixth Street, Berkeley, CA, USA, 94710
Helio Corp is a technology, engineering, and research and development holding company serving commercial, government, and non-profit organizations. Through its subsidiary, it operates as an aerospace company specializing in the design, engineering, assembly, and testing of space flight qualified hardware, providing systems engineering, modeling, analysis, integration, and test services to customers in government, commercial, private, and non-profit markets. Some of the projects that the company has been a part of include deploying radar antennas on the NASA Europa Clipper mission, providing low-cost antennas for the NASA SunRISE CubeSat constellation, providing systems engineering, integration, test, and operations support for the James Webb Space Telescope, and others.
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