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R&D Expense Growth AcceleratingAccelerating
Percentile Rank94
3Y CAGR+48.8%
5Y CAGR+21.9%
Studio
Year-over-Year Change

Year-over-year research & development expense growth

3Y CAGR
+48.8%/yr
Quarterly compound
5Y CAGR
+21.9%/yr
Recent acceleration
Percentile
P94
Near historical high
vs 5Y Ago
2.7x
Strong expansion
Streak
2 qtr
Consecutive growthAccelerating
PeriodValue
Q4 202521.83%
Q3 20254.74%
Q2 2025-3.18%
Q1 2025-0.09%
Q4 20240.49%
Q3 2024-3.48%
Q2 202410.10%
Q1 2024-12.01%
Q4 202312.75%
Q3 2023-10.50%
Q2 20236.22%
Q1 2023-16.65%
Q4 20226.62%
Q3 2022-7.77%
Q2 20220.56%
Q1 2022-1.95%
Q4 2021-5.76%
Q3 20213.89%
Q2 202121.96%
Q1 2021-2.64%
Q4 20208.11%
Q3 202017.46%
Q2 202010.94%
Q1 2020-3.19%
Q4 201937.75%
Q3 2019-1.42%
Q2 20191.12%
Q1 20190.38%
Q4 201816.86%
Q3 201811.78%
Q2 201814.36%
Q1 201821.06%
Q4 2017-8.08%
Q3 2017-4.01%
Q2 20177.62%
Q1 20170.00%