R&D expense · 2014–2025

Alcoa R&D expense

$24.0M−57.9% · FY2025

Alcoa (AA) reported $24.0M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −57.9% year on year.

$95.0M2014$69.0M2015$33.0M2016$32.0M2017$31.0M2018$27.0M2019$27.0M2020$31.0M2021$32.0M2022$39.0M2023$57.0M2024$24.0M2025
Alcoa — R&D expense, 2014–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$24.0M−57.9%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$57.0M+46.2%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$39.0M+21.9%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$32.0M+3.2%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$31.0M+14.8%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$27.0M0.0%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$27.0M−12.9%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$31.0M−3.1%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$32.0M−3.0%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$33.0M−52.2%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$69.0M−27.4%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$95.0M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2014–2025 compound annual growth −11.8%

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Alcoa R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/alcoa/research-and-development-expense}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001193125-26-077167 · February 26, 2026

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