R&D expense · 2011–2025

Ambarella R&D expense

$239M+5.5% · FY2025

Ambarella (AMBA) reported $239M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +5.5% year on year.

$37.6M2011$42.8M2012$48.8M2013$58.0M2014$82.9M2015$101M2016$116M2017$128M2018$130M2019$141M2020$167M2021$205M2022$215M2023$226M2024$239M2025
Ambarella — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252026-01-31$239M+5.5%Open →
FY20242025-01-31$226M+5.1%Open →
FY20232024-01-31$215M+4.9%Open →
FY20222023-01-31$205M+22.5%Open →
FY20212022-01-31$167M+18.9%Open →
FY20202021-01-31$141M+8.5%Open →
FY20192020-01-31$130M+1.3%Open →
FY20182019-01-31$128M+10.9%Open →
FY20172018-01-31$116M+14.1%Open →
FY20162017-01-31$101M+22.0%Open →
FY20152016-01-31$82.9M+43.0%Open →
FY20142015-01-31$58.0M+18.9%Open →
FY20132014-01-31$48.8M+13.9%Open →
FY20122013-01-31$42.8M+13.9%Open →
FY20112012-01-31$37.6M—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 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +14.1%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Ambarella R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/ambarella/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 · 0001193125-26-119321 · March 23, 2026

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