R&D expense · 2012–2025

Chegg R&D expense

$93.5M−45.2% · FY2025

Chegg (CHGG) reported $93.5M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −45.2% year on year.

$39.3M2012$41.9M2013$49.4M2014$59.4M2015$66.3M2016$81.9M2017$114M2018$140M2019$171M2020$179M2021$197M2022$192M2023$170M2024$93.5M2025
Chegg — R&D expense, 2012–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$93.5M−45.2%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$170M−11.1%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$192M−2.5%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$197M+10.0%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$179M+4.6%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$171M+22.3%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$140M+22.3%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$114M+39.5%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$81.9M+23.5%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$66.3M+11.7%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$59.4M+20.3%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$49.4M+17.7%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$41.9M+6.7%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$39.3M—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 · 2012–2025 compound annual growth +6.9%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Chegg R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/chegg/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 · 0001364954-26-000021 · March 9, 2026

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