R&D expense · 2016–2025
Elastic R&D expense
$452M+23.6% · FY2025
Elastic (ESTC) reported $452M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +23.6% year on year.
| Fiscal year | R&D expense | Change | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY20252026-04-30 | $452M | +23.6% | Open → |
| FY20242025-04-30 | $366M | +7.0% | Open → |
| FY20232024-04-30 | $342M | +9.1% | Open → |
| FY20222023-04-30 | $313M | +14.5% | Open → |
| FY20212022-04-30 | $274M | +37.4% | Open → |
| FY20202021-04-30 | $199M | +20.5% | Open → |
| FY20192020-04-30 | $165M | +63.5% | Open → |
| FY20182019-04-30 | $101M | +81.8% | Open → |
| FY20172018-04-30 | $55.6M | +70.7% | Open → |
| FY20162017-04-30 | $32.6M | — | 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 · 2016–2025 compound annual growth +33.9%
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CompaniesRanked. (September 25, 2026). Elastic R&D expense. CompaniesRanked. https://companiesranked.com/en/company/elastic/research-and-development-expenseBibTeX
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note = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
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}The filing itself
The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001707753-26-000018 · June 8, 2026
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