R&D expense · 2011–2025

Kaiser Aluminum R&D expense

$10.7M−10.8% · FY2025

Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) reported $10.7M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −10.8% year on year.

$6.1M2011$6.4M2012$7.8M2013$8.9M2014$9.5M2015$10.2M2016$10.0M2017$9.8M2018$10.5M2019$9.1M2020$9.3M2021$9.3M2022$11.1M2023$12.0M2024$10.7M2025
Kaiser Aluminum — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$10.7M−10.8%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$12.0M+8.1%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$11.1M+19.4%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$9.3M0.0%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$9.3M+2.2%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$9.1M−13.3%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$10.5M+7.1%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$9.8M−2.0%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$10.0M−2.0%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$10.2M+7.4%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$9.5M+6.7%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$8.9M+14.1%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$7.8M+21.9%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$6.4M+4.9%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$6.1M—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 +4.1%

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Kaiser Aluminum R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
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  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 · 0001193125-26-059575 · February 19, 2026

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