R&D expense · 2011–2025

NetApp R&D expense

$991M−2.1% · FY2025

NetApp (NTAP) reported $991M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −2.1% year on year.

$828M2011$904M2012$918M2013$920M2014$861M2015$779M2016$783M2017$827M2018$847M2019$881M2020$881M2021$956M2022$1.0B2023$1.0B2024$991M2025
NetApp — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252026-04-24$991M−2.1%Open →
FY20242025-04-25$1.0B−1.7%Open →
FY20232024-04-26$1.0B+7.6%Open →
FY20222023-04-28$956M+8.5%Open →
FY20212022-04-29$881M0.0%Open →
FY20202021-04-30$881M+4.0%Open →
FY20192020-04-24$847M+2.4%Open →
FY20182019-04-26$827M+5.6%Open →
FY20172018-04-27$783M+0.5%Open →
FY20162017-04-28$779M−9.5%Open →
FY20152016-04-29$861M−6.4%Open →
FY20142015-04-24$920M+0.2%Open →
FY20132014-04-25$918M+1.5%Open →
FY20122013-04-26$904M+9.2%Open →
FY20112012-04-27$828M—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 +1.3%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-netapp-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{NetApp R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/netapp/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 · 0001193125-26-259683 · June 5, 2026

{{cite web |title=NetApp R&D expense — 10-K (0001193125-26-259683) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002047/000119312526259683/ntap-20260424.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-06-05}}

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