R&D expense · 2011–2025

Netlist R&D expense

$3.5M−56.6% · FY2025

Netlist (NLST) reported $3.5M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −56.6% year on year.

$14.9M2011$12.8M2012$4.6M2013$4.6M2014$6.0M2015$6.3M2016$5.2M2017$2.9M2018$2.4M2019$3.0M2020$7.2M2021$10.6M2022$9.2M2023$8.1M2024$3.5M2025
Netlist — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-27$3.5M−56.6%Open →
FY20242024-12-28$8.1M−12.0%Open →
FY20232023-12-30$9.2M−13.7%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$10.6M+46.7%Open →
FY20212022-01-01$7.2M+145.2%Open →
FY20202021-01-02$3.0M+23.9%Open →
FY20192019-12-28$2.4M−17.8%Open →
FY20182018-12-29$2.9M−44.6%Open →
FY20172017-12-30$5.2M−16.8%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$6.3M+3.9%Open →
FY20152016-01-02$6.0M+31.9%Open →
FY20142014-12-27$4.6M+0.4%Open →
FY20132013-12-28$4.6M−64.4%Open →
FY20122012-12-29$12.8M−13.9%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$14.9M—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 −9.8%

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Wikipedia

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@misc{companiesranked-en-company-netlist-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Netlist R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/netlist/research-and-development-expense}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

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The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001104659-26-032152 · March 19, 2026

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