R&D expense · 2017–2025

Opera R&D expense

$59.5M+9.4% · FY2025

Opera (OPRA) reported $59.5M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +9.4% year on year.

$23.4M2017$26.4M2018$34.1M2019$38.7M2020$44.1M2021$43.7M2022$46.1M2023$54.4M2024$59.5M2025
Opera — R&D expense, 2017–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$59.5M+9.4%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$54.4M+18.0%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$46.1M+5.5%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$43.7M−0.8%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$44.1M+13.7%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$38.7M+13.5%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$34.1M+29.2%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$26.4M+13.0%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$23.4M—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 · 2017–2025 compound annual growth +12.4%

Figures are reported under IFRS, in US dollars.

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-opera-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Opera R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/opera/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: 20-F · 0001737450-26-000005 · March 27, 2026

{{cite web |title=Opera R&D expense — 20-F (0001737450-26-000005) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1737450/000173745026000005/opra-20251231.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-03-27}}

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