R&D expense · 2011–2025

PDF Solutions R&D expense

$64.2M+19.9% · FY2025

PDF Solutions (PDFS) reported $64.2M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +19.9% year on year.

$14.0M2011$13.3M2012$13.3M2013$14.1M2014$19.1M2015$27.6M2016$30.1M2017$28.0M2018$32.7M2019$34.7M2020$43.8M2021$56.1M2022$50.7M2023$53.6M2024$64.2M2025
PDF Solutions — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$64.2M+19.9%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$53.6M+5.6%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$50.7M−9.6%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$56.1M+28.2%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$43.8M+26.3%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$34.7M+5.8%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$32.7M+17.0%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$28.0M−6.9%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$30.1M+9.1%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$27.6M+44.3%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$19.1M+35.8%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$14.1M+5.6%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$13.3M+0.5%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$13.3M−5.2%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$14.0M—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 +11.5%

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{PDF Solutions R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/pdf-solutions/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 · 0001437749-26-005366 · February 24, 2026

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