R&D expense · 2011–2025

Staar Surgical R&D expense

$40.1M−11.6% · FY2025

Staar Surgical (STAA) reported $40.1M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −11.6% year on year.

$5.9M2011$6.4M2012$6.7M2013$12.4M2014$14.8M2015$20.7M2016$20.0M2017$22.0M2018$25.3M2019$31.9M2020$33.9M2021$36.0M2022$40.5M2023$45.3M2024$40.1M2025
Staar Surgical — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252026-01-02$40.1M−11.6%Open →
FY20242024-12-27$45.3M+12.0%Open →
FY20232023-12-29$40.5M+12.5%Open →
FY20222022-12-30$36.0M+6.3%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$33.9M+6.1%Open →
FY20202021-01-01$31.9M+26.2%Open →
FY20192020-01-03$25.3M+14.8%Open →
FY20182018-12-28$22.0M+9.9%Open →
FY20172017-12-29$20.0M−3.0%Open →
FY20162016-12-30$20.7M+40.0%Open →
FY20152016-01-01$14.8M+19.4%Open →
FY20142015-01-02$12.4M+84.3%Open →
FY20132014-01-03$6.7M+4.1%Open →
FY20122012-12-28$6.4M+9.8%Open →
FY20112011-12-30$5.9M—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 +14.7%

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Staar Surgical R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/staar-surgical/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 · 0000718937-26-000004 · March 3, 2026

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