R&D expense · 2011–2025

Stryker R&D expense

$1.6B+10.7% · FY2025

Stryker (SYK) reported $1.6B in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +10.7% year on year.

$462M2011$471M2012$536M2013$614M2014$625M2015$715M2016$787M2017$862M2018$971M2019$984M2020$1.2B2021$1.5B2022$1.4B2023$1.5B2024$1.6B2025
Stryker — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$1.6B+10.7%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$1.5B+5.6%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$1.4B−4.5%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$1.5B+17.7%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$1.2B+25.5%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$984M+1.3%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$971M+12.6%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$862M+9.5%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$787M+10.1%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$715M+14.4%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$625M+1.8%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$614M+14.6%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$536M+13.8%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$471M+1.9%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$462M—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 +9.4%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Stryker R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/stryker/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 · 0000310764-26-000010 · February 11, 2026

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