Ascent Solar Technologies (ASTI) Research & Development (2010 - 2026)

Ascent Solar Technologies' (ASTI) quarterly Research & Development came in at $694221.0 in Q1 2026, up 24.25% year-on-year from $558744.0 in Q1 2025, and up 7.13% quarter-over-quarter from $648031.0 in Q4 2025.

Ascent Solar Technologies (ASTI) Research & Development (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ascent Solar Technologies has disclosed Research & Development across 17 years of filings, most recently posting $694221.0 for Q1 2026.

  • Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $694221.0, up 24.25% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $2.6 million (up 14.8% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $2.4 million, up 6.18% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development came in at $694221.0 for Q1 2026 at Ascent Solar Technologies, up from $648031.0 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $1.7 million in Q1 2023 to a low of $344942.0 in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $622921.0 (2025), against an average of $861390.8.
  • Across the five-year window, Research & Development soared 93.17% in 2022 and tumbled 77.6% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Ascent Solar Technologies' Research & Development stood at $1.6 million in 2022, then tumbled by 75.3% to $389327.0 in 2023, then jumped by 50.05% to $584182.0 in 2024, then gained by 10.93% to $648031.0 in 2025, then rose by 7.13% to $694221.0 in 2026.
  • The last three Research & Development figures came in at $694221.0 (Q1 2026), $648031.0 (Q4 2025), and $620572.0 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 First Solar 28.68 Bn 26.25 Bn 486.13 Mn 66.94 Mn
2 Nextpower 18.03 Bn 16.93 Bn 297.38 Mn 43.17 Mn
3 Enphase Energy 7.16 Bn 6.23 Bn 100.39 Mn 44.87 Mn
4 Solaredge Technologies 3.68 Bn 3.13 Bn 68.28 Mn 50.16 Mn
5 Sunrun 3.02 Bn 3.91 Bn 543.70 Mn 10.14 Mn
6 Shoals Technologies 1.75 Bn 1.75 Bn 41.01 Mn -
7 Array Technologies 1.19 Bn 987.00 Mn 63.00 Mn -
8 JinkoSolar Holding 596.69 Mn 2.20 Bn 147.66 Mn -33.12 Mn
9 Tigo Energy 209.39 Mn 197.82 Mn 10.79 Mn 2.64 Mn
10 Ascent Solar Technologies 62.32 Mn 62.32 Mn -18,793.00 694,221.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 694,221.00
Dec 31, 2025 648,031.00
Sep 30, 2025 620,572.00
Jun 30, 2025 622,921.00
Mar 31, 2025 558,744.00
Dec 31, 2024 584,182.00
Sep 30, 2024 603,534.00
Jun 30, 2024 506,001.00
Mar 31, 2024 607,233.00
Dec 31, 2023 389,327.00
Sep 30, 2023 344,942.00
Jun 30, 2023 822,321.00
Mar 31, 2023 1.67 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 1.58 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 1.54 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 1.45 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 1.41 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 1.42 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 1.09 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 901,850.00