Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) Research & Development (2016 - 2025)
Cheetah Mobile filings provide 13 years of Research & Development readings, the most recent being -$21.4 million for Q4 2025.
- On a quarterly basis, Research & Development fell 138.8% to -$21.4 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$48.8 million, a 44.21% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at $49.5 million, up 48.45% from a year prior.
- Research & Development hit -$21.4 million in Q4 2025 for Cheetah Mobile, down from -$9.5 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of -$6.3 million in Q3 2023 to a low of -$21.4 million in Q4 2025.
- Median Research & Development over the past 5 years was -$9.0 million (2024), compared with a mean of -$9.9 million.
- Biggest five-year swings in Research & Development: surged 58.62% in 2021 and later plummeted 138.8% in 2025.
- Cheetah Mobile's Research & Development stood at -$14.2 million in 2021, then rose by 12.54% to -$12.5 million in 2022, then rose by 3.49% to -$12.0 million in 2023, then rose by 25.35% to -$9.0 million in 2024, then crashed by 138.8% to -$21.4 million in 2025.
- The last three reported values for Research & Development were -$21.4 million (Q4 2025), -$9.5 million (Q3 2025), and -$9.4 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.