Growth Metrics

Clearwater Analytics Holdings (CWAN) Research & Development (2020 - 2026)

Clearwater Analytics Holdings posted quarterly Research & Development of $57.0 million for Q1 2026, up 52.54% year-on-year from $37.4 million in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from $57.0 million in Q4 2025.

Clearwater Analytics Holdings (CWAN) has 7 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $57.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Research & Development rose 52.54% year-over-year to $57.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $215.9 million (up 43.65% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $196.2 million, up 30.33% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development for Q1 2026 stood at $57.0 million, roughly flat from $57.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $57.0 million in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $21.3 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $35.4 million (2024), against an average of $36.6 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2025, when Research & Development decreased 0.73%; it then soared 52.54% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $24.6 million in 2022, then jumped by 37.37% to $33.7 million in 2023, then grew by 21.28% to $40.9 million in 2024, then jumped by 39.37% to $57.0 million in 2025, then increased by 0.07% to $57.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Research & Development figures came in at $57.0 million (Q1 2026), $57.0 million (Q4 2025), and $52.1 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn -1.99 Bn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 1.62 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 951.00 Mn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 437.00 Mn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 823.00 Mn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 508.44 Mn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 1.11 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 253.90 Mn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 840.00 Mn
10 Clearwater Analytics Holdings 7.17 Bn 7.10 Bn 145.55 Mn 57.05 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 57.05 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 57.01 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 52.07 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 49.76 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 37.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 40.90 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 36.62 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 35.36 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 37.68 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 33.73 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 32.25 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 29.85 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 28.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 24.55 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 25.44 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 22.84 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 21.29 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 21.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 18.42 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 16.74 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 15.84 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 16.43 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 14.76 Mn