Fastly (FSLY) Research & Development (2018 - 2026)
Fastly (FSLY) reported Research & Development of $42.0 million for Q1 2026, up 12.14% year-over-year from $37.4 million in Q1 2025, and up 0.92% on a QoQ basis from $41.6 million in Q4 2025.
Fastly (FSLY) has 9 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $42.0 million in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Research & Development rose 12.14% year-over-year to $42.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $167.2 million (up 21.9% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $162.7 million, up 17.89% from the prior year.
- Research & Development advanced to $42.0 million in Q1 2026 per FSLY's latest filing, from $41.6 million in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $42.2 million in Q2 2025 and bottomed at $31.9 million in Q3 2024.
- The 5-year median for Research & Development is $38.3 million (2023), against an average of $38.2 million.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Research & Development surged 39.5%; it then dropped 18.39% in 2024.
- Tracing FSLY's Research & Development over 5 years: stood at $37.2 million in 2022, then rose by 2.88% to $38.3 million in 2023, then dropped by 14.44% to $32.7 million in 2024, then rose by 27.03% to $41.6 million in 2025, then rose by 0.92% to $42.0 million in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest FSLY Research & Development figures stand at $42.0 million (Q1 2026), $41.6 million (Q4 2025), and $41.4 million (Q3 2025).
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 | Fastly | 2.52 Bn | 2.19 Bn | 108.18 Mn | 41.97 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 41.97 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 41.59 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 41.42 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 42.22 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 37.43 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 32.74 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 31.88 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 35.11 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 38.25 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 38.27 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 39.07 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 37.42 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 37.43 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 37.20 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 38.96 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 38.72 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 40.44 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 35.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 32.53 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 30.35 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 28.99 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 25.59 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 18.27 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 16.66 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 14.30 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 12.95 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 12.12 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 11.24 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 10.18 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 9.31 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 9.23 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 8.10 Mn |