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Goldman Sachs (GS) Research & Development (2016 - 2025)

Goldman Sachs (GS) has disclosed Research & Development for 17 consecutive years, with -$871.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Research & Development fell 581.22% to -$871.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $360.0 million through Dec 2025, down 72.35% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $710.0 million for FY2025, 9.91% up from the prior year.
  • Research & Development hit -$871.0 million in Q4 2025 for Goldman Sachs, down from $545.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $1.5 billion in Q4 2023 to a low of -$871.0 million in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Research & Development has averaged $256.8 million across 5 years, with a median of $373.0 million in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Research & Development: skyrocketed 384.47% in 2023 and later plummeted 581.22% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Research & Development stood at -$590.0 million in 2021, then increased by 12.71% to -$515.0 million in 2022, then surged by 384.47% to $1.5 billion in 2023, then plummeted by 87.65% to $181.0 million in 2024, then tumbled by 581.22% to -$871.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Research & Development for GS at -$871.0 million in Q4 2025, $545.0 million in Q3 2025, and $530.0 million in Q2 2025.