Gitlab (GTLB) Research & Development (2020 - 2026)

Gitlab (GTLB) reported Research & Development of $69.0 million for Q1 2026, up 9.66% year-over-year from $62.9 million in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from $68.7 million in Q4 2025.

Gitlab (GTLB) Research & Development (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Gitlab (GTLB) has 7 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $69.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $69.0 million, up 9.66% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was $274.6 million (up 14.57% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was $274.6 million, up 14.57% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development held at $69.0 million in Q1 2026 per GTLB's latest filing, from $68.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Research & Development peaked at $71.5 million in Q3 2025 and troughed at $28.6 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $52.9 million and a median of $52.4 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
  • On a YoY basis, Research & Development climbed as much as 74.84% in 2022 and fell as far as 41.25% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $41.1 million in 2022, then gained by 19.32% to $49.1 million in 2023, then gained by 25.06% to $61.4 million in 2024, then increased by 12.0% to $68.7 million in 2025, then rose by 0.36% to $69.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows GTLB's Research & Development at $69.0 million in Q1 2026, $68.7 million in Q4 2025, and $71.5 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,998.30 Bn 2,920.03 Bn 56.06 Bn 8.92 Bn
2 Alarum Technologies 1,040.72 Bn 1,026.57 Bn 7.23 Mn 2.30 Mn
3 Oracle 590.32 Bn 551.74 Bn 15.14 Bn 2.61 Bn
4 Palantir Technologies 316.31 Bn 308.39 Bn 1.42 Bn 160.98 Mn
5 Palo Alto Networks 181.17 Bn 176.63 Bn 1.91 Bn 511.00 Mn
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 161.69 Bn 158.63 Bn 993.68 Mn 356.41 Mn
7 Fortinet 102.35 Bn 99.06 Bn 1.49 Bn 214.00 Mn
8 Synopsys 88.25 Bn 88.13 Bn 1.77 Bn 714.99 Mn
9 Cloudflare 83.26 Bn 82.32 Bn 455.60 Mn 150.97 Mn
10 Gitlab 5.06 Bn 3.84 Bn 225.42 Mn 68.96 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 68.96 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 68.72 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 71.49 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 65.41 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 62.89 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 61.35 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 61.27 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 54.14 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 52.39 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 49.06 Mn
Jul 31, 2023 49.01 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 50.39 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 43.68 Mn
Oct 31, 2022 41.11 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 39.52 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 31.83 Mn
Jan 31, 2022 28.61 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 24.66 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 22.60 Mn
Apr 30, 2021 21.34 Mn