Harmonic (HLIT) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Harmonic (HLIT) posted Research & Development of $20.9 million for Q2 2026, up 247.45% on a QoQ basis from -$14.2 million in Q4 2025, and up 6.19% year-over-year from $19.7 million in Q2 2025.

Harmonic (HLIT) Research & Development (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Harmonic's Research & Development history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $20.9 million for Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Research & Development rose 6.19% year-over-year to $20.9 million in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was $65.9 million (up 7.03% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $76.3 million, up 5.17% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development was $20.9 million for Q2 2026 at Harmonic, up from -$14.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $33.5 million in Q1 2023 and bottomed at -$26.3 million in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $20.5 million and a median of $29.7 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Research & Development tumbled 184.67% — and 2024, when it soared 35.46%.
  • Harmonic's Research & Development stood at $31.1 million in 2022, then sank by 184.67% to -$26.3 million in 2023, then surged by 35.46% to -$17.0 million in 2024, then advanced by 16.64% to -$14.2 million in 2025, then soared by 247.45% to $20.9 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows HLIT's Research & Development at $20.9 million in Q2 2026, -$14.2 million in Q4 2025, and $29.7 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 449.90 Bn 433.26 Bn 10.08 Bn 2.38 Bn
2 Motorola Solutions 70.79 Bn 69.91 Bn 1.36 Bn 252.00 Mn
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 62.79 Bn 57.95 Bn 9.10 Bn 744.00 Mn
4 Ciena 52.38 Bn 51.08 Bn 625.52 Mn 221.46 Mn
5 Lumentum Holdings 50.14 Bn 46.97 Bn 357.00 Mn 90.60 Mn
6 Nokia 48.70 Bn 41.39 Bn 9.86 Bn -20.48 Mn
7 Ubiquiti 32.21 Bn 31.84 Bn 370.71 Mn 51.81 Mn
8 Ericsson Lm Telephone 31.94 Bn 26.26 Bn 2.53 Bn -1.10 Bn
9 AST SpaceMobile 16.52 Bn 16.52 Bn 3.67 Mn 7.13 Mn
10 Harmonic 1.22 Bn 1.11 Bn 63.62 Mn 20.88 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 3, 2026 20.88 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -14.16 Mn
Sep 26, 2025 29.70 Mn
Jun 27, 2025 29.44 Mn
Mar 28, 2025 19.66 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -16.99 Mn
Sep 27, 2024 30.07 Mn
Jun 28, 2024 28.78 Mn
Mar 29, 2024 30.71 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -26.32 Mn
Sep 29, 2023 30.32 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 32.21 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 33.51 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 31.09 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 30.47 Mn
Jul 1, 2022 29.92 Mn
Apr 1, 2022 28.83 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 27.37 Mn
Oct 1, 2021 26.55 Mn
Jul 2, 2021 24.78 Mn