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Harmonic (HLIT) Research & Development (2016 - 2026)

Harmonic filings provide 17 years of Research & Development readings, the most recent being -$14.2 million for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Research & Development rose 16.64% to -$14.2 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $76.3 million, a 5.17% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $76.3 million, up 5.17% from a year prior.
  • Research & Development hit -$14.2 million in Q4 2025 for Harmonic, down from $29.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $33.5 million in Q1 2023 to a low of -$26.3 million in Q4 2023.
  • Median Research & Development over the past 5 years was $29.6 million (2025), compared with a mean of $22.1 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Research & Development: crashed 184.67% in 2023 and later surged 35.46% in 2024.
  • Harmonic's Research & Development stood at $27.4 million in 2021, then increased by 13.59% to $31.1 million in 2022, then tumbled by 184.67% to -$26.3 million in 2023, then surged by 35.46% to -$17.0 million in 2024, then increased by 16.64% to -$14.2 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Research & Development were -$14.2 million (Q4 2025), $29.7 million (Q3 2025), and $29.4 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.