Knightscope (KSCP) Research & Development (2020 - 2026)

Knightscope (KSCP) has 7 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $4.7 million in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Research & Development rose 120.28% year-over-year to $4.7 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $15.0 million (up 97.48% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $12.5 million, up 76.83% from the prior year.
• Research & Development for Q1 2026 stood at $4.7 million, up from $4.5 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $4.7 million in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $1.4 million in Q1 2023.
• The 5-year median for Research & Development is $2.1 million (2022), against an average of $2.3 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Research & Development plunged 36.37%; it then jumped 120.28% in 2026.
• A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $2.5 million in 2022, then tumbled by 36.37% to $1.6 million in 2023, then surged by 32.89% to $2.1 million in 2024, then surged by 115.3% to $4.5 million in 2025, then increased by 4.28% to $4.7 million in 2026.
• The last three Research & Development figures came in at $4.7 million (Q1 2026), $4.5 million (Q4 2025), and $3.8 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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