Growth Metrics

LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) Research & Development (2016 - 2025)

LPL Financial Holdings has reported Research & Development over the past 16 years, most recently at $21.9 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Research & Development at $21.9 million for Q4 2025, up 16.47% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $85.8 million (up 13.2% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $85.8 million, up 13.2%.
  • Research & Development for Q4 2025 was $21.9 million at LPL Financial Holdings, down from $23.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Research & Development for LPLA hit a ceiling of $23.1 million in Q3 2025 and a floor of $12.0 million in Q1 2021.
  • Median Research & Development over the past 5 years was $18.2 million (2022), compared with a mean of $18.3 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Research & Development: skyrocketed 42.06% in 2021 and later decreased 8.75% in 2024.
  • LPL Financial Holdings' Research & Development stood at $15.5 million in 2021, then increased by 19.14% to $18.5 million in 2022, then decreased by 3.84% to $17.8 million in 2023, then increased by 5.38% to $18.8 million in 2024, then rose by 16.47% to $21.9 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Research & Development were $21.9 million (Q4 2025), $23.1 million (Q3 2025), and $21.4 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.