Nextnav (NN) Research & Development (2021 - 2025)

Nextnav (NN) reported Research & Development of $4.9 million for Q4 2025, up 26.04% on a YoY basis from $3.9 million in Q4 2024, and down 4.19% quarter-over-quarter from $5.2 million in Q3 2025.

Nextnav (NN) Research & Development (2021 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Nextnav has reported Research & Development for 5 years, with the latest figure at $4.9 million in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Research & Development rose 26.04% year-over-year to $4.9 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at $19.0 million (up 16.69% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $19.0 million, up 16.69% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development for Q4 2025 stood at $4.9 million, down from $5.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Research & Development was $5.2 million in Q3 2025, with the low at $2.0 million in Q3 2021.
  • Historically, Research & Development has averaged $4.1 million across 5 years, with a median of $4.3 million in 2022.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Research & Development surged 130.66% — and 2024, when it declined 29.2%.
  • Nextnav's Research & Development stood at $2.6 million in 2021, then jumped by 68.57% to $4.3 million in 2022, then climbed by 13.61% to $4.9 million in 2023, then slipped by 20.45% to $3.9 million in 2024, then gained by 26.04% to $4.9 million in 2025.
  • The last three Research & Development figures came in at $4.9 million (Q4 2025), $5.2 million (Q3 2025), and $4.8 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

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 Nextnav 2.78 Mn -256.70 Mn -986,000.00 4.94 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 4.94 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 5.15 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 4.82 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 4.04 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 3.92 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 3.55 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 4.11 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 4.67 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 4.92 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 5.01 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 4.99 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 4.58 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 4.33 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 4.57 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 4.17 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 3.99 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 2.57 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 1.98 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 2.53 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 2.38 Mn