Growth Metrics

Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT) Research & Development (2016 - 2025)

Ocean Power Technologies' Research & Development history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at $600000.0 for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Research & Development rose 20.0% year-over-year to $600000.0; the TTM value through Jul 2025 reached $6.6 million, down 17.1%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $3.6 million, 53.25% down from the prior year.
  • Research & Development for Q3 2025 was $600000.0 at Ocean Power Technologies, up from $500000.0 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $3.1 million in Q4 2021 and bottomed at $500000.0 in Q3 2024.
  • The 4-year median for Research & Development is $1.4 million (2021), against an average of $1.6 million.
  • The largest YoY upside for Research & Development was 189.93% in 2021 against a maximum downside of 13.73% in 2021.
  • A 4-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $3.1 million in 2021, then decreased by 20.02% to $2.5 million in 2022, then tumbled by 79.72% to $500000.0 in 2024, then increased by 20.0% to $600000.0 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for OPTT's Research & Development are $600000.0 (Q3 2025), $500000.0 (Q3 2024), and $2.5 million (Q1 2022).