PDD Holdings (PDD) Research & Development (2017 - 2025)

PDD Holdings' (PDD) quarterly Research & Development came in at -$714.3 million in Q4 2025, down 38.03% year-on-year from -$1.2 billion in Q4 2024, and down 17.37% quarter-over-quarter from -$608.5 million in Q3 2025.

PDD Holdings (PDD) Research & Development (2017 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

PDD Holdings has disclosed Research & Development across 9 years of filings, most recently posting -$714.3 million for Q4 2025.

  • Research & Development for Q4 2025 came in at -$714.3 million, down 38.03% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was -$2.3 billion (down 31.86% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $2.4 billion, up 36.01% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development came in at -$714.3 million for Q4 2025 at PDD Holdings, down from -$608.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of -$317.4 million in Q4 2021 to a low of -$714.3 million in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is -$395.3 million (2023), against an average of -$427.1 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Research & Development sank 262.77% in 2021 and climbed 13.29% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • PDD Holdings' Research & Development stood at -$317.4 million in 2021, then retreated by 9.94% to -$348.9 million in 2022, then fell by 15.62% to -$403.4 million in 2023, then dropped by 28.26% to -$517.5 million in 2024, then tumbled by 38.03% to -$714.3 million in 2025.
  • The last three Research & Development figures came in at -$714.3 million (Q4 2025), -$608.5 million (Q3 2025), and -$501.3 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Amazon Com 2,551.03 Bn 2,407.94 Bn 171.21 Bn 29.57 Bn
2 Mercadolibre 82.72 Bn 77.07 Bn 3.86 Bn 699.00 Mn
3 DoorDash 72.09 Bn 67.22 Bn 2.04 Bn 398.00 Mn
4 PDD Holdings 62.92 Bn 38.25 Bn 12.81 Bn -714.26 Mn
5 Ebay 48.30 Bn 44.44 Bn 2.29 Bn 450.00 Mn
6 Coupang 34.44 Bn 34.35 Bn 2.30 Bn -
7 Zkh 14.36 Bn 14.36 Bn 285.30 Mn -4.25 Mn
8 Wayfair 10.72 Bn 9.65 Bn 880.00 Mn -
9 Maplebear 10.27 Bn 9.58 Bn 738.00 Mn 164.00 Mn
10 Chewy 7.37 Bn 6.85 Bn 1.01 Bn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -714.26 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -608.54 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -501.32 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -493.04 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -517.47 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -436.52 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -400.32 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -402.98 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -403.45 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -390.26 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -377.03 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -365.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -348.94 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -379.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -389.87 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -420.95 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -317.39 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -375.95 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -360.69 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 -338.65 Mn