Perfect (PERFF) Research & Development (2021 - 2026)

Perfect (PERFF) reported Research & Development of -$3.5 million for Q1 2026, up 0.93% on a YoY basis from -$3.5 million in Q1 2025, and up 8.92% quarter-over-quarter from -$3.9 million in Q4 2025.

Perfect (PERFF) Research & Development (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Perfect has reported Research & Development for 6 years, with the latest figure at -$3.5 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Research & Development rose 0.93% year-over-year to -$3.5 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$15.4 million (down 22.68% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $15.4 million, up 28.37% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development for Q1 2026 stood at -$3.5 million, up from -$3.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Research & Development was -$2.6 million in Q3 2022, with the low at -$4.0 million in Q2 2025.
  • Historically, Research & Development has averaged -$3.1 million across 5 years, with a median of -$3.0 million in 2023.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Research & Development sank 115.89% — and 2024, when it grew 8.26%.
  • Perfect's Research & Development stood at -$2.6 million in 2022, then decreased by 17.74% to -$3.0 million in 2023, then gained by 8.26% to -$2.8 million in 2024, then slumped by 39.65% to -$3.9 million in 2025, then grew by 8.92% to -$3.5 million in 2026.
  • The last three Research & Development figures came in at -$3.5 million (Q1 2026), -$3.9 million (Q4 2025), and -$3.9 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 257.53 Bn 239.56 Bn 8.16 Bn -1.99 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 171.61 Bn 169.06 Bn - -37.02 Mn
3 Salesforce 152.15 Bn 140.31 Bn 8.56 Bn 1.63 Bn
4 Uber Technologies 144.45 Bn 143.41 Bn 11.88 Bn 951.00 Mn
5 Shopify 144.09 Bn 138.34 Bn 1.55 Bn 437.00 Mn
6 ServiceNow 110.55 Bn 105.37 Bn 2.83 Bn 823.00 Mn
7 Cadence Design Systems 106.32 Bn 104.91 Bn 1.26 Bn 508.44 Mn
8 Adobe 97.77 Bn 90.88 Bn 5.73 Bn 1.11 Bn
9 Automatic Data Processing 93.39 Bn 90.16 Bn 2.87 Bn 253.90 Mn
10 Perfect - - 14.69 Mn -3.53 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -3.53 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -3.88 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -3.93 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -4.03 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -3.57 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -2.78 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -3.21 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -2.98 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -3.04 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -3.03 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -3.04 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -2.77 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -2.63 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -2.57 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -2.55 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -2.65 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -2.71 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 16.18 Mn