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Qualcomm (QCOM) Research & Development (2016 - 2025)

Qualcomm has reported Research & Development over the past 17 years, most recently at $2.5 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Research & Development at $2.5 billion for Q4 2025, up 10.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $9.3 billion (up 2.64% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $9.0 billion, up 1.68%.
  • Research & Development for Q4 2025 was $2.5 billion at Qualcomm, up from $2.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Research & Development for QCOM hit a ceiling of $2.5 billion in Q4 2025 and a floor of $1.8 billion in Q1 2021.
  • Median Research & Development over the past 5 years was $2.2 billion (2023), compared with a mean of $2.1 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Research & Development: rose 22.63% in 2021 and later fell 6.89% in 2023.
  • Qualcomm's Research & Development stood at $1.9 billion in 2021, then increased by 16.63% to $2.3 billion in 2022, then fell by 6.89% to $2.1 billion in 2023, then rose by 6.39% to $2.2 billion in 2024, then increased by 10.0% to $2.5 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Research & Development were $2.5 billion (Q4 2025), $2.4 billion (Q3 2025), and $2.2 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.