Roku (ROKU) Research & Development (2016 - 2026)

Roku's Research & Development history runs 11 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $189.5 million for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Research & Development rose 2.66% year-over-year to $189.5 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $734.4 million (up 1.4% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $729.5 million, up 1.3% from the prior year.
• Research & Development was $189.5 million for Q1 2026 at Roku, up from $184.6 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $282.2 million in Q3 2023 to a low of $164.0 million in Q1 2022.
• Historically, Research & Development has averaged $194.5 million across 5 years, with a median of $184.6 million in 2025.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Research & Development jumped 74.53% in 2022, then plunged 36.64% in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $220.7 million in 2022, then slipped by 16.71% to $183.8 million in 2023, then increased by 0.87% to $185.4 million in 2024, then slipped by 0.41% to $184.6 million in 2025, then gained by 2.62% to $189.5 million in 2026.
• The last three Research & Development figures came in at $189.5 million (Q1 2026), $184.6 million (Q4 2025), and $182.2 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.