Sap Se (SAP) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Sap Se's (SAP) quarterly Research & Development came in at -$2.0 billion in Q1 2026, down 13.16% year-on-year from -$2.3 billion in Q1 2025, and up 74.21% quarter-over-quarter from -$7.7 billion in Q4 2025.

Sap Se (SAP) Research & Development (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Sap Se's Research & Development history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$2.0 billion for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Research & Development fell 13.16% year-over-year to -$2.0 billion in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was -$15.4 billion, a 9.99% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at -$7.5 billion, down 6.29% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development improved to -$2.0 billion in Q1 2026 per SAP's latest filing, from -$7.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at -$1.6 billion in Q1 2022 and bottomed at -$7.7 billion in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is -$1.8 billion (2023), against an average of -$2.7 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Research & Development surged 72.54% in 2022 and sank 287.17% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Research & Development stood at -$1.6 billion in 2022, then retreated by 10.28% to -$1.8 billion in 2023, then sank by 287.17% to -$7.0 billion in 2024, then declined by 10.92% to -$7.7 billion in 2025, then soared by 74.21% to -$2.0 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest SAP Research & Development figures stand at -$2.0 billion (Q1 2026), -$7.7 billion (Q4 2025), and -$1.9 billion (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn -1.99 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - -37.02 Mn
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 496.00 Mn
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 1.33 Bn
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 3.77 Bn
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 1.37 Bn
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 253.90 Mn
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn 588.95 Mn
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 508.44 Mn
10 Datadog 86.34 Bn 81.58 Bn 797.20 Mn 435.30 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 -1.99 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 -7.72 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -1.92 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -3.73 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -1.76 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -6.96 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -1.72 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -3.52 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -1.81 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -1.80 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 -1.65 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -1.70 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -1.69 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -1.63 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -1.58 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -3.11 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 -1.57 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 -5.94 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 -4.46 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 -2.98 Bn