Smith Micro Software (SMSI) Research & Development (2010 - 2026)

Smith Micro Software (SMSI) posted Research & Development of $1.8 million for Q1 2026, up 55.16% on a QoQ basis from $1.2 million in Q4 2025, and down 35.32% year-over-year from $2.9 million in Q1 2025.

Smith Micro Software (SMSI) Research & Development (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Smith Micro Software's Research & Development history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.8 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Research & Development fell 35.32% year-over-year to $1.8 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $8.4 million (down 18.46% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $6.0 million, down 32.66% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development was $1.8 million for Q1 2026 at Smith Micro Software, up from $1.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $19.7 million in Q4 2022 and bottomed at $1.2 million in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $4.0 million and a median of $2.9 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Research & Development jumped 49.09% — and 2023, when it plunged 80.36%.
  • Smith Micro Software's Research & Development stood at $19.7 million in 2022, then plunged by 80.36% to $3.9 million in 2023, then plunged by 56.71% to $1.7 million in 2024, then fell by 28.9% to $1.2 million in 2025, then jumped by 55.16% to $1.8 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows SMSI's Research & Development at $1.8 million in Q1 2026, $1.2 million in Q4 2025, and $2.6 million in 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 Smith Micro Software 9.22 Mn 7.48 Mn 3.31 Mn 1.85 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.85 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 1.19 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 2.60 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 2.75 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 2.86 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 1.68 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 2.06 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 3.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 2.61 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 3.87 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 3.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 2.63 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 3.55 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 19.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 2.99 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 3.72 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 7.27 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 17.77 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 7.12 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 7.06 Mn