Uber Technologies (UBER) Research & Development (2018 - 2026)

Uber Technologies (UBER) reported Research & Development of $1.3 billion for Q1 2026, up 25.45% on a YoY basis from $1.1 billion in Q1 2025, and down 44.31% sequentially from $2.4 billion in Q4 2025.

Uber Technologies (UBER) Research & Development (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Uber Technologies (UBER) has 9 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $1.3 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Research & Development rose 25.45% year-over-year to $1.3 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $5.8 billion (up 71.18% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $4.9 billion, up 57.54% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development retreated to $1.3 billion in Q1 2026, from $2.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $2.4 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of -$257.0 million in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $959.4 million and a median of $862.0 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
  • Across the five-year window, Research & Development slumped 134.4% in 2023 and soared 405.45% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Tracing UBER's Research & Development over 5 years: stood at $747.0 million in 2022, then tumbled by 134.4% to -$257.0 million in 2023, then soared by 405.45% to $785.0 million in 2024, then surged by 203.31% to $2.4 billion in 2025, then tumbled by 44.31% to $1.3 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows UBER's Research & Development at $1.3 billion in Q1 2026, $2.4 billion in Q4 2025, and $862.0 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 Datadog 86.34 Bn 81.58 Bn 797.20 Mn 435.30 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.33 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 2.38 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 862.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 1.21 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.06 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 785.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 774.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 760.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 917.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -257.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 797.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 1.22 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 775.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 747.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 1.15 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.22 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 587.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -1.47 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 1.17 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 488.00 Mn