Ultrapar Holdings (UGP) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Ultrapar Holdings (UGP) has reported Research & Development for 9 consecutive years, with -$225.6 million the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2017.

• In Q4 2017, Research & Development rose 71.97% year-over-year to -$225.6 million; the TTM figure through Dec 2017 stood at -$905.0 million (up 48.61% YoY), while the FY2017 annual figure was -$229.5 million, up 70.01% from the prior year.
• Research & Development advanced to -$225.6 million in Q4 2017 per UGP's latest filing, from -$230.6 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Research & Development topped out at -$164.8 million in Q1 2016 and bottomed at -$851.2 million in Q4 2014.
• Historically, Research & Development has averaged -$396.2 million across 5 years, with a median of -$228.1 million in 2017.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2015 — Research & Development plunged 113.49% — and 2017, when it surged 71.97%.
• Ultrapar Holdings' Research & Development stood at -$773.8 million in 2013, then fell by 10.01% to -$851.2 million in 2014, then rose by 23.08% to -$654.8 million in 2015, then slipped by 22.92% to -$804.8 million in 2016, then soared by 71.97% to -$225.6 million in 2017.
• Business Quant data shows UGP's Research & Development at -$225.6 million in Q4 2017, -$230.6 million in Q3 2017, and -$225.0 million in Q2 2017.