Viasat (VSAT) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Viasat (VSAT) reported Research & Development of $41.5 million for Q1 2026, up 23.07% year-over-year from $33.7 million in Q1 2025, and down 11.52% quarter-over-quarter from $46.9 million in Q4 2025.

Viasat (VSAT) Research & Development (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Viasat (VSAT) has 18 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $41.5 million in Q1 2026.

  • Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $41.5 million, up 23.07% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $164.9 million (up 15.81% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was $164.9 million, up 15.81% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development declined to $41.5 million in Q1 2026 per VSAT's latest filing, from $46.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Research & Development peaked at $46.9 million in Q4 2025 and troughed at $29.0 million in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $36.9 million and a median of $34.8 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Research & Development surged 62.56% in 2022, then fell 27.43% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $29.4 million in 2022, then jumped by 41.72% to $41.7 million in 2023, then retreated by 12.05% to $36.7 million in 2024, then gained by 27.87% to $46.9 million in 2025, then slipped by 11.52% to $41.5 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows VSAT's Research & Development at $41.5 million in Q1 2026, $46.9 million in Q4 2025, and $42.3 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 2.38 Bn
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 221.46 Mn
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 252.00 Mn
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn 744.00 Mn
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 90.60 Mn
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 51.81 Mn
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn 7.13 Mn
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn 25.66 Mn
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 165.00 Mn
10 Viasat 9.05 Bn 7.37 Bn 615.36 Mn 41.52 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 41.52 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 46.93 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 42.26 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 34.19 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 33.74 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 36.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 33.39 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 38.56 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 46.49 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 41.73 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 33.43 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 29.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 32.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 29.44 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 32.42 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 34.77 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 39.88 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 36.38 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 39.61 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 34.46 Mn