Block (XYZ) Research & Development (2015 - 2026)

Block has disclosed Research & Development across 12 years of filings, most recently posting $1.0 billion for Q1 2026.

• Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $1.0 billion, up 36.57% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $3.2 billion (up 7.84% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $2.9 billion, changed 0.22% from the prior year.
• Research & Development came in at $1.0 billion for Q1 2026 at Block, up from $710.7 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $1.0 billion in Q1 2026 to a low of $458.2 million in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Research & Development is $711.0 million (2024), against an average of $689.3 million.
• Across the five-year window, Research & Development surged 61.95% in 2022 and fell 7.67% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Block's Research & Development stood at $604.5 million in 2022, then climbed by 13.38% to $685.4 million in 2023, then increased by 12.3% to $769.7 million in 2024, then dropped by 7.67% to $710.7 million in 2025, then jumped by 46.18% to $1.0 billion in 2026.
• The last three Research & Development figures came in at $1.0 billion (Q1 2026), $710.7 million (Q4 2025), and $711.2 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.