Clear Secure (YOU) Research & Development (2020 - 2026)

Clear Secure's (YOU) quarterly Research & Development came in at $19.5 million in Q1 2026, up 45.31% year-on-year from $13.4 million in Q1 2025, and up 13.36% quarter-over-quarter from $17.2 million in Q4 2025.

Clear Secure (YOU) Research & Development (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Clear Secure's Research & Development history runs 7 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $19.5 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Research & Development rose 45.31% year-over-year to $19.5 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was $64.0 million, a 21.45% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $72.4 million, down 1.32% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development grew to $19.5 million in Q1 2026 per YOU's latest filing, from $17.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $39.1 million in Q4 2024 and bottomed at $7.8 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $13.4 million (2025), against an average of $15.5 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Research & Development jumped 189.9% in 2024 and slumped 56.13% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Research & Development stood at $20.4 million in 2022, then tumbled by 34.01% to $13.5 million in 2023, then soared by 189.9% to $39.1 million in 2024, then slumped by 56.13% to $17.2 million in 2025, then rose by 13.36% to $19.5 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest YOU Research & Development figures stand at $19.5 million (Q1 2026), $17.2 million (Q4 2025), and $12.9 million (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 Clear Secure 283.00 Mn -488.79 Mn 252.02 Mn 19.45 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 19.45 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 17.16 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 12.94 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 14.49 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 13.39 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 39.12 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 11.61 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 17.41 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 11.62 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 13.49 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 9.74 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 10.79 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 21.94 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 20.45 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 10.53 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 11.37 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 7.83 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 9.39 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 9.95 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 10.94 Mn