Yatsen Holding (YSG) Research & Development (2019 - 2025)

Yatsen Holding's (YSG) quarterly Research & Development came in at -$127.8 million in Q4 2025, down 35.09% year-on-year from -$196.9 million in Q4 2024, and down 33.35% quarter-over-quarter from -$95.8 million in Q3 2025.

Yatsen Holding (YSG) Research & Development (2019 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Yatsen Holding's Research & Development history runs 7 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$127.8 million for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Research & Development fell 35.09% year-over-year to -$127.8 million in Q4 2025; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$400.8 million, a 27.37% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $407.9 million, up 2624.23% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development fell to -$127.8 million in Q4 2025 per YSG's latest filing, from -$95.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at -$66.8 million in Q1 2023 and bottomed at -$169.4 million in Q4 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is -$94.0 million (2022), against an average of -$99.7 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Research & Development tumbled 99.32% in 2021 and surged 54.2% in 2022, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Research & Development stood at -$169.4 million in 2021, then soared by 54.2% to -$77.6 million in 2022, then tumbled by 30.21% to -$101.0 million in 2023, then increased by 6.37% to -$94.6 million in 2024, then tumbled by 35.09% to -$127.8 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest YSG Research & Development figures stand at -$127.8 million (Q4 2025), -$95.8 million (Q3 2025), and -$100.8 million (Q2 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 347.76 Bn 335.46 Bn 10.51 Bn -
2 Unilever 134.69 Bn 124.21 Bn - -
3 Colgate Palmolive 73.84 Bn 72.50 Bn 3.23 Bn -
4 Kenvue 37.34 Bn 37.24 Bn 2.30 Bn -
5 Kimberly Clark 37.06 Bn 36.51 Bn 1.53 Bn -
6 Estee Lauder Companies 29.57 Bn 26.44 Bn 2.84 Bn -
7 Church & Dwight 23.42 Bn 22.92 Bn 681.40 Mn -
8 Clorox 11.83 Bn 10.64 Bn 722.00 Mn 27.00 Mn
9 Yatsen Holding 6.37 Bn 6.23 Bn 153.20 Mn -127.81 Mn
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.65 Bn 4.36 Bn 326.45 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -127.81 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -95.84 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -100.84 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -76.32 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -94.61 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -70.45 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -74.95 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -74.68 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -101.05 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -70.14 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -74.85 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -66.84 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -77.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -79.40 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -93.41 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -95.39 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -169.43 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -141.43 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -150.62 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 -159.05 Mn