R&D expense · 2011–2025

Applied Materials R&D expense

$3.6B+10.4% · FY2025

Applied Materials (AMAT) reported $3.6B in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +10.4% year on year.

$1.1B2011$1.2B2012$1.3B2013$1.4B2014$1.5B2015$1.5B2016$1.8B2017$2.0B2018$2.1B2019$2.2B2020$2.5B2021$2.8B2022$3.1B2023$3.2B2024$3.6B2025
Applied Materials — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-10-26$3.6B+10.4%Open →
FY20242024-10-27$3.2B+4.2%Open →
FY20232023-10-29$3.1B+11.9%Open →
FY20222022-10-30$2.8B+11.5%Open →
FY20212021-10-31$2.5B+11.2%Open →
FY20202020-10-25$2.2B+8.8%Open →
FY20192019-10-27$2.1B+1.6%Open →
FY20182018-10-28$2.0B+13.5%Open →
FY20172017-10-29$1.8B+15.6%Open →
FY20162016-10-30$1.5B+6.1%Open →
FY20152015-10-25$1.5B+1.6%Open →
FY20142014-10-26$1.4B+8.2%Open →
FY20132013-10-27$1.3B+6.7%Open →
FY20122012-10-28$1.2B+10.6%Open →
FY20112011-10-30$1.1B—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +8.6%

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Applied Materials R\&D expense}},
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  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
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