R&D expense · 2011–2025

Eastman Chemical R&D expense

$255M+2.0% · FY2025

Eastman Chemical (EMN) reported $255M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +2.0% year on year.

$159M2011$198M2012$193M2013$227M2014$242M2015$223M2016$227M2017$235M2018$234M2019$226M2020$254M2021$264M2022$239M2023$250M2024$255M2025
Eastman Chemical — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$255M+2.0%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$250M+4.6%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$239M−9.5%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$264M+3.9%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$254M+12.4%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$226M−3.4%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$234M−0.4%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$235M+3.5%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$227M+1.8%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$223M−7.9%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$242M+6.6%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$227M+17.6%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$193M−2.5%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$198M+24.5%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$159M—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 +3.4%

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

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0000915389-26-000013 · February 13, 2026

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