R&D expense · 2011–2025

Gen Digital R&D expense

$409M+24.3% · FY2025

Gen Digital (GEN) reported $409M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +24.3% year on year.

$969M2011$1.0B2012$722M2013$812M2014$748M2015$823M2016$455M2017$420M2018$328M2019$267M2020$253M2021$313M2022$332M2023$329M2024$409M2025
Gen Digital — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252026-04-03$409M+24.3%Open →
FY20242025-03-28$329M−0.9%Open →
FY20232024-03-29$332M+6.1%Open →
FY20222023-03-31$313M+23.7%Open →
FY20212022-04-01$253M−5.2%Open →
FY20202021-04-02$267M−18.6%Open →
FY20192020-04-03$328M−21.9%Open →
FY20182019-03-29$420M−7.7%Open →
FY20172018-03-30$455M−44.7%Open →
FY20162017-03-31$823M+10.0%Open →
FY20152016-04-01$748M−7.9%Open →
FY20142015-04-03$812M+12.5%Open →
FY20132014-03-28$722M−29.6%Open →
FY20122013-03-29$1.0B+5.9%Open →
FY20112012-03-30$969M—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 −6.0%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-gen-digital-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Gen Digital R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/gen-digital/research-and-development-expense}},
  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 · 0000849399-26-000017 · May 21, 2026

{{cite web |title=Gen Digital R&D expense — 10-K (0000849399-26-000017) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000084939926000017/gen-20260403.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-05-21}}

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