R&D expense · 2012–2025

Knowles R&D expense

$40.2M+1.8% · FY2025

Knowles (KN) reported $40.2M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +1.8% year on year.

$77.3M2012$82.6M2013$64.1M2014$83.2M2015$92.0M2016$93.4M2017$101M2018$96.8M2019$92.9M2020$92.8M2021$29.3M2022$32.4M2023$39.5M2024$40.2M2025
Knowles — R&D expense, 2012–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$40.2M+1.8%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$39.5M+21.9%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$32.4M+10.6%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$29.3M−68.4%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$92.8M−0.1%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$92.9M−4.0%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$96.8M−3.8%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$101M+7.7%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$93.4M+1.5%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$92.0M+10.6%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$83.2M+29.8%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$64.1M−22.4%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$82.6M+6.9%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$77.3M—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 · 2012–2025 compound annual growth −4.9%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Knowles R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/knowles/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 · 0001587523-26-000005 · February 9, 2026

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