R&D expense · 2011–2025

Mattel R&D expense

$227M+17.2% · FY2025

Mattel (MAT) reported $227M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +17.2% year on year.

$179M2011$195M2012$202M2013$209M2014$218M2015$215M2016$225M2017$205M2018$197M2019$189M2020$189M2021$195M2022$199M2023$194M2024$227M2025
Mattel — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$227M+17.2%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$194M−2.3%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$199M+1.6%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$195M+3.2%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$189M−0.1%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$189M−3.9%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$197M−4.0%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$205M−8.8%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$225M+4.6%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$215M−1.2%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$218M+4.0%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$209M+3.7%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$202M+3.5%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$195M+9.0%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$179M—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 +1.7%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-mattel-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Mattel R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/mattel/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 · 0001628280-26-010716 · February 23, 2026

{{cite web |title=Mattel R&D expense — 10-K (0001628280-26-010716) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63276/000162828026010716/mat-20251231.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-02-23}}

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