R&D expense · 2019–2025

Oatly Group R&D expense

$18.6M−38.4% · FY2025

Oatly Group (OTLY) reported $18.6M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −38.4% year on year.

$4.3M2019$6.8M2020$16.8M2021$22.3M2022$21.0M2023$30.1M2024$18.6M2025
Oatly Group — R&D expense, 2019–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$18.6M−38.4%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$30.1M+43.2%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$21.0M−5.5%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$22.3M+32.7%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$16.8M+145.5%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$6.8M+58.5%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$4.3M—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 · 2019–2025 compound annual growth +27.6%

Figures are reported under IFRS, in US dollars.

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Oatly Group R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/oatly-group/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: 20-F · 0001843586-26-000004 · March 13, 2026

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