R&D expense · 2015–2025

Ribbon Communications R&D expense

$179M−0.6% · FY2025

Ribbon Communications (RBBN) reported $179M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −0.6% year on year.

$77.9M2015$72.8M2016$101M2017$145M2018$141M2019$195M2020$195M2021$204M2022$191M2023$180M2024$179M2025
Ribbon Communications — R&D expense, 2015–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$179M−0.6%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$180M−5.6%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$191M−6.4%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$204M+4.5%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$195M+0.2%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$195M+37.9%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$141M−3.0%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$145M+43.3%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$101M+39.3%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$72.8M−6.5%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$77.9M—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 · 2015–2025 compound annual growth +8.7%

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Ribbon Communications 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 · 0001708055-26-000012 · February 26, 2026

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