R&D expense · 2011–2025

Ziff Davis R&D expense

$62.0M−8.0% · FY2025

Ziff Davis (ZD) reported $62.0M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −8.0% year on year.

$16.4M2011$18.6M2012$25.5M2013$30.7M2014$34.3M2015$38.0M2016$46.0M2017$48.4M2018$44.7M2019$57.1M2020$78.9M2021$74.1M2022$68.9M2023$67.4M2024$62.0M2025
Ziff Davis — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$62.0M−8.0%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$67.4M−2.2%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$68.9M−7.1%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$74.1M−6.1%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$78.9M+38.0%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$57.1M+28.0%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$44.7M−7.7%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$48.4M+5.1%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$46.0M+20.9%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$38.0M+10.8%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$34.3M+11.9%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$30.7M+20.4%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$25.5M+36.8%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$18.6M+13.7%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$16.4M—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 +10.0%

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Ziff Davis 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 · 0001084048-26-000005 · February 24, 2026

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