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NLIGHT, INC. reported Research And Development Expense of $47.97 million for the year ending 2025.
- NLIGHT, INC. showed an increase of +6.4% in Research And Development Expense from 2024 to 2025.
- This data is from NLIGHT, INC.'s annual report (Form 10-K), filed with the SEC on February 27, 2026.
- XBRL data for this metric is available from 2016 to 2025 (10 years of filings). Earlier data may not exist in machine-readable XBRL format as companies adopted electronic filing at different times.
- Quarterly values from 10-Q filings: Q1 2017: $3.73 million | Q2 2017: $4.01 million | Q3 2017: $3.85 million | Q1 2018: $4.28 million | Q2 2018: $4.90 million | Q3 2018: $5.48 million | Q1 2019: $6.42 million | Q2 2019: $6.49 million | Q3 2019: $6.40 million | Q1 2020: $8.54 million | Q2 2020: $9.47 million | Q3 2020: $11.13 million | Q1 2021: $11.71 million | Q2 2021: $14.28 million | Q3 2021: $14.84 million | Q1 2022: $13.71 million | Q2 2022: $13.79 million | Q3 2022: $12.72 million | Q1 2023: $11.30 million | Q2 2023: $12.00 million | Q3 2023: $10.74 million | Q1 2024: $10.66 million | Q2 2024: $11.74 million | Q3 2024: $11.33 million | Q1 2025: $11.37 million | Q2 2025: $11.01 million | Q3 2025: $11.53 million.
- Over the full 10 years of available data (2016 to 2025), NLIGHT, INC.'s Research And Development Expense has grown by 214.8%.
- Historical annual values: Fiscal year 2025: $47.97 million | Fiscal year 2024: $45.11 million | Fiscal year 2023: $46.16 million | Fiscal year 2022: $53.77 million | Fiscal year 2021: $54.81 million | Fiscal year 2020: $41.16 million | Fiscal year 2019: $28.14 million | Fiscal year 2018: $21.05 million | Fiscal year 2017: $15.12 million | Fiscal year 2016: $15.24 million.
- Data sourced from SEC EDGAR public filings as of August 7, 2026.
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