Salesforce, Inc. (CRM) operating KPIs

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Financials through Q2 FY2027, quarter ended Jul 31, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Aug 27, 2026Score 19/3030% below fair value

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Salesforce gAAP Research and Development (R&D) Expense ($M)

Quarterly figures from Salesforce's filings and investor materials

Quarterly Annual

Latest, Q2 FY27

1,687

Period ended Jul 31, 2026

Change on a year earlier

+13.9%

1,481 in Q2 FY26

History

73 quarters

Since Q2 FY09

Sources

Documents cited below

Quarterly history

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Period	Ended	GAAP Research and Development (R&D) Expense ($M)	Year on year	Source
Q2 FY27	Jul 31, 2026	1,687	+13.9%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2026-08-27) ↗
Q1 FY27	Apr 30, 2026	1,627	+11.4%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2026-05-28) ↗
Q4 FY26	Jan 31, 2026	1,619	+14.0%	Salesforce Form 10-K (filed 2026-03-02) ↗
Q3 FY26	Oct 31, 2025	1,433	+5.7%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2025-12-04) ↗
Q2 FY26	Jul 31, 2025	1,481	+9.8%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2025-09-04) ↗
Q1 FY26	Apr 30, 2025	1,460	+6.7%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2025-05-29) ↗
Q4 FY25	Jan 31, 2025	1,420	+11.4%	Salesforce Form 10-K (filed 2025-03-05) ↗
Q3 FY25	Oct 31, 2024	1,356	+12.6%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2024-12-04) ↗
Q2 FY25	Jul 31, 2024	1,349	+10.6%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2024-08-29) ↗
Q1 FY25	Apr 30, 2024	1,368	+13.3%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2024-05-30) ↗
Q4 FY24	Jan 31, 2024	1,275	+13.0%	Salesforce Form 10-K (filed 2024-03-06) ↗
Q3 FY24	Oct 31, 2023	1,204	-5.9%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2023-11-30) ↗
Q2 FY24	Jul 31, 2023	1,220	-8.2%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2023-08-31) ↗
Q1 FY24	Apr 30, 2023	1,207	-8.4%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2023-06-01) ↗
Q4 FY23	Jan 31, 2023	1,128	-12.6%	Salesforce Form 10-K (filed 2023-03-08) ↗
Q3 FY23	Oct 31, 2022	1,280	+6.4%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2022-12-01) ↗
Q2 FY23	Jul 31, 2022	1,329	+30.3%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2022-08-25) ↗
Q1 FY23	Apr 30, 2022	1,318	+38.6%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2022-06-01) ↗
Q4 FY22	Jan 31, 2022	1,291	+37.5%	Salesforce Form 10-K (filed 2022-03-11) ↗
Q3 FY22	Oct 31, 2021	1,203	+33.4%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2021-12-02) ↗
Q2 FY22	Jul 31, 2021	1,020	+13.6%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2021-08-27) ↗
Q1 FY22	Apr 30, 2021	951	+10.7%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2021-06-02) ↗
Q4 FY21	Jan 31, 2021	939	+13.0%	Calculated
Q3 FY21	Oct 31, 2020	902	+16.5%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2020-12-04) ↗
Q2 FY21	Jul 31, 2020	898	+47.9%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2020-08-28) ↗
Q1 FY21	Apr 30, 2020	859	+55.1%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2020-06-01) ↗
Q4 FY20	Jan 31, 2020	831	+60.4%	Salesforce Form 10-K (filed 2020-03-05) ↗
Q3 FY20	Oct 31, 2019	774	+60.9%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2019-12-04) ↗
Q2 FY20	Jul 31, 2019	607	+31.1%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2019-08-23) ↗
Q1 FY20	Apr 30, 2019	554	+30.7%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2019-06-05) ↗
Q4 FY19	Jan 31, 2019	518	+30.8%	Salesforce Form 10-K (filed 2019-03-08) ↗
Q3 FY19	Oct 31, 2018	481	+22.1%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2018-11-28) ↗
Q2 FY19	Jul 31, 2018	463	+19.6%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2018-08-31) ↗
Q1 FY19	Apr 30, 2018	424	+12.8%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2018-05-31) ↗
Q4 FY18	Jan 31, 2018	396	+15.1%	Salesforce Form 10-K (filed 2019-03-08) ↗
Q3 FY18	Oct 31, 2017	394	+26.5%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2018-11-28) ↗
Q2 FY18	Jul 31, 2017	387	+32.8%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2018-08-31) ↗
Q1 FY18	Apr 30, 2017	376	+44.1%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2018-05-31) ↗
Q4 FY17	Jan 31, 2017	344	+37.1%	Salesforce Form 10-K (filed 2019-03-08) ↗
Q3 FY17	Oct 31, 2016	312	+30.2%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2016-11-21) ↗
Q2 FY17	Jul 31, 2016	292	+24.5%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2016-09-01) ↗
Q1 FY17	Apr 30, 2016	261	+17.5%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2016-05-20) ↗
Q4 FY16	Jan 31, 2016	251	+21.8%	Salesforce Form 10-K (filed 2016-03-07) ↗
Q3 FY16	Oct 31, 2015	239	+22.4%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2015-11-20) ↗
Q2 FY16	Jul 31, 2015	234	+15.3%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2015-08-25) ↗
Q1 FY16	Apr 30, 2015	222	+17.9%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2015-05-22) ↗
Q4 FY15	Jan 31, 2015	206	+19.0%	Salesforce Form 10-K (filed 2015-03-06) ↗
Q3 FY15	Oct 31, 2014	196	+14.5%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2014-11-26) ↗
Q2 FY15	Jul 31, 2014	203	+37.1%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2014-08-26) ↗
Q1 FY15	Apr 30, 2014	188	+42.8%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2014-05-30) ↗
Q4 FY14	Jan 31, 2014	173	+42.8%	Salesforce Form 10-K (filed 2014-03-05) ↗
Q3 FY14	Oct 31, 2013	171	+49.6%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2013-11-25) ↗
Q2 FY14	Jul 31, 2013	148	+49.0%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2013-08-30) ↗
Q1 FY14	Apr 30, 2013	132	+39.1%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2013-05-24) ↗
Q4 FY13	Jan 31, 2013	121	+50.4%	Salesforce Form 10-K (filed 2013-03-08) ↗
Q3 FY13	Oct 31, 2012	114	+50.1%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2012-11-28) ↗
Q2 FY13	Jul 31, 2012	99.4	+35.4%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2012-08-31) ↗
Q1 FY13	Apr 30, 2012	94.8	+45.2%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2012-05-25) ↗
Q4 FY12	Jan 31, 2012	80.6	+40.2%	Salesforce Form 10-K (filed 2012-03-09) ↗
Q3 FY12	Oct 31, 2011	76	+60.7%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2011-11-29) ↗
Q2 FY12	Jul 31, 2011	73.4	+71.1%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2011-09-06) ↗
Q1 FY12	Apr 30, 2011	65.3	+62.8%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2011-05-26) ↗
Q4 FY11	Jan 31, 2011	57.5	+58.0%	Salesforce Form 10-K (filed 2011-03-23) ↗
Q3 FY11	Oct 31, 2010	47.3	+44.2%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2010-11-24) ↗
Q2 FY11	Jul 31, 2010	42.9	+37.9%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2010-09-09) ↗
Q1 FY11	Apr 30, 2010	40.1	+26.9%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2010-05-28) ↗
Q4 FY10	Jan 31, 2010	36.4	+23.4%	Salesforce Form 10-K (filed 2010-03-11) ↗
Q3 FY10	Oct 31, 2009	32.8	+24.7%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2009-11-25) ↗
Q2 FY10	Jul 31, 2009	31.1	+29.6%	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2009-08-25) ↗
Q1 FY10	Apr 30, 2009	31.6	–	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2010-05-28) ↗
Q4 FY09	Jan 31, 2009	29.5	–	Salesforce Form 10-K (filed 2010-03-11) ↗
Q3 FY09	Oct 31, 2008	26.3	–	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2009-11-25) ↗
Q2 FY09	Jul 31, 2008	24	–	Salesforce Form 10-Q (filed 2009-08-25) ↗

Breakdown

What makes up gaap research and development (r&d) expense

Cite this data

StockData. (2026). Salesforce GAAP Research and Development (R&D) Expense ($M), quarterly Q2 FY09–Q2 FY27 [Data set]. Compiled from Salesforce SEC filings and investor materials. https://stockdatahq.com/stocks/crm/kpis/db_research_and_development_81

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