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R&D investment

Every S&P 500 company that raised R&D investment in its filings, earnings calls, press releases or news coverage over the last 7 days — grouped by the canonical driver, so the same subject lines up across companies whatever each called it.

2 companies · 2 events · 2 no estimate (counted in companies, so the parts add up)

Companies raising R&D investment

• AMAT — Research and Development ExpenseImportance 47 · Surprise 22
  APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE · 10-Q · 2026-08-20
  Nine-month research, development and engineering expense increased to $3.055 billion from $2.653 billion, a $402 million or 15.2% year-over-year increase. Third-quarter RD&E expense was $1.100 billion and increased…
• DE — Research and Development ExpenseImportance 30 · Surprise 14
  DEERE & CO · 8-K · 2026-08-20
  Third-quarter research and development expense increased to $567 million from $556 million, a 2% year-over-year increase. Nine-month R&D expense rose 4% to $1.704 billion from $1.631 billion. Construction & Forestry…

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