Post #2960 by lizgdal on the Mechanical Investing board

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Looking at all U.S. exchange-listed Ordinary Common Shares (security types 10!11!12) paints a similar picture. R&D as a percentage of sales was about 1.5% until 2009, then it started to climb, and has now more than doubled to 3.4%.

  Date    RDS
20241230  3.4%
20231229  3.0%
20221230  2.9%
20211231  2.8%
20201231  2.8%
20191231  2.4%
20181231  2.3%
20171229  2.2%
20161230  2.2%
20151231  2.0%
20141231  1.8%
20131231  1.7%
20121231  1.7%
20111230  1.6%
20101231  1.6%
20091231  1.7%
 
          1.5%  average 1997 to 2008
          1.6%  maximum 1997 to 2008

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