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Q4 (TSX:QFOR) Research & Development : C$21.28 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Q4 Research & Development?

Research & Development is the aggregate amount of research and development expenses during the year. Q4's Research & Development for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was C$4.21 Mil. Its Research & Development for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was C$21.28 Mil.


Q4 Research & Development Historical Data

The historical data trend for Q4's Research & Development can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Q4 Research & Development Chart

Q4 Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Research & Development
2.76 4.31 8.38 14.19 24.74

Q4 Quarterly Data
Dec18 Dec19 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
Research & Development Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.52 5.71 5.88 5.48 4.21

Q4 Research & Development Calculation

This is the expense the company spent on research and development.

Research & Development for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was C$21.28 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Q4  (TSX:QFOR) Research & Development Explanation

If competitive advantage is created by a patent or tech advantage, at some point it will disappear.

High R&D usually dictates high SG&A which threatens the competitive advantage.


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Q4 (TSX:QFOR) Business Description

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Q4 Inc is a provider of a capital markets communication software platform. It offers a broad suite of products to publicly listed companies, investment managers and investment banks along with a variety of workflows, including investor relations, corporate access, deal management and research. The company's cloud-based software platform of products provides corporate customers with critical technology infrastructure and data that may be used to support their investor relations teams through website, virtual events, CRM and analytics products. The group delivers services primarily over the internet on a subscription basis using the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. It derives revenue from Canada, the U.S., Europe and Other countries, of which a majority of revenue is derived from the U.S.

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