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research_and_development

R&D spend for the quarter. NULL for companies that don't report R&D as a line item.

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At a glance

Typebigint
GroupFundamentals
CategoryIncome statement
UnitUSD
Update cadencepost-close daily
Intervals1d
Universeall tickers
Historyfull · since 2009
Nullableyes — NULL where not applicable

Income-statement lines as reported, EPS, and their growth rates.

Query it

Every applicable form factor, grouped by endpoint family. Swap YOUR_KEY for the value from /dashboard/keys. Response payloads are real captures, sampled 2026-08-18 and trimmed — your run's values and dates will differ.

Use signals /v2/signals/{signal}

One signal across the market: who matches now, who matched then, and a push when someone starts. Docs →

Live — every ticker with research_and_development above a cutoff
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/research_and_development" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 325000000" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:25:35.509Z",
 "signal": "research_and_development",
 "condition": "> 325000000",
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "AMZN",
   "name": "Amazon.Com Inc",
   "value": 33158000000
  },
  {
   "ticker": "META",
   "name": "Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock",
   "value": 21656000000
  }
 ]
}
As-of — the same read at a past date
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/research_and_development" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 325000000" \
  -d "asof=2026-05-20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-05-20",
 "signal": "research_and_development",
 "condition": "> 325000000",
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "META",
   "name": "Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock",
   "value": 17699000000
  },
  {
   "ticker": "GOOG",
   "name": "Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock",
   "value": 15151000000
  }
 ]
}
Subscribe — webhook when a ticker starts matching
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/research_and_development/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"condition": "> 325000000", "target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'

Returns 201 with the created webhook — the same shape as GET /v2/webhooks/{id}, plus a one-time signing_secret for HMAC verification.

Use scan /v2/scan

The whole market through a WHERE clause — this signal composed freely with any other column. Docs →

Live — the whole market, ranked by this column
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  --data-urlencode "q=research_and_development IS NOT NULL" \
  -d "order=research_and_development" -d "columns=research_and_development" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:25:38.014Z",
 "query": {
  "q": "research_and_development IS NOT NULL",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "research_and_development",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "research_and_development"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "AMZN",
   "name": "Amazon.Com Inc",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 261.106,
   "day_change_pct": -0.0059,
   "gap_pct": 0.0106,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": 2833025259685,
   "research_and_development": 33158000000
  },
  {
   "ticker": "META",
   "name": "Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 568.317,
   "day_change_pct": -0.0365,
   "gap_pct": -0.0002,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": 1502646546816,
   "research_and_development": 21656000000
  }
 ]
}
As-of — the same scan at a past date
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  --data-urlencode "q=research_and_development IS NOT NULL" \
  -d "order=research_and_development" -d "columns=research_and_development" \
  -d "asof=2026-05-20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-05-20",
 "query": {
  "q": "research_and_development IS NOT NULL",
  "asof": "2026-05-20",
  "interval": "auto",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "research_and_development",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "research_and_development"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "META",
   "name": "Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 605.06,
   "day_change_pct": 0.40656477655530643,
   "gap_pct": -0.30782761653474355,
   "relative_volume": 0.7489908890002734,
   "market_cap": 1551373840000,
   "research_and_development": 17699000000
  },
  {
   "ticker": "GOOG",
   "name": "Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 384.9,
   "day_change_pct": 0,
   "gap_pct": 0.036373083917911976,
   "relative_volume": 0.9217730029831485,
   "market_cap": 4696934700000,
   "research_and_development": 15151000000
  }
 ]
}
Subscribe — webhook on a market-wide condition
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"q": "research_and_development > 325000000", "target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'

Returns 201 with the created webhook object; deliveries carry the tickers matching the condition at each evaluation.

Use series /v2/series

Its history over time, on one aligned grid. Docs →

History — the column on an aligned time grid
curl "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/series?tickers=AAPL,MSFT&columns=close,research_and_development" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:25:40.796Z",
 "interval": "1d",
 "tickers": [
  "AAPL",
  "MSFT"
 ],
 "columns": [
  "close",
  "research_and_development"
 ],
 "count": 6,
 "series": {
  "AAPL": [
   {
    "t": "2026-08-12",
    "close": 302.25,
    "research_and_development": 11419000000
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-13",
    "close": 305.26,
    "research_and_development": 11419000000
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-14",
    "close": 305.93,
    "research_and_development": 11419000000
   }
  ],
  "MSFT": [
   {
    "t": "2026-08-12",
    "close": 492.43,
    "research_and_development": 9997000000
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-13",
    "close": 496.88,
    "research_and_development": 9997000000
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-14",
    "close": 495.4,
    "research_and_development": 9997000000
   }
  ]
 }
}

Same grammar on scan, series, and webhooks; state reads take ?asof= for point-in-time answers.

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