Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) Tax Rate (2021 - 2025)
Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) reported Tax Rate of 9.09% for Q2 2026, down 51.45 percentage points from 60.54% a year earlier but up 18.47 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) Tax Rate (2021 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Bausch & Lomb's Tax Rate came in at -150.77%, down 184.19 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was -11.04%, up 19.30 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate has a five-year change of -116.90 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Tax Rate came in at -30.34% in FY2024 (+19.06 pp), -49.40% in FY2023 (-128.85 pp), 79.45% in FY2022 (+40.14 pp) and 39.31% in FY2021 (-66.55 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Tax Rate spans a low of -733.33% in Q3 2025 and a high of 546.15% in Q4 2025.
- Year over year, Tax Rate gained in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +13.30 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Rate in five years was Q4 2025 (a gain of 466.15 percentage points); the low point was Q3 2025 (a drop of 847.13 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at -9.38% (Q1 2026), 546.15% (Q4 2025) and -733.33% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 249.71 Bn | 228.86 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 8.68% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 171.00 Bn | 142.08 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 39.11% |
| 3 | Danaher | 155.79 Bn | 139.61 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 19.29% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 143.91 Bn | 123.46 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 21.94% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 110.42 Bn | 76.29 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 16.34% |
| 6 | Stryker | 105.71 Bn | 91.82 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 18.41% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 63.26 Bn | 58.27 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 14.62% |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 49.80 Bn | 33.91 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 53.56% |
| 9 | Becton Dickinson | 48.78 Bn | 45.93 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 18.41% |
| 10 | Bausch & Lomb | 6.07 Bn | 4.81 Bn | 867.00 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 546.15% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 178.95% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 74.07% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 20.69% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 37.21% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 28.41% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 31.34% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 61.04% |
API Access
Bausch & Lomb Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=BLCO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "BLCO", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=BLCO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();