BioNTech SE (BNTX) Tax Rate (2020 - 2024)
BioNTech SE's Tax Rate was -4.41% in Q2 2026, down 0.42 percentage points from -4.00% a year earlier but up 1.96 percentage points from the prior quarter.
BioNTech SE (BNTX) Tax Rate (2020 - 2024) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, BioNTech SE's Tax Rate was 3.49% through Jun 30, 2026, up 14.72 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was -8.12%, down 9.95 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate shows a five-year change of +102.31 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Tax Rate was 1.83% in FY2024 (-19.74 pp), 21.57% in FY2023 (+48.74 pp), -27.17% in FY2022 (+4.42 pp) and -31.59% in FY2021 (+78.83 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has moved between -216.19% (Q3 2025) and 34.12% (Q4 2025) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate was higher in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -15.97 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was Q3 2024 (a gain of 54.20 percentage points); the worst was Q3 2025 (a drop of 241.02 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, BNTX's Tax Rate in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was -6.37% (Q1 2026), 34.12% (Q4 2025) and -216.19% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eli Lilly | 1,136.97 Bn | 1,105.55 Bn | 19.71 Bn | 23.27% |
| 2 | Johnson & Johnson | 619.72 Bn | 538.25 Bn | 17.26 Bn | 17.98% |
| 3 | AbbVie | 503.40 Bn | 476.52 Bn | 12.70 Bn | 15.47% |
| 4 | Merck | 370.15 Bn | 324.53 Bn | 12.21 Bn | - |
| 5 | Novartis Ag | 298.64 Bn | 262.63 Bn | 11.24 Bn | 23.71% |
| 6 | Astrazeneca | 261.07 Bn | 234.76 Bn | 12.86 Bn | 10.40% |
| 7 | Amgen | 237.00 Bn | 192.40 Bn | 7.24 Bn | 14.20% |
| 8 | Gilead Sciences | 191.24 Bn | 165.43 Bn | 6.22 Bn | - |
| 9 | Pfizer | 170.31 Bn | 116.96 Bn | 10.94 Bn | - |
| 10 | BioNTech SE | 22.08 Bn | -24.40 Bn | 10.00 Mn | - |
BioNTech SE 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=BNTX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "BNTX", "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=BNTX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();