Boston Scientific BSX
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Boston Scientific (BSX) Current Deferred Tax Assets (2009 - 2019)

Updated

Boston Scientific's Current Deferred Tax Assets was $4.2 billion in Q4 2019, compared with $161 million a year earlier.

Analysis

Boston Scientific (BSX) Current Deferred Tax Assets (2009 - 2019) Analysis & Trends

From Q2 2009 onward, Boston Scientific has reported Current Deferred Tax Assets for 43 quarters.

  • Current Deferred Tax Assets shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 56.5% (FY2014 to FY2019).
  • In earlier years, Current Deferred Tax Assets was $161 million in FY2018 (+143.9%), $66 million in FY2017 (-12.0%), $75 million in FY2016 (-84.9%) and $496 million in FY2015 (+11.0%).
  • The Q4 2019 figure marks the highest quarterly Current Deferred Tax Assets in data going back to Q2 2009.
  • Compared with a year earlier, Current Deferred Tax Assets was higher in four of the last seven quarters, with growth averaging 126.4%.
  • The best year-over-year quarter for Current Deferred Tax Assets over five years was Q3 2019 (growth of 339.5%); the worst was Q4 2016 (a decline of 84.9%).
  • Per Business Quant data, BSX's Current Deferred Tax Assets in the three quarters before Q4 2019 was $189 million (Q3 2019), $175 million (Q2 2019) and $163 million (Q1 2019).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Thermo Fisher Scientific 249.71 Bn 228.86 Bn 4.88 Bn
2 Abbott Laboratories 171.00 Bn 142.08 Bn 7.27 Bn
3 Danaher 155.79 Bn 139.61 Bn 3.61 Bn
4 Intuitive Surgical 143.91 Bn 123.46 Bn 1.96 Bn
5 Medtronic 110.42 Bn 76.29 Bn 6.34 Bn
6 Stryker 105.71 Bn 91.82 Bn 4.50 Bn
7 Boston Scientific 63.26 Bn 58.27 Bn 3.85 Bn
8 Edwards Lifesciences 49.80 Bn 33.91 Bn 1.35 Bn
9 Becton Dickinson 48.78 Bn 45.93 Bn 2.32 Bn
10 Agilent Technologies 48.58 Bn 41.47 Bn 1.04 Bn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2019 4.20 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 189.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 175.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 163.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 161.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 43.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 46.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 50.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 66.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 76.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 75.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 65.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 75.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 84.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 78.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 76.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 496.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 367.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 316.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 339.00 Mn
API Access

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