Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL) Tax Rate (2009 - 2025)
Comtech Telecommunications' Tax Rate came in at -58.03% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Apr 30, 2026), down 52.43 percentage points from -5.60% a year earlier and down 57.91 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL) Tax Rate (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Apr 30, 2026, Comtech Telecommunications reported Tax Rate of -10.02%, down 10.63 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Jul 31, 2025), it came in at 0.05%, down 0.24 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate carries a five-year change of -24.55 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by fiscal year, Tax Rate was 0.29% in FY2024 (-12.50 pp), 12.80% in FY2023 (+1.95 pp), 10.85% in FY2022 (+8.85 pp) and 2.00% in FY2021 (-22.60 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Tax Rate since fiscal Q2 2024.
- Year-over-year, Tax Rate has declined for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -10.66 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Tax Rate over five years came in fiscal Q2 2025 (a gain of 232.50 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q2 2024 (a drop of 234.97 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows CMTL's Tax Rate at -0.12% (Q2 2026), -2.86% (Q1 2026) and 6.56% (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | 4,812.19 Bn | 4,559.68 Bn | 54.77 Bn | 17.86% |
| 2 | Cisco Systems | 421.99 Bn | 357.91 Bn | 11.06 Bn | 21.77% |
| 3 | Dell Technologies | 345.43 Bn | 301.18 Bn | 9.83 Bn | 19.45% |
| 4 | Arista Networks | 255.77 Bn | 209.23 Bn | 1.91 Bn | 19.37% |
| 5 | Sandisk | 252.54 Bn | 241.07 Bn | 7.58 Bn | 12.05% |
| 6 | Seagate Technology Holdings | 207.16 Bn | 202.15 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 14.02% |
| 7 | Western Digital | 163.71 Bn | 151.83 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 1.60% |
| 8 | Sony | 143.72 Bn | 94.11 Bn | 6.53 Bn | 26.70% |
| 9 | Lumentum Holdings | 86.25 Bn | 78.06 Bn | 477.30 Mn | - |
| 10 | Comtech Telecommunications | 41.35 Mn | -103.63 Mn | 36.07 Mn | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2025 | 6.56% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 7.28% |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 28.52% |
| Jul 31, 2020 | 41.14% |
| Jan 31, 2020 | 24.22% |
| Oct 31, 2019 | 15.20% |
| Jul 31, 2019 | 25.30% |
| Apr 30, 2019 | 16.89% |
| Jan 31, 2019 | 23.25% |
| Jul 31, 2018 | 44.08% |
| Apr 30, 2018 | 27.22% |
| Jul 31, 2017 | 39.85% |
| Apr 30, 2017 | 39.50% |
| Jan 31, 2017 | 34.61% |
| Jul 31, 2016 | 16.66% |
| Jan 31, 2016 | 23.25% |
| Oct 31, 2015 | 34.74% |
| Jul 31, 2015 | 32.62% |
| Apr 30, 2015 | 31.06% |
| Jan 31, 2015 | 28.74% |
Comtech Telecommunications 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=CMTL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "CMTL", "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=CMTL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();