Cooper Companies (COO) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Cooper Companies (COO) reported Tax Rate of -114.47% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 149.76 percentage points from 35.29% a year earlier and down 53.52 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Cooper Companies (COO) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jul 31, 2026, Cooper Companies' Tax Rate came in at -23.33%, down 57.38 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Oct 31, 2025), it was 33.82%, up 1.19 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate has increased for four consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of +23.28 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Tax Rate came in at 32.63% in FY2024 (+3.88 pp), 28.75% in FY2023 (+9.92 pp), 18.83% in FY2022 (+517.96 pp) and -499.13% in FY2021 (-509.67 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Tax Rate since fiscal Q3 2021.
- Year over year, Tax Rate has now declined in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -29.56 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Rate in five years was fiscal Q1 2022 (a gain of 1427.99 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q3 2026 (a drop of 149.76 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at -60.95% (Q2 2026), 31.95% (Q1 2026) and 27.57% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 250.13 Bn | 229.16 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 8.68% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 180.31 Bn | 150.74 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 39.11% |
| 3 | Danaher | 162.34 Bn | 146.15 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 19.29% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 158.13 Bn | 138.42 Bn | 2.08 Bn | 21.54% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 122.37 Bn | 87.63 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 16.34% |
| 6 | Stryker | 117.89 Bn | 104.00 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 18.41% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 67.15 Bn | 61.92 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 14.62% |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 54.68 Bn | 51.83 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 18.41% |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 51.43 Bn | 35.44 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 53.56% |
| 10 | Cooper Companies | 11.82 Bn | 11.29 Bn | 711.90 Mn | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 | 31.95% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 27.57% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 35.29% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 39.31% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 31.96% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 30.31% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 36.04% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 31.62% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 32.33% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 20.58% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 28.20% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 39.33% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 30.71% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 9.39% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 16.11% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 22.66% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 21.82% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 9.29% |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 13.86% |
| Oct 31, 2020 | 13.34% |
Cooper Companies 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=COO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "COO", "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=COO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();