Emergent BioSolutions (EBS) Tax Rate (2011 - 2026)
Emergent BioSolutions' Tax Rate was -8.36% in Q2 2026, down 36.93 percentage points from 28.57% a year earlier and down 57.61 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Emergent BioSolutions (EBS) Tax Rate (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Emergent BioSolutions' Tax Rate was -21.10% through Jun 30, 2026, down 47.94 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 36.47%, up 69.85 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate shows a five-year change of +10.71 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Tax Rate was -33.38% in FY2024 (-29.37 pp), -4.01% in FY2023 (-7.39 pp), 3.38% in FY2022 (-24.23 pp) and 27.61% in FY2021 (+1.85 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Tax Rate since Q4 2024.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate was higher in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.69 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was Q1 2024 (a gain of 41.56 percentage points); the worst was Q3 2022 (a drop of 57.74 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, EBS's Tax Rate in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 49.25% (Q1 2026), -7.69% (Q4 2025) and 11.11% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eli Lilly | 1,137.66 Bn | 1,106.24 Bn | 19.71 Bn | 23.27% |
| 2 | Johnson & Johnson | 636.13 Bn | 556.00 Bn | 17.30 Bn | - |
| 3 | AbbVie | 505.28 Bn | 478.39 Bn | 12.70 Bn | 15.47% |
| 4 | Merck | 358.10 Bn | 312.48 Bn | 12.21 Bn | - |
| 5 | Novartis Ag | 292.59 Bn | 256.58 Bn | 11.24 Bn | 23.71% |
| 6 | Astrazeneca | 265.81 Bn | 239.50 Bn | 12.86 Bn | 10.40% |
| 7 | Amgen | 237.53 Bn | 192.93 Bn | 7.24 Bn | 14.20% |
| 8 | Gilead Sciences | 194.67 Bn | 168.86 Bn | 6.22 Bn | - |
| 9 | Pfizer | 171.17 Bn | 117.82 Bn | 10.94 Bn | - |
| 10 | Emergent BioSolutions | 321.73 Mn | -429.17 Mn | 137.20 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 49.25% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 11.11% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 26.65% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 19.38% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 25.62% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 30.59% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 36.11% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 18.19% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 27.73% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 28.18% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 23.20% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 34.41% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 26.66% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 200.00% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 2.79% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 23.86% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 34.61% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 27.56% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 31.32% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 23.16% |
API Access
Emergent BioSolutions 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=EBS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "EBS", "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=EBS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();