Edwards Lifesciences (EW) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Edwards Lifesciences (EW) reported Tax Rate of 53.56% for Q2 2026, up 37.49 percentage points from 16.07% a year earlier and up 36.50 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Edwards Lifesciences (EW) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Edwards Lifesciences' Tax Rate came in at 30.97%, up 17.42 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 17.04%, up 7.21 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate has a five-year change of +6.86 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Tax Rate came in at 9.82% in FY2024 (-1.28 pp), 11.10% in FY2023 (-1.76 pp), 12.87% in FY2022 (+1.18 pp) and 11.69% in FY2021 (+1.51 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Tax Rate since Q4 2018.
- Year over year, Tax Rate has now increased in each of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +9.39 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Rate in five years was Q2 2026 (a gain of 37.49 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2022 (a drop of 5.74 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 17.06% (Q1 2026), 28.98% (Q4 2025) and 16.10% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 250.84 Bn | 229.99 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 8.68% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 174.73 Bn | 145.82 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 39.11% |
| 3 | Danaher | 159.85 Bn | 143.67 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 19.29% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 146.79 Bn | 126.35 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 21.94% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 114.54 Bn | 80.41 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 16.34% |
| 6 | Stryker | 105.67 Bn | 91.79 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 18.41% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 63.93 Bn | 58.94 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 14.62% |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 50.12 Bn | 47.27 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 18.41% |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 50.06 Bn | 34.17 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 53.56% |
| 10 | Agilent Technologies | 49.40 Bn | 42.29 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 18.47% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 53.56% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 17.06% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 28.98% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 16.10% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 16.07% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 16.20% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 11.56% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 10.10% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.21% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 12.47% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.29% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 13.60% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 7.60% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 14.58% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.16% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 15.66% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 12.55% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 14.33% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 10.90% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 13.00% |
API Access
Edwards Lifesciences 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=EW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "EW", "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=EW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();