Gilead Sciences (GILD) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Gilead Sciences' Tax Rate was 21.67% in Q1 2026, up 1.41 percentage points from 20.25% a year earlier.
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Gilead Sciences (GILD) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Gilead Sciences' Tax Rate was 14.08% through Mar 31, 2026, up 1.48 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 13.13%, down 17.45 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate shows a five-year change of -81.54 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Tax Rate was 30.58% in FY2024 (+12.40 pp), 18.18% in FY2023 (-3.28 pp), 21.47% in FY2022 (-3.63 pp) and 25.09% in FY2021 (-69.58 pp).
- The Q1 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Tax Rate since Q2 2023.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate was higher in two of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.62 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was Q4 2021 (a gain of 35.58 percentage points); the worst was Q3 2021 (a drop of 32.43 percentage points).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eli Lilly | 1,348.13 Bn | 1,321.74 Bn | 20.46 Bn | 23.26% |
| 2 | Johnson & Johnson | 675.90 Bn | 595.76 Bn | 17.30 Bn | - |
| 3 | AbbVie | 519.45 Bn | 487.50 Bn | 13.12 Bn | 12.61% |
| 4 | Merck | 364.95 Bn | 327.95 Bn | 13.19 Bn | 8.85% |
| 5 | Novartis Ag | 311.58 Bn | 285.16 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Astrazeneca | 289.34 Bn | 262.94 Bn | 13.26 Bn | - |
| 7 | Amgen | 251.64 Bn | 203.30 Bn | 7.58 Bn | 17.54% |
| 8 | Gilead Sciences | 212.05 Bn | 187.07 Bn | 6.73 Bn | 20.70% |
| 9 | Pfizer | 167.35 Bn | 115.00 Bn | 12.56 Bn | 3.96% |
| 10 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | 138.90 Bn | 106.64 Bn | 2.91 Bn | 16.57% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 20.70% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 21.67% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 16.18% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 19.27% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 20.25% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 17.77% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 21.33% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 14.34% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 6.30% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 34.57% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 24.31% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 19.60% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 26.56% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 24.48% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 50.46% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 24.78% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 16.51% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 23.94% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 14.88% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 57.21% |
API Access
Gilead Sciences Tax Rate API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=GILD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "GILD", "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=GILD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();