Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Intuitive Surgical's Tax Rate came in at 21.54% for Q3 2026, up 4.47 percentage points from 17.07% a year earlier but down 0.40 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Intuitive Surgical reported Tax Rate of 17.85%, up 5.20 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 13.13%, up 0.55 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate carries a five-year change of +1.51 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Tax Rate was 12.58% in FY2024 (+5.35 pp), 7.23% in FY2023 (-9.10 pp), 16.33% in FY2022 (+7.75 pp) and 8.58% in FY2021 (-3.03 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Tax Rate is 8.20% (Q1 2022) to 22.93% (Q2 2022).
- The fastest year-over-year change in Tax Rate over five years came in Q2 2022 (a gain of 22.32 percentage points), and the weakest in Q2 2023 (a drop of 8.27 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows ISRG's Tax Rate at 21.94% (Q2 2026), 12.17% (Q1 2026) and 16.34% (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 248.10 Bn | 227.13 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 8.68% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 179.98 Bn | 150.41 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 39.11% |
| 3 | Danaher | 160.03 Bn | 143.83 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 19.29% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 159.32 Bn | 139.61 Bn | 2.08 Bn | 21.54% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 122.82 Bn | 88.07 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 16.34% |
| 6 | Stryker | 118.08 Bn | 104.20 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 18.41% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 66.94 Bn | 61.71 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 14.62% |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 54.67 Bn | 51.82 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 18.41% |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 51.75 Bn | 35.75 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 53.56% |
| 10 | Agilent Technologies | 48.21 Bn | 41.10 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 18.47% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 21.54% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 21.94% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 12.17% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 16.34% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 17.07% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 20.18% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 15.04% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 14.96% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 18.79% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 19.58% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 14.66% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 14.46% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 14.69% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 19.39% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 22.93% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 8.20% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 15.74% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 16.03% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.61% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 3.03% |
Intuitive Surgical 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=ISRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "ISRG", "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=ISRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();