LifeStance Health (LFST) Tax Rate (2025 - 2026)
LifeStance Health (LFST) reported Tax Rate of 14.00% for Q2 2026, down 22.20 percentage points from 36.20% a year earlier and down 13.92 percentage points from the prior quarter.
LifeStance Health (LFST) Tax Rate (2025 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, LifeStance Health's Tax Rate came in at 24.47%, down 1.00 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 21.84%, up 21.54 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate has a five-year change of -1.62 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Tax Rate came in at 0.30% in FY2024 (-9.54 pp), 9.84% in FY2023 (+2.46 pp), 7.38% in FY2022 (-0.40 pp) and 7.78% in FY2021 (-15.68 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Tax Rate since Q3 2024.
- Year over year, Tax Rate gained in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +17.82 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Rate in five years was Q1 2025 (a gain of 149.98 percentage points); the low point was Q1 2026 (a drop of 120.31 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 27.92% (Q1 2026), 23.25% (Q4 2025) and 76.44% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HCA Healthcare | 106.37 Bn | 104.21 Bn | 17.03 Bn | 21.98% |
| 2 | Natera | 45.03 Bn | 40.66 Bn | 513.47 Mn | - |
| 3 | Labcorp Holdings | 30.12 Bn | 28.22 Bn | 1.11 Bn | 19.79% |
| 4 | Quest Diagnostics | 28.44 Bn | 26.52 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 23.80% |
| 5 | Guardant Health | 20.93 Bn | 16.54 Bn | 236.15 Mn | - |
| 6 | BrightSpring Health Services | 14.41 Bn | 11.29 Bn | 518.55 Mn | 22.13% |
| 7 | Tempus AI | 14.27 Bn | 11.42 Bn | 266.70 Mn | - |
| 8 | Encompass Health | 13.98 Bn | 14.44 Bn | 1.54 Bn | 20.71% |
| 9 | Davita | 11.35 Bn | 10.22 Bn | 1.13 Bn | 24.90% |
| 10 | LifeStance Health | 5.59 Mn | -882.61 Mn | 161.40 Mn | 18.31% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 18.31% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 14.00% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 27.92% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 23.25% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 76.44% |
LifeStance Health 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=LFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "LFST", "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=LFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();