Novavax (NVAX) Tax Rate (2022 - 2025)
Novavax's Tax Rate was -3.31% in Q2 2026, down 4.19 percentage points from 0.88% a year earlier but up 8.27 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Novavax (NVAX) Tax Rate (2022 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Novavax's Tax Rate was -0.98% through Jun 30, 2026, down 2.97 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 0.42%, up 6.58 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate shows a four-year change of +2.13 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Tax Rate was -6.16% in FY2024 (-5.79 pp), -0.37% in FY2023 (+0.28 pp), -0.66% in FY2022 (+1.05 pp) and -1.70% in FY2021.
- Quarterly Tax Rate has moved between -11.58% (Q1 2026) and 2.10% (Q4 2025) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate was higher in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.48 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was Q4 2025 (a gain of 12.22 percentage points); the worst was Q1 2026 (a drop of 11.81 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, NVAX's Tax Rate in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was -11.58% (Q1 2026), 2.10% (Q4 2025) and 0.32% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnson & Johnson | 645.01 Bn | 563.54 Bn | 17.26 Bn | 17.98% |
| 2 | AbbVie | 465.23 Bn | 438.39 Bn | 12.70 Bn | 15.47% |
| 3 | Merck | 368.40 Bn | 322.83 Bn | 12.21 Bn | - |
| 4 | Novartis Ag | 278.02 Bn | 233.89 Bn | 11.24 Bn | - |
| 5 | Astrazeneca | 254.57 Bn | 228.13 Bn | 12.86 Bn | - |
| 6 | Amgen | 229.02 Bn | 184.42 Bn | 7.24 Bn | 14.20% |
| 7 | Gilead Sciences | 187.74 Bn | 161.85 Bn | 6.22 Bn | - |
| 8 | Pfizer | 163.75 Bn | 110.70 Bn | 10.94 Bn | - |
| 9 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | 133.45 Bn | 105.45 Bn | 2.84 Bn | 20.98% |
| 10 | Novavax | 1.78 Bn | -1.22 Bn | 42.45 Mn | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.10% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.88% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.23% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.34% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.29% |
Novavax 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=NVAX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "NVAX", "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=NVAX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();