Stryker (SYK) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Stryker (SYK) reported Tax Rate of 12.35% for Q1 2026, down 204.0% year-over-year from 11.88% in Q1 2025, and down 75.4% quarter-over-quarter from 50.21% in Q4 2025.

Stryker (SYK) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Stryker (SYK) has 18 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 12.35% in Q1 2026.

  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 came in at 12.35%, down 204.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 27.46% (up 1324.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 28.09%, up 1380.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate declined to 12.35% in Q1 2026 per SYK's latest filing, from 50.21% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 50.21% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 3.41% in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 16.51% and a median of 15.47% in 2022 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Tax Rate tumbled 1925 bps in 2023, then jumped 5361 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 26.02% in 2022, then plunged by 74 bps to 6.77% in 2023, then sank by 150 bps to 3.41% in 2024, then jumped by 1573 bps to 50.21% in 2025, then tumbled by 75 bps to 12.35% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows SYK's Tax Rate at 12.35% in Q1 2026, 50.21% in Q4 2025, and 16.52% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Abbott Laboratories 154.42 Bn 147.76 Bn 6.27 Bn 25.67
2 Stryker 118.12 Bn 115.25 Bn 3.81 Bn 12.35
3 Medtronic 101.72 Bn 93.55 Bn 5.76 Bn 18.09
4 Boston Scientific 67.19 Bn 65.98 Bn 3.61 Bn -15.15
5 Edwards Lifesciences 50.69 Bn 47.02 Bn 1.29 Bn 17.06
6 Koninklijke Philips 29.38 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.07 Bn -23.16
7 Dexcom 28.09 Bn 26.97 Bn 750.30 Mn 25.97
8 GE HealthCare Technologies 28.08 Bn 26.02 Bn 1.98 Bn 18.61
9 Steris 19.80 Bn 19.37 Bn 697.10 Mn 27.65
10 Zimmer Biomet Holdings 17.18 Bn 16.77 Bn 1.51 Bn 20.91

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 12.35%
Mar 31, 2026 12.35%
Dec 31, 2025 50.21%
Dec 31, 2025 50.21%
Sep 30, 2025 16.52%
Sep 30, 2025 16.52%
Jun 30, 2025 12.99%
Jun 30, 2025 12.99%
Mar 31, 2025 14.40%
Mar 31, 2025 14.40%
Dec 31, 2024 -3.41%
Dec 31, 2024 -3.41%
Sep 30, 2024 20.04%
Sep 30, 2024 20.04%
Jun 30, 2024 17.33%
Jun 30, 2024 17.33%
Mar 31, 2024 14.63%
Mar 31, 2024 14.63%
Dec 31, 2023 6.77%
Dec 31, 2023 6.77%