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
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |