Upstart Holdings (UPST) Tax Rate (2020 - 2026)
Upstart Holdings (UPST) posted quarterly Tax Rate of 1.28% for Q1 2026, down 8.0% YoY from 1.39% in Q1 2025, and down 146.63% sequentially from 2.75% in Q4 2025.
Upstart Holdings (UPST) Tax Rate (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Upstart Holdings has disclosed Tax Rate across 7 years of filings, most recently posting 1.28% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Tax Rate fell 8.0% year-over-year to 1.28%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 1.56% (up 186.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 1.34%, up 148.0% from the prior year.
- Tax Rate slipped to 1.28% in Q1 2026, from 2.75% in the prior quarter.
- Over the last five years, Tax Rate for UPST reached as high as 2.75% in Q4 2025 and fell as low as 4.2% in Q4 2024.
- The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 0.02% (2023), against an average of 0.17%.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Tax Rate tumbled 405 bps — and 2025, when it surged 694 bps.
- A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 0.83% in 2022, then tumbled by 118 bps to 0.15% in 2023, then sank by 2721 bps to 4.2% in 2024, then surged by 165 bps to 2.75% in 2025, then slumped by 147 bps to 1.28% in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate over the past three periods registered 1.28%, 2.75%, and 0.39% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Visa | 587.74 Bn | 575.34 Bn | - | 16.07% |
| 2 | Mastercard | 465.55 Bn | 455.34 Bn | - | 19.33% |
| 3 | American Express | 238.39 Bn | 184.35 Bn | 17.43 Bn | 21.36% |
| 4 | PayPal Holdings | 40.24 Bn | 30.89 Bn | 7.84 Bn | 20.10% |
| 5 | Affirm Holdings | 28.27 Bn | 26.55 Bn | 261.64 Mn | 4.19% |
| 6 | SoFi Technologies | 23.54 Bn | 20.13 Bn | 929.25 Mn | 16.45% |
| 7 | Ally Financial | 14.34 Bn | 13.89 Bn | 1.98 Bn | 20.25% |
| 8 | Credit Acceptance | 7.51 Bn | 7.49 Bn | 562.70 Mn | 22.29% |
| 9 | FinVolution | 6.22 Bn | 4.97 Bn | 311.24 Mn | -17.46% |
| 10 | Upstart Holdings | 3.46 Bn | 2.99 Bn | 221.97 Mn | -1.28% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -1.28% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -1.28% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.75% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.75% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.39% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.39% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.87% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.87% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -1.20% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -1.20% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -4.20% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -4.20% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -0.67% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -0.67% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -0.03% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -0.03% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -0.02% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -0.02% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -0.15% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -0.15% |