Wave Life Sciences WVE
NASDAQ WVE
$4.84 +0.14 (+2.87%)
As of: Sep 4, 2026 · 2:26 PM EDT

Wave Life Sciences (WVE) Tax Rate (2014 - 2023)

Wave Life Sciences' (WVE) quarterly Tax Rate came in at 0.14% in Q4 2023, up 144.0% YoY from 0.06% in Q4 2022, and up 98.67% on a QoQ basis from 10.65% in Q3 2023.

Analysis

Wave Life Sciences (WVE) Tax Rate (2014 - 2023) Analysis & Trends

Wave Life Sciences (WVE) has 9 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 0.14% in Q4 2023.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate rose 144.0% year-over-year to 0.14% in Q4 2023, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2024 was 0.02% (down 4.0% YoY) and the FY2023 annual result came in at 1.16%, up 159.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate improved to 0.14% in Q4 2023, from 10.65% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 2.84% in Q4 2020 to a low of 10.65% in Q3 2023.
  • A 4-year average of 1.79% and a median of 0.14% in 2023 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Tax Rate slumped 226 bps — and 2023, when it soared 144 bps.
  • Tracing WVE's Tax Rate over 4 years: stood at 2.84% in 2020, then tumbled by 79 bps to 0.58% in 2021, then plunged by 371 bps to 1.58% in 2022, then jumped by 91 bps to 0.14% in 2023.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 0.14% (Q4 2023), 10.65% (Q3 2023), and 1.58% (Q4 2022), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Vertex Pharmaceuticals 138.78 Bn 130.92 Bn 2.84 Bn 20.98%
2 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 85.50 Bn 77.51 Bn 3.93 Bn 15.11%
3 Argenx Se 63.51 Bn 58.32 Bn 1.37 Bn -10.89%
4 Moderna 58.06 Bn 52.92 Bn 52.00 Mn -1.96%
5 Revolution Medicines 44.04 Bn 44.04 Bn - -
6 BeOne Medicines 40.04 Bn 34.94 Bn 1.53 Bn 24.15%
7 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals 35.45 Bn 32.14 Bn 992.69 Mn 7.49%
8 Royalty Pharma 28.41 Bn 27.57 Bn - -
9 Insmed 27.42 Bn 26.26 Bn 358.27 Mn -16.71%
10 Wave Life Sciences 986.38 Mn 618.37 Mn - -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2023 -0.14%
Sep 30, 2023 -10.65%
Dec 31, 2022 -1.58%
Dec 31, 2021 0.58%
Dec 31, 2020 2.84%
Dec 31, 2018 0.26%
Mar 31, 2018 -0.49%
Dec 31, 2017 0.62%
Sep 30, 2017 1.61%
Jun 30, 2017 -1.41%
Mar 31, 2017 -5.55%
Dec 31, 2016 -4.04%
Sep 30, 2016 -2.24%
Jun 30, 2016 -0.42%
Mar 31, 2016 0.06%
Dec 31, 2015 1.91%
Sep 30, 2015 -1.71%
Jun 30, 2015 -1.34%
Mar 31, 2015 -1.46%
Dec 31, 2014 0.57%