Zoetis ZTS
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Zoetis (ZTS) Tax Rate (2012 - 2019)

Updated

Zoetis (ZTS) recorded Tax Rate of 17.99% in Q3 2019, up 1.01 percentage points from 16.99% a year earlier but down 0.47 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Zoetis (ZTS) Tax Rate (2012 - 2019) Analysis & Trends

On a TTM basis, Zoetis' Tax Rate came in at 17.90% as of Sep 30, 2019, down 0.31 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2014, it was 28.41%, up 1.31 percentage points from FY2013.

  • Annual Tax Rate has a three-year change of -8.64 percentage points (FY2011 to FY2014).
  • Across earlier years, Tax Rate came in at 27.10% in FY2013 (-11.49 pp), 38.59% in FY2012 (+1.54 pp) and 37.06% in FY2011.
  • Quarterly Tax Rate has ranged from -33.33% in Q2 2015 to 38.55% in Q1 2016 over the past five years.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Tax Rate has increased for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -5.21 percentage points over the last six quarters.
  • Peak year-over-year performance for Tax Rate in the last five years was a gain of 65.86 percentage points in Q2 2016, against a drop of 63.83 percentage points in Q2 2015 at the low end.
Peer Set

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 Zoetis 29.12 Bn 20.97 Bn 1.05 Bn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2019 17.99%
Jun 30, 2019 18.46%
Mar 31, 2019 18.11%
Sep 30, 2018 16.99%
Jun 30, 2018 12.59%
Mar 31, 2018 16.07%
Oct 1, 2017 28.33%
Jul 2, 2017 28.41%
Apr 2, 2017 29.08%
Oct 2, 2016 28.83%
Jul 3, 2016 32.53%
Apr 3, 2016 38.55%
Sep 27, 2015 30.40%
Mar 29, 2015 28.26%
Dec 31, 2014 18.71%
Sep 28, 2014 29.83%
Jun 29, 2014 30.50%
Mar 30, 2014 31.72%
Dec 31, 2013 17.46%
Sep 29, 2013 29.19%
API Access

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