Veeva Systems Excess tax benefits from employee stock plans decreased by 74.4% to $1.97M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 47.7%, from $3.77M to $1.97M. Over 4 years (FY 2022 to FY 2026), Excess tax benefits from employee stock plans shows a downward trend with a -18.1% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
An increase indicates higher employee stock option exercise activity and greater cash tax savings, while a decrease suggests lower exercise activity or a narrowing gap between market and grant prices.
This metric represents the tax savings realized by a company when the actual tax deduction from employee stock option ex...
Commonly reported by high-growth technology and software companies with significant stock-based compensation programs, though variability depends heavily on stock price performance and employee vesting schedules.
supplemental_excess_tax_benefit_from_employee_stock_plans| Q1 '21 | Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
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| Value | $17.45M | $17.61M | $10.40M | $10.71M | $4.91M | $2.09M | $888.00K | $74.12M | $62.09M | $3.21M | $3.28M | $2.47M | $3.12M | $1.14M | $898.00K | $3.77M | $2.58M | $13.03M | $7.69M | $1.97M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.9% | -40.9% | +2.9% | -54.2% | -57.3% | -57.6% | >999% | -16.2% | -94.8% | +2.0% | -24.5% | +26.2% | -63.4% | -21.3% | +320.0% | -31.6% | +405.3% | -41.0% | -74.4% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -71.9% | -88.1% | -91.5% | +592.2% | >999% | +53.3% | +268.8% | -96.7% | -95.0% | -64.5% | -72.6% | +52.5% | -17.4% | >999% | +756.6% | -47.7% |