Coinbase Global, Inc. Tax on Share Settlement increased by 26.5% to $118.93M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 18.6%, from $100.30M to $118.93M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Tax on Share Settlement shows an upward trend with a 11.3% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
Increases generally track with rising stock prices or larger employee equity grants, reflecting the cost of maintaining a share-based incentive program.
Cash outflows related to the withholding of taxes on behalf of employees during the settlement of share-based compensati...
Common in Silicon Valley and high-growth tech firms where equity is a primary component of total compensation.
taxes_paid_for_shares| 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 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $51.67M | $51.47M | $159.66M | $141.83M | $71.30M | $55.61M | $83.12M | $62.50M | $52.90M | $68.57M | $93.84M | $117.23M | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $100.30M | $101.08M | $107.42M | $93.99M | $118.93M |
| QoQ Change | — | -0.4% | +210.2% | -11.2% | -49.7% | -22.0% | +49.5% | -24.8% | -15.4% | +29.6% | +36.8% | +24.9% | -100.0% | — | — | — | +0.8% | +6.3% | -12.5% | +26.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +38.0% | +8.1% | -47.9% | -55.9% | -25.8% | +23.3% | +12.9% | +87.6% | -100.0% | -100.0% | -100.0% | -14.4% | — | — | — | +18.6% |