Discontinued — last reported Q3 '25
Deferred Tax Assets
FedEx Deferred Tax Assets decreased by 1.4% to $3.84B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 10.8%, from $4.31B to $3.84B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Deferred Tax Assets shows relatively stable performance with a 1.7% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increase can signal future tax efficiency or the utilization of past losses, while a decrease may indicate the realization of those benefits.
Detailed definition
These are assets on the balance sheet that represent future tax savings resulting from temporary differences between the...
Peer comparison
Common in large, capital-intensive companies; peers with significant R&D spending often have large deferred tax assets from tax credits.
deferred_tax_assetsHistorical Data
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $3.93B | $3.97B | $4.16B | $4.33B | $4.09B | $4.13B | $4.19B | $4.31B | $4.49B | $4.45B | $4.39B | $4.38B | $4.48B | $4.49B | $4.44B | $4.31B | $4.21B | $4.05B | $3.90B | $3.84B |
| QoQ Change | — | +1.1% | +4.9% | +4.1% | -5.5% | +1.0% | +1.3% | +3.0% | +4.1% | -0.9% | -1.4% | -0.2% | +2.4% | +0.1% | -1.1% | -2.9% | -2.4% | -3.7% | -3.8% | -1.4% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +4.2% | +4.2% | +0.6% | -0.4% | +9.7% | +7.6% | +4.7% | +1.5% | -0.2% | +0.8% | +1.1% | -1.6% | -6.2% | -9.7% | -12.2% | -10.8% |
Deferred Tax Assets at Other Companies
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is FedEx's deferred tax assets?
- FedEx (FDX) reported deferred tax assets of $3.84B in Q4 2025.
- How has FedEx's deferred tax assets changed year-over-year?
- FedEx's deferred tax assets decreased by 10.8% year-over-year, from $4.31B to $3.84B.
- What is the long-term trend for FedEx's deferred tax assets?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), FedEx's deferred tax assets has grown at a 1.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $3.93B to $4.21B.
- What does deferred tax assets mean?
- Future tax savings that the company expects to realize due to past accounting differences or tax losses.