Moody's Tax on Share Settlement increased by 985.7% to $76.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 43.4%, from $53.00M to $76.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Tax on Share Settlement shows an upward trend with a 4.5% 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 | |
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| Value | $28.00M | $3.00M | $1.00M | $58.00M | $25.00M | $2.00M | $2.00M | $45.00M | $19.00M | $3.00M | $4.00M | $53.00M | $29.00M | $3.00M | $6.00M | $53.00M | $35.00M | $4.00M | $7.00M | $76.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -89.3% | -66.7% | >999% | -56.9% | -92.0% | +0.0% | >999% | -57.8% | -84.2% | +33.3% | >999% | -45.3% | -89.7% | +100.0% | +783.3% | -34.0% | -88.6% | +75.0% | +985.7% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -10.7% | -33.3% | +100.0% | -22.4% | -24.0% | +50.0% | +100.0% | +17.8% | +52.6% | +0.0% | +50.0% | +0.0% | +20.7% | +33.3% | +16.7% | +43.4% |