Medtronic Tax benefit decreased by 37.9% to $18.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 5.9%, from $17.00M to $18.00M. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
An increase in tax benefits generally follows periods of high option exercise activity.
The total income tax benefit realized by the company resulting from the exercise or vesting of share-based compensation...
Standard tax disclosure; highly correlated with the volume and value of employee equity exercises.
other_employee_service_share_based_compensation_tax_bene_20cafc| Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q1 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q3 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $11.00M | $26.00M | $13.00M | $11.00M | $26.00M | $14.00M | $11.00M | $25.00M | $14.00M | $13.00M | $25.00M | $17.00M | $15.00M | $29.00M | $18.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +136.4% | -50.0% | -15.4% | +136.4% | -46.2% | -21.4% | +127.3% | -44.0% | -7.1% | +92.3% | -32.0% | -11.8% | +93.3% | -37.9% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +7.7% | +0.0% | -3.8% | +0.0% | +18.2% | +0.0% | +21.4% | +15.4% | +16.0% | +5.9% |