Target Tax on Share Settlement increased by 50.0% to $3.00M in Q3 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 25.0%, from $4.00M to $3.00M. Over 3 years (FY 2022 to FY 2025), Tax on Share Settlement shows a downward trend with a -16.2% 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.
cf_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 | |
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| Value | $42.00M | $42.00M | $42.00M | $171.00M | $4.00M | $4.00M | $1.00M | $118.00M | $3.00M | $3.00M | $3.00M | $91.00M | $3.00M | $4.00M | $1.00M | $60.00M | $2.00M | $3.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +307.1% | -97.7% | +0.0% | -75.0% | >999% | -97.5% | +0.0% | +0.0% | >999% | -96.7% | +33.3% | -75.0% | >999% | -96.7% | +50.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -90.5% | -90.5% | -97.6% | -31.0% | -25.0% | -25.0% | +200.0% | -22.9% | +0.0% | +33.3% | -66.7% | -34.1% | -33.3% | -25.0% |