What is Wayfair's tax on share settlement?

Wayfair (W) reported tax on share settlement of $29M in Q1 2026.

What does tax on share settlement mean?

Cash paid to tax authorities to cover employee tax obligations resulting from equity award vesting.

How do you interpret tax on share settlement?

An increase often correlates with higher levels of stock-based compensation or higher share prices at the time of vesting.

How does tax on share settlement compare across companies?

Standard for public companies with significant stock-based compensation; peers in the tech sector typically show higher values.

Wayfair W Tax on Share Settlement

Tax on Share Settlement at other companies

TargetTGT

$89M+48.3%

Williams-SonomaWSM

$93.6M+43.2%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.9B+7.4%

Gross profit$880.0M+5.1%

Operating income-$11.0M+91.0%

Net income-$105.0M+7.1%

EPS (diluted)-$0.80+10.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.0B-25.0%

Total debt$3.6B-7.1%

Total equity-$2.8B-1.2%

Total assets$2.9B-16.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$52.0M+45.8%

CapEx$25.0M+400%

Free cash flow-$77.0M+23.8%

Valuation

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Market cap$11.68B+142%

Enterprise value$14.32B+87.7%

P/S0.9×+0.5×

Profitability

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Gross margin30.1%-0.2pp

Operating margin1%+0.6pp

Net margin-2.4%-0.4pp

FCF margin3.9%+1.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-380.2%—

Debt / equity135.6×—

Current ratio0.8×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Wayfair in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation.

The official record: Wayfair’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Wayfair's tax on share settlement?: Wayfair (W) reported tax on share settlement of $29M in Q1 2026.
What does tax on share settlement mean?: Cash paid to tax authorities to cover employee tax obligations resulting from equity award vesting.
How do you interpret tax on share settlement?: An increase often correlates with higher levels of stock-based compensation or higher share prices at the time of vesting.
How does tax on share settlement compare across companies?: Standard for public companies with significant stock-based compensation; peers in the tech sector typically show higher values.