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How do people measure a year's stock comp? Cash value of vesting RSUs and (value-strikeprice) of options that vest in that year? Or just present value of grant
by rconti 6y ago
How do people measure a year's stock comp? Cash value of vesting RSUs and (value-strikeprice) of options that vest in that year? Or just present value of grants issued in that year?
- hughes 6y agoThis is a good question. With a public company it's easy to treat vested stock comp as cash. I would not expect newly issued grants to be included if they depend on continued employment.
- TomVDB 6y agoI count the yearly issued grants. Whether that's the right way to do it is a matter of perspective but at least it's a number that doesn't constantly change. And with tech stock prices doing what they do, it's been very conservative over the past 4 years...
- pb7 6y agoExactly what appears on your W-2, which is all salary, bonuses, and vested RSUs. For public companies, there is no need to overcomplicate things.
- mdoms 6y agoThis is covered in the article.
- rconti 6y agoI read it again and feel the replies to me register the same confusion; what does it mean when they calculate "stock awarded"? I've been "awarded" stock that never vested, or went down in value.