Governance

What is CEO total pay?

What the chief executive was paid for the year: salary, bonuses, the value of shares and options granted, and perks.

How it is calculated

The CEO’s total as the company reports it in its proxy statement, with shares and options valued on the day they were granted.

How to read it

Compare it with peers of similar size and with the company’s own results. A total far above peers with weaker returns is what the say-on-pay vote and the proxy advisers react to.

Keep in mind

Equity awards are counted at their value on the day they were granted, not what they became worth.

Where the numbers come from

Scrutar reads CEO total pay from the company's latest proxy statement (DEF 14A) and the Form 8-K that reports its annual meeting's vote, using the figures the company itself tagged or filed.

More Governance metrics

CEO Pay Actually PaidThe CEO’s pay with stock and option awards re-measured at their value during the year rather than at grant, so it shows what the package was really worth as the share price moved.How to read it →Board IndependenceHow many directors the company says are independent, meaning they have no job, business or family ties to the company that could sway their judgement.How to read it →Say-on-Pay SupportThe share of shareholders’ votes in favor of the executives’ pay at the latest annual meeting.How to read it →

See it for a real company

CEO total pay and every other metric on this page, for every company Scrutar covers, from SEC filings.

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