Capital Allocation

What is Stock-based Compensation?

The value of shares and options granted to employees. It is a real cost paid in ownership rather than cash, so it dilutes existing holders.

How it is calculated

Share-based compensation expense added back on the cash flow statement.

How to read it

Compare it with revenue and with buybacks. Buybacks that only offset stock compensation are not returning cash to shareholders.

Where the numbers come from

Scrutar computes Stock-based Compensation from the figures each company reports to the SEC in its annual and quarterly filings, using the XBRL data attached to those filings.

More Capital Allocation metrics

Share RepurchasesCash spent buying back the company’s own shares, which shrinks the share count and lifts per-share figures.How to read it →Dividends PaidCash paid out to shareholders as dividends.How to read it →AcquisitionsCash paid to buy other businesses, net of the cash acquired with them where the company reports it that way.How to read it →Debt RepaidCash used to pay down borrowings during the period.How to read it →Debt IssuedCash raised from new borrowings during the period.How to read it →Shareholder ReturnsCash handed back to shareholders through buybacks and dividends combined.How to read it →

See it for a real company

Ten years of Stock-based Compensation and every other metric on this page, for every company Scrutar covers, computed from SEC filings.

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