Teradyne, Inc. Stock-Based Comp increased by 33.2% to $21.90M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 44.1%, from $15.20M to $21.90M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Stock-Based Comp shows an upward trend with a 8.8% CAGR.
An increase may signal a strategy to preserve cash or align employee interests with shareholders, but it also results in share dilution.
Stock-based compensation is a non-cash expense where employees and executives are rewarded with equity or stock options...
High-growth technology firms often have higher stock-based compensation as a percentage of revenue compared to mature industrial firms.
cf_stock_based_compensation| 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 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $11.00M | $11.42M | $10.99M | $12.89M | $12.23M | $12.30M | $10.81M | $18.89M | $13.56M | $12.79M | $12.45M | $15.76M | $14.94M | $14.57M | $14.86M | $15.20M | $16.83M | $15.53M | $16.44M | $21.90M |
| QoQ Change | — | +3.8% | -3.7% | +17.3% | -5.2% | +0.6% | -12.1% | +74.7% | -28.2% | -5.7% | -2.7% | +26.6% | -5.2% | -2.4% | +1.9% | +2.3% | +10.7% | -7.7% | +5.8% | +33.2% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +11.2% | +7.7% | -1.7% | +46.5% | +10.9% | +4.0% | +15.2% | -16.6% | +10.1% | +14.0% | +19.4% | -3.5% | +12.7% | +6.6% | +10.7% | +44.1% |