Cboe Global Markets Stock-Based Comp increased by 10.3% to $12.90M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 4.0%, from $12.40M to $12.90M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Stock-Based Comp shows an upward trend with a 17.3% 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.
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 | $5.50M | $5.50M | $3.90M | $9.10M | $7.00M | $7.00M | $7.60M | $16.90M | $9.10M | $9.10M | $6.20M | $11.70M | $10.30M | $10.10M | $9.70M | $12.40M | $13.30M | $13.00M | $11.70M | $12.90M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | -29.1% | +133.3% | -23.1% | +0.0% | +8.6% | +122.4% | -46.2% | +0.0% | -31.9% | +88.7% | -12.0% | -1.9% | -4.0% | +27.8% | +7.3% | -2.3% | -10.0% | +10.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +27.3% | +27.3% | +94.9% | +85.7% | +30.0% | +30.0% | -18.4% | -30.8% | +13.2% | +11.0% | +56.5% | +6.0% | +29.1% | +28.7% | +20.6% | +4.0% |