Freeport-McMoRan Inc. Stock-Based Comp increased by 195.7% to $68.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 25.9%, from $54.00M to $68.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Stock-Based Comp shows an upward trend with a 5.4% 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 | $15.00M | $23.00M | $19.00M | $49.00M | $13.00M | $13.00M | $20.00M | $53.00M | $19.00M | $17.00M | $20.00M | $53.00M | $24.00M | $17.00M | $15.00M | $54.00M | $20.00M | $24.00M | $23.00M | $68.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +53.3% | -17.4% | +157.9% | -73.5% | +0.0% | +53.8% | +165.0% | -64.2% | -10.5% | +17.6% | +165.0% | -54.7% | -29.2% | -11.8% | +260.0% | -63.0% | +20.0% | -4.2% | +195.7% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -13.3% | -43.5% | +5.3% | +8.2% | +46.2% | +30.8% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +26.3% | +0.0% | -25.0% | +1.9% | -16.7% | +41.2% | +53.3% | +25.9% |