Lumentum Holdings Inc. Stock-Based Comp decreased by 8.4% to $41.60M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 33.8%, from $62.80M to $41.60M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Stock-Based Comp shows an upward trend with a 17.5% 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 | $24.20M | $24.80M | $27.30M | $23.30M | $27.70M | $46.60M | $36.60M | $33.10M | $32.10M | $32.10M | $34.60M | $31.60M | $30.50M | $35.60M | $38.80M | $62.80M | $40.00M | $42.40M | $45.40M | $41.60M |
| QoQ Change | — | +2.5% | +10.1% | -14.7% | +18.9% | +68.2% | -21.5% | -9.6% | -3.0% | +0.0% | +7.8% | -8.7% | -3.5% | +16.7% | +9.0% | +61.9% | -36.3% | +6.0% | +7.1% | -8.4% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +14.5% | +87.9% | +34.1% | +42.1% | +15.9% | -31.1% | -5.5% | -4.5% | -5.0% | +10.9% | +12.1% | +98.7% | +31.1% | +19.1% | +17.0% | -33.8% |