Rocket Companies Stock-Based Comp decreased by 51.5% to $88.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 120.0%, from $40.00M to $88.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Stock-Based Comp shows an upward trend with a 20.3% 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 | $40.93M | $40.87M | $39.84M | $55.59M | $56.44M | $56.35M | $47.62M | $51.96M | $50.70M | $42.09M | $35.25M | $31.00M | $39.00M | $39.93M | $35.08M | $40.00M | $50.07M | $71.57M | $181.37M | $88.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -0.1% | -2.5% | +39.5% | +1.5% | -0.2% | -15.5% | +9.1% | -2.4% | -17.0% | -16.3% | -12.1% | +25.8% | +2.4% | -12.2% | +14.0% | +25.2% | +42.9% | +153.4% | -51.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +37.9% | +37.9% | +19.5% | -6.5% | -10.2% | -25.3% | -26.0% | -40.3% | -23.1% | -5.1% | -0.5% | +29.0% | +28.4% | +79.2% | +417.1% | +120.0% |