Top Companies by Stock-Based Compensation in Technology
Largest public companies ranked by stock-based compensation in Technology on a trailing twelve months basis. Compare top issuers, sector peers and historical…
How TTM stock-based compensation is measured
Trailing twelve months (TTM) stock-based compensation (SBC) is the dollar value of equity awards a company granted to employees over the most recent four fiscal quarters. It is a non-cash expense on the income statement (added back in the cash flow statement) but a very real economic cost — every dollar of SBC eventually dilutes existing shareholders or consumes cash through buybacks meant to offset that dilution.
SBC is concentrated at high-growth software, internet and biotech companies, where stock is a recruiting weapon and a way to keep GAAP costs off the headline. Read alongside buyback spend to see who actually offsets dilution, and free cash flow for the cash that funds it. Ranked in USD after period-average FX translation (IAS 21). Rankings USD translation methodology · IFRS IAS 21 (official)
Calculated from each company's four most recent reported quarters, as of .
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Top companies by Stock-Based Compensation — Technology
- Apple
AAPL
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $13.47B
- As of
- Microsoft
MSFT
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $12.36B
- As of
- Broadcom
AVGO
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $8.46B
- As of
- NVIDIA
NVDA
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $6.39B
- As of
- Oracle
ORCL
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $4.91B
- As of
- Cisco
CSCO
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $3.88B
- As of
- Salesforce
CRM
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $3.51B
- As of
- Intel
INTC
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $2.37B
- As of
- Accenture
ACN
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $2.12B
- As of
- ServiceNow
NOW
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $2.03B
- As of
- Intuit
INTU
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $2.02B
- As of
- Adobe
ADBE
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $1.98B
- As of
- Uber
UBER
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $1.83B
- As of
- IBM
IBM
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $1.79B
- As of
- AMD
AMD
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $1.64B
- As of
- Workday
WDAY
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $1.63B
- As of
- Snowflake
SNOW
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $1.60B
- As of
- SAP
SAP
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $1.44B
- As of
- QUALCOMM
QCOM
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $1.36B
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $1.35B
- As of
- Block
XYZ
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $1.22B
- As of
- Atlassian
TEAM
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $1.15B
- As of
- Roblox
RBLX
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $1.13B
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $1.11B
- As of
- CrowdStrike
CRWD
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $1.10B
- As of
- Synopsys
SNPS
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $965.55M
- As of
- Autodesk
ADSK
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $788.00M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $760.78M
- As of
- Datadog
DDOG
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $750.67M
- As of
- Zscaler
ZS
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $737.20M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $723.00M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $705.00M
- As of
- Arm
ARM
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $699.00M
- As of
- Palantir
PLTR
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $684.03M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $665.00M
- As of
- CoreWeave
CRWV
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $630.41M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $590.80M
- As of
- MongoDB
MDB
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $550.45M
- As of
- HP
HPQ
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $512.00M
- As of
- Trade Desk
TTD
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $490.63M
- As of
- DocuSign
DOCU
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $466.78M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $459.40M
- As of
- Cloudflare
NET
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $451.45M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $444.00M
- As of
- Arista Networks
ANET
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $439.20M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $412.00M
- As of
- Okta
OKTA
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $410.00M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $385.21M
- As of
- NetApp
NTAP
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $377.00M
- As of
- Lam Research
LRCX
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $376.68M
- As of
- Corning
GLW
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $347.00M
- As of
- Shopify
SHOP
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $343.00M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $342.01M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $329.66M
- As of
- GoDaddy
GDDY
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $317.80M
- As of
- Affirm Holdings
AFRM
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $304.75M
- As of
- Fiserv
FISV
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $302.00M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $293.00M
- As of
- Elastic N.V.
ESTC
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $286.51M
- As of
- KLA
KLAC
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $285.60M
- As of
- Ciena
CIEN
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $280.41M
- As of
- Fortinet
FTNT
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $280.10M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $257.45M
- As of
- F5
FFIV
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $242.70M
- As of
- Lyft
LYFT
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $241.84M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $239.00M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $233.83M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $227.80M
- As of
- PTC
PTC
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $218.22M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $218.00M
- As of
- GitLab
GTLB
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $214.95M
- As of
- Sandisk
SNDK
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $213.00M
- As of
- Gen Digital
GEN
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $211.00M
- As of
- AppLovin
APP
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $210.42M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $210.00M
- As of
- Cognizant
CTSH
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $181.00M
- As of
- EPAM Systems
EPAM
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $176.76M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $172.00M
- As of
- Fair Isaac
FICO
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $163.89M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $163.00M
- As of
- Gartner
IT
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $155.88M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $151.28M
- As of
- Trimble
TRMB
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $146.50M
- As of
- ASML
ASML
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $143.67M
- As of
- Duolingo
DUOL
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $137.44M
- As of
- Amphenol
APH
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $135.40M
- As of
- Garmin
GRMN
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $125.00M
- As of
- Fastly
FSLY
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $117.32M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $106.50M
- As of
- VeriSign
VRSN
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $105.40M
- As of
- Corpay
CPAY
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $102.64M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $100.00M
- As of
- Fortive
FTV
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $96.90M
- As of
- Leidos Holdings
LDOS
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $95.00M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $92.00M
- As of
- Paycom Software
PAYC
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $91.80M
- As of
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $72.70M
- As of
- CDW
CDW
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $71.10M
- As of
- Strategy
MSTR
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $55.12M
- As of
- TSMC
TSM
- Sector
- Technology
- Stock-Based Compensation
- $20.36M
- As of
| # | Company | Sector | Stock-Based Compensation | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple (AAPL) | Technology | $13.47B | |
| 2 | Microsoft (MSFT) | Technology | $12.36B | |
| 3 | Broadcom (AVGO) | Technology | $8.46B | |
| 4 | NVIDIA (NVDA) | Technology | $6.39B | |
| 5 | Oracle (ORCL) | Technology | $4.91B | |
| 6 | Cisco (CSCO) | Technology | $3.88B | |
| 7 | Salesforce (CRM) | Technology | $3.51B | |
| 8 | Intel (INTC) | Technology | $2.37B | |
| 9 | Accenture (ACN) | Technology | $2.12B | |
| 10 | ServiceNow (NOW) | Technology | $2.03B | |
| 11 | Intuit (INTU) | Technology | $2.02B | |
| 12 | Adobe (ADBE) | Technology | $1.98B | |
| 13 | Uber (UBER) | Technology | $1.83B | |
| 14 | IBM (IBM) | Technology | $1.79B | |
| 15 | AMD (AMD) | Technology | $1.64B | |
| 16 | Workday (WDAY) | Technology | $1.63B | |
| 17 | Snowflake (SNOW) | Technology | $1.60B | |
| 18 | SAP (SAP) | Technology | $1.44B | |
| 19 | QUALCOMM (QCOM) | Technology | $1.36B | |
| 20 | Palo Alto Networks (PANW) | Technology | $1.35B | |
| 21 | Block (XYZ) | Technology | $1.22B | |
| 22 | Atlassian (TEAM) | Technology | $1.15B | |
| 23 | Roblox (RBLX) | Technology | $1.13B | |
| 24 | Micron Technology (MU) | Technology | $1.11B | |
| 25 | CrowdStrike (CRWD) | Technology | $1.10B | |
| 26 | Synopsys (SNPS) | Technology | $965.55M | |
| 27 | Autodesk (ADSK) | Technology | $788.00M | |
| 28 | Zoom Communications (ZM) | Technology | $760.78M | |
| 29 | Datadog (DDOG) | Technology | $750.67M | |
| 30 | Zscaler (ZS) | Technology | $737.20M | |
| 31 | Dell Technologies (DELL) | Technology | $723.00M | |
| 32 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) | Technology | $705.00M | |
| 33 | Arm (ARM) | Technology | $699.00M | |
| 34 | Palantir (PLTR) | Technology | $684.03M | |
| 35 | Applied Materials (AMAT) | Technology | $665.00M | |
| 36 | CoreWeave (CRWV) | Technology | $630.41M | |
| 37 | Marvell Technology (MRVL) | Technology | $590.80M | |
| 38 | MongoDB (MDB) | Technology | $550.45M | |
| 39 | HP (HPQ) | Technology | $512.00M | |
| 40 | Trade Desk (TTD) | Technology | $490.63M | |
| 41 | DocuSign (DOCU) | Technology | $466.78M | |
| 42 | Akamai Technologies (AKAM) | Technology | $459.40M | |
| 43 | Cloudflare (NET) | Technology | $451.45M | |
| 44 | NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) | Technology | $444.00M | |
| 45 | Arista Networks (ANET) | Technology | $439.20M | |
| 46 | Texas Instruments (TXN) | Technology | $412.00M | |
| 47 | Okta (OKTA) | Technology | $410.00M | |
| 48 | Unity Software (U) | Technology | $385.21M | |
| 49 | NetApp (NTAP) | Technology | $377.00M | |
| 50 | Lam Research (LRCX) | Technology | $376.68M | |
| 51 | Corning (GLW) | Technology | $347.00M | |
| 52 | Shopify (SHOP) | Technology | $343.00M | |
| 53 | Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) | Technology | $342.01M | |
| 54 | Analog Devices (ADI) | Technology | $329.66M | |
| 55 | GoDaddy (GDDY) | Technology | $317.80M | |
| 56 | Affirm Holdings (AFRM) | Technology | $304.75M | |
| 57 | Fiserv (FISV) | Technology | $302.00M | |
| 58 | Motorola Solutions (MSI) | Technology | $293.00M | |
| 59 | Elastic N.V. (ESTC) | Technology | $286.51M | |
| 60 | KLA (KLAC) | Technology | $285.60M | |
| 61 | Ciena (CIEN) | Technology | $280.41M | |
| 62 | Fortinet (FTNT) | Technology | $280.10M | |
| 63 | Super Micro Computer (SMCI) | Technology | $257.45M | |
| 64 | F5 (FFIV) | Technology | $242.70M | |
| 65 | Lyft (LYFT) | Technology | $241.84M | |
| 66 | Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) | Technology | $239.00M | |
| 67 | Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) | Technology | $233.83M | |
| 68 | Microchip Technology (MCHP) | Technology | $227.80M | |
| 69 | PTC (PTC) | Technology | $218.22M | |
| 70 | Seagate Technology (STX) | Technology | $218.00M | |
| 71 | GitLab (GTLB) | Technology | $214.95M | |
| 72 | Sandisk (SNDK) | Technology | $213.00M | |
| 73 | Gen Digital (GEN) | Technology | $211.00M | |
| 74 | AppLovin (APP) | Technology | $210.42M | |
| 75 | Western Digital (WDC) | Technology | $210.00M | |
| 76 | Cognizant (CTSH) | Technology | $181.00M | |
| 77 | EPAM Systems (EPAM) | Technology | $176.76M | |
| 78 | TE Connectivity (TEL) | Technology | $172.00M | |
| 79 | Fair Isaac (FICO) | Technology | $163.89M | |
| 80 | Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) | Technology | $163.00M | |
| 81 | Gartner (IT) | Technology | $155.88M | |
| 82 | Tyler Technologies (TYL) | Technology | $151.28M | |
| 83 | Trimble (TRMB) | Technology | $146.50M | |
| 84 | ASML (ASML) | Technology | $143.67M | |
| 85 | Duolingo (DUOL) | Technology | $137.44M | |
| 86 | Amphenol (APH) | Technology | $135.40M | |
| 87 | Garmin (GRMN) | Technology | $125.00M | |
| 88 | Fastly (FSLY) | Technology | $117.32M | |
| 89 | ON Semiconductor (ON) | Technology | $106.50M | |
| 90 | VeriSign (VRSN) | Technology | $105.40M | |
| 91 | Corpay (CPAY) | Technology | $102.64M | |
| 92 | Keysight Technologies (KEYS) | Technology | $100.00M | |
| 93 | Fortive (FTV) | Technology | $96.90M | |
| 94 | Leidos Holdings (LDOS) | Technology | $95.00M | |
| 95 | Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) | Technology | $92.00M | |
| 96 | Paycom Software (PAYC) | Technology | $91.80M | |
| 97 | Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) | Technology | $72.70M | |
| 98 | CDW (CDW) | Technology | $71.10M | |
| 99 | Strategy (MSTR) | Technology | $55.12M | |
| 100 | TSMC (TSM) | Technology | $20.36M |