Benchmark equity packages against today's market
Live equity benchmarks from new-hire grant values, refresh patterns, one-year TDC, and vesting norms — so equity decisions are grounded in what the market is doing now.
"The survey says this senior role should get 5% of base in equity. That can't be right."
Why this comes up
Equity benchmarking is one of the hardest problems in comp. Vesting schedules, grant types, front-loaded vs. ratable, new-hire vs. refresh vs. retention all differ. Two companies can both be 'at market' and have packages that look nothing alike. Compa Stock gives you live equity benchmarks grounded in what the market is doing right now.
Equity comp is subject to board-level scrutiny. Finance and leadership ask comp teams to justify grant levels, model program costs, and prove the spend is defensible. Without current benchmarks, the risk is overspending or employee attrition.
Compa Stock is built from stock-administration systems of record, not self-reported surveys. The benchmarks reflect what companies actually grant, which matters when defending a grant to the board or modeling a refresh program.
- Live new-hire grant benchmarks by role, level, and geo — total value, not just a % of base.
- Refresh and retention context benchmark your annual program against peers.
- One-year TDC comparisons that account for vesting structure.
- Vesting structure norms — front-loaded vs. ratable distribution.
- Incumbent vesting views — what's vesting over the next 12 months to spot flight-risk windows.
- Pay-mix trend data by function — see whether equity participation is rising or declining in your key job families.
- Pulling equity data from surveys that report in % of base rather than grant values.
- Manual normalization across different vesting structures to get apples-to-apples.
- Anecdotal equity benchmarking based on recruiter feedback or a handful of offers.
- Setting grant targets that haven't been updated since the last formal refresh.
- Going into leadership equity discussions without current data to defend the program.
- Redesigning equity programs towards cash or away from stock without confirming where the market moved.
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