MAY 2025 MARKET BRIEF
Equity trends
Learn how market pressures impact equity program designs and grant values
Insights from 300K+ equity grants from 100+ technology
companies reveals a clear shift toward front-loaded vesting.
Why it matters:
Equity is expensive and under pressure. With rising costs and a shaky market, comp teams are rethinking how they structure equity grants to drive competitive offers.
Key insights:
-
New hire grant values dropped ~10% YoY across Compa’s top job families: Corporate Functions, Sales and Customer Service, and Technical.
-
Three-year vesting is gaining ground. Four-year schedules still dominate, but three-year schedules are rising, while shorter terms have faded since 2023.
-
Front-loaded vesting is increasing. Companies are shifting to deliver more value upfront, especially in new hire grants.
- 1 in 4 new hire grants were front-loaded in 2024, up from 7% in 2022.
To download this brief, please complete the form below
Your privacy is important to us and your information will be kept confidential. See our Privacy Policy for more details.