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CEO Pay vs. Performance
Straight from each company's SEC Pay-versus-Performance disclosure: what the CEO was actually paid against what a $100 shareholder investment did over the same window.
Paid up, shareholders down
The largest “compensation actually paid” among companies whose shareholders lost money over the disclosure window.
| # | Company | FY | CEO actually paid | Shareholder return | vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WBDCEO profile → | 2025 | $636.1M | -4.0% | -132.0% |
| 2 | RIVNCEO profile → | 2025 | $443.2M | -80.4% | -88.6% |
| 3 | OPEN | 2025 | $428.5M | -81.0% | -106.0% |
| 4 | SAILCEO profile → | 2026 | $87.7M | -28.7% | -3.2% |
| 5 | CHYMCEO profile → | 2025 | $83.5M | -32.0% | -54.0% |
| 6 | RPRXCEO profile → | 2025 | $82.5M | -14.9% | -121.1% |
| 7 | PRAXCEO profile → | 2025 | $55.5M | -64.3% | -89.0% |
| 8 | ROKUCEO profile → | 2025 | $47.1M | -67.3% | -214.3% |
| 9 | ADPT | 2025 | $39.6M | -73.0% | -98.0% |
| 10 | VG | 2025 | $39.1M | -71.4% | -73.9% |
| 11 | FROG | 2025 | $38.6M | -1.0% | -149.0% |
| 12 | ELANCEO profile → | 2025 | $37.8M | -26.0% | -114.0% |
| 13 | COINCEO profile → | 2025 | $37.2M | -31.0% | -140.0% |
| 14 | PRCHCEO profile → | 2025 | $36.8M | -36.0% | -184.0% |
| 15 | NBR | 2025 | $33.0M | -6.8% | -113.6% |
| 16 | ALHCEO profile → | 2025 | $31.7M | -18.0% | -13.5% |
| 17 | MBLY | 2025 | $30.2M | -64.0% | -266.9% |
| 18 | TGTX | 2025 | $28.3M | -43.0% | -63.0% |
| 19 | NUVB | 2025 | $27.8M | -23.4% | — |
| 20 | CALYCEO profile → | 2025 | $26.4M | -51.4% | -97.1% |
| 21 | VFC | 2026 | $24.5M | -75.6% | -33.0% |
| 22 | BXPCEO profile → | 2025 | $24.5M | -8.2% | +10.6% |
| 23 | ADSK | 2026 | $24.4M | -8.8% | -42.6% |
| 24 | CRSPCEO profile → | 2025 | $22.0M | -65.8% | -85.7% |
| 25 | FLG | 2025 | $21.8M | -51.0% | -162.4% |
Earned it
The most modest pay packages among companies that returned 20%+ to shareholders.
| # | Company | FY | CEO actually paid | Shareholder return | vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PKE | 2026 | $1.0M | +139.6% | -77.8% |
| 2 | EMYBCEO profile → | 2025 | $1.1M | +38.0% | — |
| 3 | TGEN | 2025 | $1.1M | +237.0% | — |
| 4 | PFIS | 2025 | $1.1M | +61.1% | -50.4% |
| 5 | CLMB | 2025 | $1.1M | +465.7% | +481.8% |
| 6 | FTNTCEO profile → | 2025 | $1.1M | +167.3% | +8.8% |
| 7 | EFSI | 2025 | $1.2M | +24.4% | — |
| 8 | FNRN | 2025 | $1.2M | +91.0% | — |
| 9 | MDIA | 2025 | $1.2M | +35.0% | — |
| 10 | SFST | 2025 | $1.2M | +45.7% | -41.7% |
| 11 | FCCOCEO profile → | 2025 | $1.2M | +47.1% | — |
| 12 | NSPR | 2025 | $1.3M | +107.0% | — |
| 13 | REI | 2025 | $1.3M | +31.8% | -115.1% |
| 14 | SFBSCEO profile → | 2025 | $1.3M | +92.1% | +39.4% |
| 15 | ENTX | 2025 | $1.4M | +123.0% | — |
| 16 | URG | 2025 | $1.4M | +20.9% | — |
| 17 | CARE | 2025 | $1.4M | +83.4% | -28.1% |
| 18 | ARI | 2025 | $1.4M | +55.0% | +43.0% |
| 19 | PBFS | 2025 | $1.4M | +38.0% | — |
| 20 | SMBKCEO profile → | 2025 | $1.4M | +115.7% | +55.4% |
| 21 | MPTI | 2025 | $1.4M | +306.0% | — |
| 22 | FSBW | 2025 | $1.4M | +72.9% | +12.6% |
| 23 | CHMGCEO profile → | 2025 | $1.4M | +32.0% | — |
| 24 | CIX | 2025 | $1.4M | +141.0% | +111.0% |
| 25 | CBNKCEO profile → | 2025 | $1.5M | +25.0% | — |