Research Report | By Shawn Lee, Zian Chen, Alec Lentz

Persisting economic uncertainties are challenging companies’ ability to establish long-term business forecasts and causing some to reassess long-term incentive plan designs. This Top 250 Report details executive long-term incentive practices at the 250 largest companies by market capitalization, with special focus on design trends that have emerged since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Research Report | By Sara Salzbank, Elaine Yim

FW Cook conducted a study of the use of ESG measures in annual and long-term incentive plans among the largest U.S. public companies, consisting of the 250 U.S.-listed companies in the S&P 500 with the largest market capitalizations as of April 30, 2023.

Research Report | By Shyam Patel, Shane Anderson, James Park

The 50th annual FW Cook Top 250 Report details long-term incentive practices and trends of the 250 largest companies in the S&P 500 by market capitalization. This study focuses on understanding how long-term incentive (“LTI”) programs are currently designed and how they have evolved since the release of FW Cook’s 2021 report.

Research Report | By Lauren Shatanof, Blake Davidson, Rachel Gibbons

FW Cook has conducted a third study of the use of ESG measures in annual and long-term incentive plans among the largest U.S. public companies, consisting of 250 U.S.-listed companies in the S&P 500 with the largest market capitalizations as of March 31, 2022.

Research Report | By Voytek Sokolowski, Austin Lee

FW Cook’s 2022 Annual Incentive Plan Report covers annual incentive plan design practices among the 250 largest companies in the S&P 500 by market capitalization. It focuses on understanding how annual incentive plans are currently designed and how they have evolved over a three- and six-year lookback period.

Research Report | By David Cole, Stephen Hom, Marco Pizzitola

FW Cook, FIT Remuneration Consultants and Pretium Partners are proud to present the second edition of our Global Top 250 Compensation Survey, which contains information on compensation levels for CEOs an CFOs, the design of long-term incentives, and share usage at the 250 largest listed companies globally.

Research Report | By Shawn Lee, Metin Aksoy

This 49th annual FW Cook Top 250 Report details the long-term incentive practices and trends of the 250 largest companies in the S&P 500.

Research Report | By Christina LaRocque, Matt Lum

Increased investor and stakeholder interest in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) topics has led to increased focus on ESG among public companies. One approach for signaling the importance of ESG externally is to incorporate ESG metrics and goals into executive incentive plans.