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.

Research Report | By Erin Bass-Goldberg, Tahmid Ali

Driven by multiple stakeholders embracing the premise that a strong ESG proposition is an essential element to sustainable long-term company performance, attention on company ESG behavior and transparency is rapidly increasing. This report looks at the current practices among the largest U.S. public companies with respect to use of ESG measures within incentive programs.

Research Report | By Andrew Lash, Joey Choi, Matt Lum

COVID-19 has created a business environment of unprecedented volatility and uncertainty – challenging leaders’ ability to establish short and long-term business forecasts and forcing boards of directors and compensation professionals to re-assess incentive programs. This report presents information on long-term incentives granted to executives at the 250 largest U.S. companies in the S&P 500 Index.

Research Report | By James Garriga

Our fourth study of aggregate share-based compensation includes findings on company-wide annual grant rates; overhang; frequency and prevalence of long-term incentive plan share requestes; and allocation of long-term incentive pools to the CEO and other proxy officers.

Research Report | By Eva Gencheva, Christina LaRocque

FW Cook’s 2019 Top 250 Report is the Firm’s 47th annual report on long-term incentives granted to executives at the 250 largest U.S. companies in the S&P 500 Index.

Research Report | By Tom Kohn, Joe Sorrentino

FW Cook’s 2019 Annual Incentive Plan Report focuses on annual incentive plan design practices among the largest 250 companies in the S&P 500 by market capitalization. While designs vary between companies and industries, some common themes among the Top 250 companies were observed.