How to Use stock option in a Sentence

stock option

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  • The past six months or so have been rough for buyers of stock options.
    — Simon Constable, wsj.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • But why pay union dues and give up stock options for nothing?
    — Kevin McGill, ajc, 31 Mar. 2023
  • But why pay union dues & give up stock options for nothing?
    — Levi Sumagaysay, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2018
  • And Bird’s stock option award could end up being worth very little.
    — Orla McCaffrey, Dallas News, 16 July 2019
  • This is often the case in the stock option game, where the employee takes less money in salary in exchange for stock.
    — Neil Senturia, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • More than half that compensation came from stock option gains made by 22 CEOs on the list.
    — Patrick Kennedy, Star Tribune, 17 July 2021
  • The contracts, which came from a stock option award Musk received in 2012, were set to expire in August next year.
    — Fortune, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Bold bets can also be seen in the market for stock options, which are derivatives tied to the share price of a stock.
    — Joe Rennison, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The compensation was mostly a mix of cash, stock and stock options.
    — Eliot Brown, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2023
  • By law, Bill Ford is allowed to purchase the stock at the price it was awarded because of how the stock option process is structured.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Note the profit-first payoff areas: Stock price and stock options.
    — John S. Tobey, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Do not even ask about stock options or restricted shares.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 June 2019
  • Becker's stock options were set to expire in May, leaving him just a few months shy of the deadline, Murphy added.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The Ford figures do not include stock options that Tesla grants employees, and that can be worth a lot.
    — Jack Ewing, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • With the connivance of the board of directors, he was afforded all sorts of corporate perks and huge grants of stock options.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Musk had tweeted in 2018 that unionized workers would lose stock options.
    — David Ingram, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Day said this saved millions of dollars and that Cigna rewarded her with bonuses and stock options.
    — Patrick Rucker, ProPublica, 29 Apr. 2024
  • Reed Hastings, the founder of Netflix, would have suffered a drastic reduction in salary and stock options.
    — Sofia Lotto Persio, Quartz, 2 June 2023
  • Another $21 million came in the form of restricted shares which vest over time and $5.7 million in stock options.
    — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2019
  • Many employees were still poorly paid, but Smith talked constantly about how most of them had stock options and would soon be rich.
    — Reeves Wiedeman, Daily Intelligencer, 10 June 2018
  • Like many bigwigs, Benioff’s real worth comes from his stock options.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 2 July 2024
  • Meanwhile, the soaring stock has set Musk up to receive some generous stock options.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2020
  • His stock option awards will be prorated and will vest over the next five years, based on the achievement of the company’s performance targets, WPP said.
    — Suzanne Vranica, WSJ, 14 Apr. 2018
  • Tech employees are often given stock option grants as part of their pay packages, and those who still have jobs would see the value of the options shrink in down rounds.
    — Kenrick Cai, Forbes, 17 May 2022
  • The new system, which was first reported by Bloomberg, will allow a quarter of employee stock options to vest each year.
    — Tracey Lien, latimes.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The performance stock options vest over the coming five years and can only be excised once UMG’s stock hits certain thresholds.
    — Elizabeth Dilts Marshall, Billboard, 16 May 2024
  • Buehler's Fresh Foods employees will purchase the 13 stores through an employee stock option plan.
    — 'sam' Boyer/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Too high, and employees end up with devalued shares and worthless stock options.
    — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 19 June 2019
  • For example, Amazon refuses to pay for first-class air travel, and although the stock options are generous, the people added, the salaries are on the low side.
    — Nicole Sperling, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2019
  • If shareholders approve the package, Musk would gain more control over Tesla’s board through stock options.
    — Trisha Thadani, Washington Post, 12 June 2024

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