Download or read book Valuing Employee Stock Options written by Johnathan Mun and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-10-13 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to understanding the implications andapplications of valuing employee stock options in light of the newFAS 123 requirements Due to the new requirements of the Proposed Statement of FinancialAccounting Standards (FAS 123) released by the Financial AccountingStandards Board (FASB)-namely the fact that employee servicesreceived in exchange for equity instruments be recognized infinancial statements-companies are now scrambling to learn how tovalue and expense employee stock options (ESOs). Based on authorDr. Johnathan Mun's consulting and advisory work with the FASBconsulting projects with several Fortune 500 firms, ValuingEmployee Stock Options provides readers with a comprehensive lookat this complex issue. Filled with valuable information on binomial lattice andclosed-form modeling techniques, Valuing Employee Stock Options canhelp financial professionals make informed decisions whenattempting to ascertain the fair-market value of ESOs under the newrequirements. Johnathan Mun, PhD, MBA, MS, CFC, FRM (San Francisco, CA), is VicePresident of Analytical Services at Decisioneering, Inc., themakers of Crystal Ball analytical software. He is also the authorof Applied Risk Analysis (0-471-47885-7), Real Options Analysis(0-471-25696-X), and Real Options Analysis Course (0-471-43001-3),all of which are published by Wiley.
Download or read book Employee Stock Options Exercise Timing Hedging And Valuation written by Tim Siu-tang Leung and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2021-07-29 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Employee stock options (ESOs) are an integral component of compensation in the US. In fact, almost all S&P 500 companies grant options to their top executives, and the total value accounts for almost half of the total pay for their CEOs. In view of the extensive use and significant cost of ESOs to firms, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has mandated expensing ESOs since 2004. This gives rise to the need to create a reasonable valuation method for these options for most firms that grant ESOs to their employees. The valuation of ESOs involves a number of challenging issues, and is thus an important active research area in Accounting, Corporate Finance, and Financial Mathematics.In this exciting book, the author discusses the practical and challenging problems surrounding ESOs from a financial mathematician's perspective. This book provides a systematic overview of the contractual features of ESOs and thoughtful discussions of different valuation approaches, with emphasis on three major aspects: (i) hedging strategies; (ii) exercise timing; and (iii) valuation methodologies. In addition to addressing each of these categories, this book also highlights their connections and combined effects of the cost of ESOs to firms, as well as examines the implications to modeling and valuation approaches. The book features a unique approach that combines stochastic modeling and control techniques with option pricing theory, and provides formulas and numerical schemes for fast implementation and clear illustration.
Download or read book The Complete Guide to Employee Stock Options written by Frederick D. Lipman and published by Prima Lifestyles. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numerous private and public companies offer stock option plans every year to motivate, retain, and reward employees. But implementing the right stock option plan can be a complex and daunting undertaking, without the proper guidance.The Complete Guide to Employee Stock Optionsunravels the mystery of creating a meaningful equity compensation plan for employees that is favorable for the business. Author and attorney Frederick D. Lipman describes in complete detail the legal, operational, and motivational aspects of developing a stock option program, whether it's for the new start-up looking to attract top talent or the venerable company looking for ways to reward its best performing employees. Readers will discover how to: * Understand the pros and cons of different option plans* Implement the right plan to meet the company's future plans* Motivate key employees with equity compensation* Minimize the risk of losing equity in a volatile market* And much moreThis book also includes useful information for employees who want to understand what their stock options mean and how to maximize their profitability. Complete wi
Download or read book Getting Started In Employee Stock Options written by John Olagues and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-01-14 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An A to Z guide for understanding employee stock options (ESOs). In Getting Started In Employee Stock Optionsauthors John Olagues and John Summa provide a full understanding of ESOs and demonstrate how to make the most of them. Page by page this author team, a highly experienced options market maker and a professional trader, share essential information that you're probably not hearing anywhere else. This book contains the keys to managing and hedging ESO opportunities in addition to important tax and valuation guidance appropriate for the highest executives to the non-officer managers and the newly arrived employee. Examines essential ESO issues, including tax consequences, risks, and industry pitfalls Written by an experienced pair of stock option experts Enables employees and executives to make more informed decisions regarding their stock options grants Written in a straightforward and accessible style, Getting Started In Employee Stock Options will help protect the value of your options, help you avoid costly mistakes, and allow you to take advantage of certain friendly tax rules. Some of the world's foremost authorities on options have endorsed Getting Started inEmployee Stock Options.
Download or read book The Cost of Employee Stock Options written by J. Carr Bettis and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Employee stock options (ESOs) are nontransferable and employees are generally not well diversified compared to outside shareholders. These features of ESOs imply that employee option holders may optimally exercise their options significantly early relative to what would be expected for ordinary tradable options. Consequently, accounting for the cost of granting ESOs requires understanding how long employees hold the options. We use a unique database on observed option exercise patterns to document important characteristics of exercise behavior and how early exercise affects the cost of granting ESOs. We find that employees exercise their options nearly five years prior to expiration, and that there is significant predictable cross-sectional variation in exercise behavior. For example, employees in high volatility firms exercise their options more than a year and a half earlier compared to employees in firms with low volatility. We calibrate a utility-based model of option valuation to match the observed exercise behavior, and use the model to generate estimates of the cost of granting ESOs. Our estimates indicate that the cost of the option to the firm is significantly below the value of a tradable American option with a fixed 10-year (or 7-year) expiration. Importantly, we also find the bias is not uniform. Option values computed from the American valuation model with a fixed expiration overestimate the cost of ESOs more in high volatility firms compared to low volatility firms. In addition, adjusting the expiration to reflect the expected life of the option, as recommended by the FASB, still produces systematic biases in the option valuations. The FASB adjustment overstates the cost of granting ESOs in high volatility firms and understates the costs for low volatility firms, which is perhaps one reason that many technology-oriented companies (which are likely associated with high stock-price volatility) have been the most vocal in opposing the expensing of stock options. Our research suggests that modeling the exercise behavior of employees who hold stock options and how exercise patterns vary based on different firm and individual characteristics is important in understanding and accounting for the costs of granting stock-based compensation to employees.
Download or read book Accounting for Employee Stock Options written by Judith S. Ruud and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) began reconsidering the accounting standard for equity-based compensation. The Board released an exposure draft for a revised standard on Mar. 31, 2004. That revised standard would require firms to recognize the fair value of employee stock options (ESO) as an expense, as was first proposed by FASB more than 10 years ago. This paper assesses whether, under the current accounting standard, firms that grant ESO without recognizing an expense overstate their income. Presents the relevant issues, describes the current standard for ESO, compares the intrinsic value & fair value methods of measure., & weighs the potential economic effects of revising the standard. Ill.
Download or read book Employee Stock Option Plans written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Oversight and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Stock Options Book written by Scott S. Rodrick and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Employee Stock Option Purchase Plans written by Ken E. Little and published by Alpha Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you find yourself sorting through a maze of vesting schedules, option plans, investing data and tax advice, this book is for you. It will give you the information you need, defining terms and concepts and explaining how most ESOPPs work. While you will still need the specifics of your own corporate plan, this guide will help you know what questions to ask and how to understand the answers. From explaining stock options to risk assessment, Alex will walk you through the exciting and complex world of employee stock options.
Download or read book Employee Stock Option Compensation written by Florian Wolff and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florian Wolff analyses how executives perceive their stock options and how their personal expectations and risk preferences affect the value they assign to them. He shows that stock options may be worth their money because people behave irrationally.
Download or read book Understanding Employee Stock Options Rule 144 Concentrated Stock Position Strategies written by Travis L. Knapp and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-02-20 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge is NOT an Option How much of your net worth is concentrated in one stock? Are you concerned about the volatility of the market? Would you like to be more diversified? Do you understand how a variable prepaid forward contract, a protective put contract, or a zero-premium collar can help to protect your concentrated position? Do you need more liquidity? Are you an insider or affiliate that would like to reduce your risks without actually selling your stock? Are you interested in reducing your taxes by nearly half? Do you know the key differences between non-qualified stock options and incentive stock options that will affect how much tax you pay? Will Alternatives Minimum Tax affect you upon exercise of your incentive option? Are you familiar with the benefits and risks of making a Section 83(b) election? Do you know what transactions are considered a disqualifying disposition or a constructive sale? Can knowing the answers to these questions make you more confident and financially secure?
Download or read book Consider Your Options written by Kaye A. Thomas and published by Fairmark Press Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the 2005 edition of the most popular book on employee stock options. It's a major revision from the previous edition, with new design, content and organization to make it even easier for employees to learn what they need to know about their equity compensation.
Download or read book Stock Options Grants written by Peter R. Wheeler and published by AdvisorPress. This book was released on 2004 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stock Options + Grants: The Executive's Guide to Equity Compensation provides a comprehensive, easy reading treatment to the complex area of stock options and grants for the busy executive. From the boardroom to the mailroom, individuals with stock options or grants will benefit from the quick reading question and answer format of this book. If you have a question about your stock options or grants, you are likely to find it answered in Stock Options + Grants: The Executive's Guide to Equity Compensation.
Download or read book Crash Course in Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis written by Matan Feldman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seamlessly bridging academic accounting with real-life applications, Crash Course in Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis, Second Edition is the perfect guide to a complete understanding of accounting and financial statement analysis for those with no prior accounting background and those who seek a refresher.
Download or read book Employee Stock Options written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Securities and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Granting Stock Options written by George B. Paulin and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stock Options written by Robert R. Pastore and published by Pcm Capital Pub. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
