How Should Investors Account for Stock-Based Compensation?

Employee compensation affects service-cost recognition, noncash cash-flow adjustments, and ownership claims in different ways.

Stock-based compensation reduces reported earnings, gets added back in operating cash flow, and can dilute ownership. Those measures answer different questions. Here’s how to combine them without ignoring compensation or

How to Spot an Overvalued Technology Stock Before You Buy

A person reviewing a company annual report and highlighted financial statements at a desk

A technology stock is not overvalued just because it carries a high multiple. The real warning sign is when the price assumes years of growth, margin expansion, and clean execution that the underlying business may not be