Monday, January 21, 2013

Stock Options

One thing that stands out when reviewing our banks is the value of the options outstanding for bank CEOs. There was also a recent article in CanTech about this very subject pointing out lots of options for some tech companies.

I looked at the stocks I have recently reviewed and there is no doubt that banks CEO's are big winners. In order of the value of their options, Toronto Dominion (TSX-TD) CEO was at the top with options worth $228,494,787 and Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX-BNS) CEO was close behind with options worth $224,649,146.

The other two banks I looked at had lower options with Bank of Montreal (TSX-BMO) CEO having stock options worth $102,005,447 and Royal Bank of Canada (TSX-RY) CEO having stock options worth $94,307,850. This is a snap shot taken when I reviewed these banks.

Some of the big energy company's CEO did well also with Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX-SU) CEO's stock options worth $84,022,602 and EnCana Corp (TSX- EXA) CEO's stock options worth $63,925,060.

There was a sort of mid-range in options in Real Estate with the H & R Real Estate (TSX-HR.UN) CEO having stock options with $27,675,000 and the First Capital Realty (TSX-FCR) CEO having stock options worth $38,695,960.

I also found some small tech companies with little in the way of CEO options. They included Hammond Power Sol. (TSX-HPS.A) who's CEO has options worth $1,060,605; Calian Technologies Ltd (TSX-TXY) who's CEO has options worth $935,100 and Exco Technologies Ltd. (TSX-XTO) who's CEO has options worth $560,000.

See my spreadsheet at options.htm.

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5 comments:

  1. Hello Susan,
    Looked at your spreadsheet and you seem to have the same executives at both TD and BNS!

    Regards,
    MG

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  2. Spreadsheet has been fixed and reuploaded.

    Susan

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  3. Really its a good and knowledgeable article .I have no more idea about that but its helpful for every traders.
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  4. There was also a recent article in CanTech about this very subject pointing out lots of options for some tech companies.

    I looked at the stocks I have recently reviewed and there is no doubt that banks CEO's are big winners.gold ira investments

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  5. The compensation packages that some CEO'S receive are outrageous. Stock options are not even required to be shown as a expence on a companies balance sheet. Lee raymond of exxon mobile received options worth over one billion dollars.

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