NEW! Stock Comp Abbreviations Quiz

NEW! Stock Comp Abbreviations Quiz

Do you know your way in the alphabet soup of stock comp abbreviations? Test your knowledge with this quiz. For more fun with stock comp terminology, download our free app Stock Compensation Glossary, available from the App Store (for Apple devices) and from Google Play (for Android devices).

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1. NQSO

net-settled stock option noncompensatory stock option nonqualified stock option national stock option

2. ISO

income stock option insider stock option inventive stock option incentive stock option

3. RSU

reload stock unit restricted stock unit restricted stock underwater repurchase stock unit

4. PSU

private stock unit payroll share unit purchased stock unit performance share unit

5. ESPP

employee stock participation plan employee stock performance plan employee stock purchase plan employee stock payroll plan

6. SAR

stock appreciation right stock alternative right stock appreciation repurchase stock acceleration reload

7. OI

option income offset income ordinary income open-market income

8. CG

cash gain carryover gain cost gain capital gain

9. AMT

alternative maximum tax alternative minimum tax alternative Medicare tax alternative median tax

10. FICA

Federal Insurance Contributions Act Federal Incentive Compensation Act Federal Investment Capital Act Federal Investment Capital Asset

11. FMV

fair median value fair material value fair market value fair money value

12. IRC

incentive restricted compensation investment revenue capital Internal Revenue Commission Internal Revenue Code

13. NIIT

nonqualified incentive income tax nonqualified investment income tax net investment income tax net income investment tax

14. QSBS

qualified share bonus stock qualified stock benefit shares Qualified Section B Stock Qualified Small Business Stock

15. CIC

change in control capital investment cost compensation income committee company incentive cash

16. SDS

sale of deferred shares same-day sale stock distribution securities share dividend substitution

17. STC

stock tax cost shares to cash sale taxed compensation sell to cover

18. GTC

good-till-canceled order Government Tax Commission grant total compensation grantor trust compensation

19. IPO

incentive performance option investment purchase offer (date) internal payroll operations initial public offering

20. PTEP

performance total equity package post-termination exercise period private tender equity program public tender equity program

21. TSR

total stock return total share return total securities return total shareholder return

22. MNPI

material nonpublic income material nonpublic information market-net performance incentive modified net private income

23. LOA

liability of accounting limit order authorization lockup offering amount leave of absence

24. VCD

vesting commencement date variable cash dividend vested compensation deferral venture capital disposition

25. SEC

Southeastern Conference Securities Exchange Commission Securities And Exchange Commission Stock Exchange Commission

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