Accel Entertainment (ACEL) Share-based Compensation (2019 - 2026)
Accel Entertainment's (ACEL) quarterly Share-based Compensation came in at $2.5 million in Q1 2026, up 19.51% YoY from $2.1 million in Q1 2025, and down 34.6% on a QoQ basis from $3.8 million in Q4 2025.
Accel Entertainment (ACEL) Share-based Compensation (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Accel Entertainment (ACEL) has 8 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $2.5 million in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Share-based Compensation rose 19.51% year-over-year to $2.5 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $12.6 million (down 3.77% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $12.2 million, changed 0.01% from the prior year.
- Share-based Compensation retreated to $2.5 million in Q1 2026, from $3.8 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $7.2 million in Q3 2024 to a low of -$4.9 million in Q4 2022.
- A 5-year average of $2.1 million and a median of $2.4 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Share-based Compensation slumped 176.18% — and 2023, when it jumped 327.17%.
- Tracing ACEL's Share-based Compensation over 5 years: stood at -$4.9 million in 2022, then soared by 150.08% to $2.4 million in 2023, then soared by 34.14% to $3.3 million in 2024, then increased by 16.6% to $3.8 million in 2025, then slumped by 34.6% to $2.5 million in 2026.
- The last three Share-based Compensation figures came in at $2.5 million (Q1 2026), $3.8 million (Q4 2025), and $5.8 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.24 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.24 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.50 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.50 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.82 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.82 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.76 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.76 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 537,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 537,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.09 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.09 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.28 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.28 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 7.25 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 7.25 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 492,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 492,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.19 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.19 Mn |