ESS Tech (GWH) Share-based Compensation (2022 - 2025)

ESS Tech's (GWH) quarterly Share-based Compensation came in at $5.4 million in Q4 2025, up 77.74% year-on-year from $3.0 million in Q4 2024, and up 302.7% quarter-over-quarter from -$2.7 million in Q3 2025.

ESS Tech (GWH) Share-based Compensation (2022 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

ESS Tech's Share-based Compensation history runs 4 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $5.4 million for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Share-based Compensation rose 77.74% year-over-year to $5.4 million in Q4 2025; TTM through Mar 2026 was $4.2 million, a 57.81% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $5.4 million, down 53.05% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation improved to $5.4 million in Q4 2025 per GWH's latest filing, from -$2.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $8.4 million in Q3 2024 and bottomed at -$7.4 million in Q4 2023.
  • The 4-year median for Share-based Compensation is $2.4 million (2022), against an average of $1.8 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Share-based Compensation slumped 331.1% in 2023 and jumped 154.75% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Share-based Compensation stood at $3.2 million in 2022, then sank by 331.1% to -$7.4 million in 2023, then surged by 141.25% to $3.0 million in 2024, then soared by 77.74% to $5.4 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest GWH Share-based Compensation figures stand at $5.4 million (Q4 2025), -$2.7 million (Q3 2025), and $1.5 million (Q2 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Electrovaya 424.38 Bn 424.36 Bn 6.04 Mn 203,000.00
2 Vertiv Holdings 116.45 Bn 113.95 Bn 999.70 Mn 11.60 Mn
3 Bloom Energy 61.23 Bn 58.77 Bn 225.54 Mn -
4 Hubbell 25.93 Bn 25.43 Bn 505.30 Mn 14.40 Mn
5 nVent Electric 25.66 Bn 25.47 Bn 445.60 Mn 16.40 Mn
6 Advanced Energy Industries 11.88 Bn 11.18 Bn 200.90 Mn 18.10 Mn
7 Acuity Inc. (De) 9.90 Bn 9.48 Bn 606.40 Mn 13.60 Mn
8 Powell Industries 9.42 Bn 8.87 Bn 87.94 Mn -11.19 Mn
9 EnerSys 7.49 Bn 7.05 Bn 290.87 Mn 8.11 Mn
10 ESS Tech 22.34 Mn 22.34 Mn -7.04 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 5.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 5.40 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -2.66 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -2.66 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 1.47 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 1.47 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 1.23 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 1.23 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 3.04 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 3.04 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 8.36 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 8.36 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -2.68 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -2.68 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 2.85 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 2.85 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -7.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -7.36 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 7.59 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 7.59 Mn