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Tesla (TSLA) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2025)

Tesla (TSLA) has disclosed Share-based Compensation for 16 consecutive years, with $954.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Share-based Compensation rose 64.77% to $954.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $1.7 billion through Dec 2025, up 51.77% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $2.8 billion for FY2025, 41.32% up from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation hit $954.0 million in Q4 2025 for Tesla, up from $93.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $954.0 million in Q4 2025 to a low of $10.0 million in Q3 2023.
  • Historically, Share-based Compensation has averaged $415.8 million across 5 years, with a median of $459.5 million in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Share-based Compensation: skyrocketed 191.0% in 2021 and later tumbled 93.47% in 2022.
  • Year by year, Share-based Compensation stood at $558.0 million in 2021, then fell by 24.91% to $419.0 million in 2022, then grew by 15.51% to $484.0 million in 2023, then grew by 19.63% to $579.0 million in 2024, then soared by 64.77% to $954.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Share-based Compensation for TSLA at $954.0 million in Q4 2025, $93.0 million in Q3 2025, and $54.0 million in Q2 2025.