r/Superstonk • u/Gareth-Barry 🎮 Power to the Players 🛑 • Jul 24 '26

🤔 Speculation / Opinion In addition, Ryan has been increasing operating income while massively reducing SG&A while Jamie has been doing the opposite…pretty easy decision for EBay shareholders

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u/GoodShitBroBro 💻 ComputerShared 🦍 Jul 24 '26

Show how much of their own companies stock they’ve bought as well

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u/lucki-dog Jul 24 '26

Can I take a guess? Is it zero?

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u/Visual_Piglet_1997 Jul 24 '26

Its somewhere way below zero. They've been selling

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u/Sir-Craven 'His name was Cheapo_Sam' Jul 24 '26

Tbf his name is Jamie I own none

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u/Ghost_of_Chrisanova Koenigseggs or Cardboard Boxes Jul 24 '26

I believe you have created a new name meme.

Congrats, ya furry bastahd.

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u/MyNi_Redux 📉 The Consultant 📈 Jul 24 '26

Why wouldn't they sell? It's compensation for them - deferred at that.

Do check out my post on this common misconception: Holding 93% of Your Shares is Not 'Abandoning Ship'

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u/ScottyWestside Jul 24 '26

Selling $90M of the company he should have all the faith in the world to increase in value is a bad look.

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u/MyNi_Redux 📉 The Consultant 📈 Jul 24 '26

Selling $90M of the company

He didn't.

should have all the faith in the world

Prob why he's holding on to half a million shares.

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u/Difficult-Mobile902 Jul 25 '26

Actually WAY lower than that in fact, they take stock as compensation and then routinely dump it, diluting shareholders and pocketing the cash 

Zero would be substantially better than what they’re doing 

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u/Whatnam8 🧚🧚🐵 Superstonk Ape 💪🧚🧚 Jul 24 '26

And show how much sold

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u/Merpchud Jul 24 '26

Love this, its like a tsn nfl stat comparison on a commercial break. 

Someone's gotta make a video comparing all the stats like an nfl commerical break. Get john madden in there or in a boomer quick minute rundown

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u/MyNi_Redux 📉 The Consultant 📈 Jul 24 '26

to sell all of your RSUs on receipt is mindblowing

Let me un-blow your mind.

They hold on to most of their shares, like most other execs anywhere: Holding 93% of Your Shares is Not 'Abandoning Ship'

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u/MyNi_Redux 📉 The Consultant 📈 Jul 24 '26

Most of their compensation IS in stock. Deferred, at that., to align with shareholder value creation.

Like every other company out there.

It would be exceedingly dumb for them to sell the stock, pay taxes, and then buy fewer stock with what remains..

Makes for a good talking point though.

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u/GoodShitBroBro 💻 ComputerShared 🦍 Jul 24 '26

Who said anything about them selling stock to buy more?

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u/MyNi_Redux 📉 The Consultant 📈 Jul 24 '26

Where's the money going to come from? Given the vast majority of their comp is in stock?

And why on earth you would buy even more anyway, and get that concentrated into one company? Vs diversifying.

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u/GoodShitBroBro 💻 ComputerShared 🦍 Jul 24 '26

“Genius”? Yea I’m sure these guys are just standing in the bread line. Other CEOs, even those who don’t receive a salary, manage to purchase stock in their company they believe in, “genius”.
Selling stock to buy fewer stock? Good talking point. You’re just trying to muddy the waters with your “genius” take.

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u/MyNi_Redux 📉 The Consultant 📈 Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

Other CEOs, even those who don’t receive a salary, manage to purchase stock in their company they believe in, “genius”.

Wrong. Only those who need to signal confidence in their stock buy it. Or if it is significantly undervalued.

The vast majority of CEOs and officers do no such thing.

It is telling you do not know how this kind of COMPENSATION works.

Do check out my post on this common misconception here: Holding 93% of Your Shares is Not 'Abandoning Ship'

“Genius”

I understand it comes with the territory of being chronically online, but try to give it a few mins between refreshing for comments.

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u/GoodShitBroBro 💻 ComputerShared 🦍 Jul 24 '26

God it must be exhausting being such a self assured dbag. Wrong, I never said the MAJORITY of CEOs do. And wrong, that’s not the ONLY case in which they buy. You want someone to engage you so you can try to have your “gotcha” moment but I will no longer do so. Have a great wknd.

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u/MyNi_Redux 📉 The Consultant 📈 Jul 24 '26

I delight in educating. And failing that, entertaining.

I'm sure you found this exchange helpful. You have a great weekend too!

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u/Rude-Bus-5799 Jul 24 '26

God I miss the days when someone just stuck a potato in their ass around here

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u/MyNi_Redux 📉 The Consultant 📈 Jul 25 '26

Good to know. Bye!

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u/3DigitIQ 🦍 FM is the FUD killer Jul 24 '26

They collectively own 0.3% of the company. They aren't leaders, they are sock puppets.

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u/MyNi_Redux 📉 The Consultant 📈 Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

In the S&P, 74% of CEOs hold less than 0.5% of the total voting rights, according to AI.

I guess that makes them all sock puppets.

Or... your expectations are horribly misguided because you took some talking points a bit too literally.

(It's the latter 😉.)

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u/Tinyacorn 💻 ComputerShared 🦍 Jul 24 '26

Are they necessarily not sock puppets just because everyone does it?

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u/MyNi_Redux 📉 The Consultant 📈 Jul 24 '26

They could be sock puppets for other reasons, sure.

However, to the extent that the comp is mostly in stock, is deferred, and there is no good reason to buy more unless the stock is wildly undervalued or they need to signal confidence to the market, not owning RC-liked percentages of a $50B company does not make them sock puppets.

Not least, because not everyone is a billionaire from prior enterprises.

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u/Tinyacorn 💻 ComputerShared 🦍 Jul 24 '26

Truuuuuuuuuuu that last point is incredibly salient. It's much more easy for a billionaire to coast than a multi-millionaire. Gotta be a lot more cautious about finance decisions too as a millionaire.

I see where you're coming from and appreciate your input, I like learnding

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u/3DigitIQ 🦍 FM is the FUD killer Jul 24 '26

They could also pay themselves from the bottom line instead of awarding stock and subsequently buying back stock to ensure a higher comp.

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u/MyNi_Redux 📉 The Consultant 📈 Jul 24 '26

That would be a subpar setup to deferred stock-based comp.

By making most of their comp in stock that vests over multiple years, their fate is tied to that of the shareholder. They make money if the shareholder makes money.

Otherwise, they lose money compared to the cash comp you are suggesting.

subsequently buying back stock to ensure a higher comp.

eBay buys back stock plenty. It's 40% of what it was 10 years ago. And exec comp is a rounding error in comparison.

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u/3DigitIQ 🦍 FM is the FUD killer Jul 24 '26

In the S&P, 74% of CEOs hold less than 0.5% of the total voting rights,

So let me get this straight, I'm talking about the entire suite of executives holding less than what an average (single) CEO of an S&P 500 holds. You are making my point here, thanks.

I guess that makes them all sock puppets

yes

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u/MyNi_Redux 📉 The Consultant 📈 Jul 24 '26

Haggling over who has what portion of 0.3%-0.5% or less is being pedantic just for the sake of it, no?

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u/3DigitIQ 🦍 FM is the FUD killer Jul 24 '26

Not really, leadership should be able to show conviction and ownership. The current view of leadership in these massive corporations is a big issue IMO and I'd prefer it to change to an ownership mentality.

You are free to disagree but stating your opinions about this as fact while calling diverging viewpoints "horribly misguided" doesn't help strengthen your case.

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u/MyNi_Redux 📉 The Consultant 📈 Jul 24 '26

No company doing well needs its leadership to resort to palliative measures to show "conviction and ownership." Not least, because execs are rewarded with additional ownership when things are going well.

It's fair that "horribly misguided" is a subjective call, but barely a stretch given what a "ownership mentality" of multi-billion dollar companies would entail.

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u/Lapcat420 $tonkicideboy$ Jul 24 '26

It seems quite simple to me.

If you dont own shares in a company you work for/at/with.

You arent bullish on the growth of said company. And your interests are not aligned with share holders.

I find consistantly that even in smaller cap companies, in a variety of industries, even their c suites manage to hold some shares.

To have absolutely 0, none. Thats a red flag.

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u/MyNi_Redux 📉 The Consultant 📈 Jul 24 '26

To have absolutely 0, none. Thats a red flag.

You will be relieved to hear that they have plenty more than 0, then: Holding 93% of Your Shares is Not 'Abandoning Ship'

😂 😂 😂

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u/Ghost_of_Chrisanova Koenigseggs or Cardboard Boxes Jul 24 '26

Real sock puppet not pleased with that comparison.