How Stock-Based Compensation Impacts Your Favorite Tech Stocks

leventince/E+ via Getty Images Stock-Based Compensation (SBC) is a practice that originated some 75 years ago, as some companies began offering their management personnel opportunities for a stake in their employer's equity as an alternative to, or in replacement of, cash salary and wages. Remember that this was back in the day when discount brokerages didn't exist, meaning significantly fewer individuals had the means to own stocks. This article really isn't about the advantages for a company having th ...