X @Cassandra Unchained

Actual SBC costs are not high simply because the employees' shares went up in value. The shares were not yet in employees' hands. The grants of RSUs are future promises, and all potential upside is funded by shareholders directly through either dilution or future buybacks to nowhere at much higher prices. Companies benefit by offloading all the employee shares' upside from the income statement, but it shows up down the road in the cash flow statement, and must be accounted.What actually happens - grant when ...