Value-Based Compensation Tool

For phantom stock to be effective, you must offer value that employees consider significant.

This tool poses questions about your view of your company’s future. Your answers will generate an estimate of the kind of value-sharing your company can support, so you can assess whether a phantom stock plan may be right for you.

Note that none of the information you input here is stored or sent to our company. These tools are for demonstration purposes only.

Select the most fundamental indicator of value in your company?
Considering your selection above, enter your approximate annual value for the most recently completed year (or projected for the current year).

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What calendar year does your response in item 2 relate to?
Select a future year that you'd like to build towards; make this at least 3 years but, for best results, between 5 and 10 years from now.
What level of revenue are you targeting for your selected year?

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How would a buyer evaluate your business? What multiple of revenue would the buyer likely use? (Input any number up to two decimal places.)
If you were to begin a phantom stock plan in and it runs until , how many employees would you envision participating in the plan?
Based on your inputs your business has a value today of:

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Your future business has a possible value of:

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This represents an increase in value of:

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What percentage of that new value would you expect to share with your key employees? (Rule-of-thumb--5-15%)

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This means you would share the following amount with your key employees for helping you achieve this growth:

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Can Your Company Support a Phantom Stock Plan?

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Added Value

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Value Shared

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Average Value

Present Company

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Picture Your Future Company - Results

Added Value

Sharing Target

Value Shared

Plan Participants

Average Value

Present Company

Future Company

Utilize VisionLink’s additional assessment tools:

Are You Ready for a Phantom Stock Plan?

Which Incentive Plan Is Right for Your Company?

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