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July 20, 2020

Relative TSR: S&P 500 Trends

– Lynn Jokela

A recent Exequity report explores the usage of relative total shareholder return (RTSR) within long-term incentive plans across S&P 500 companies.  The report’s introduction says that comp committees may increasingly turn to RTSR as fallout from Covid-19 makes reliable goal-setting hard to come by.  The report includes charts showing the prevalence of RTSR and design elements showing whether RTSR is used as a metric or modifier…