Industrials & Aerospace

Axon Enterprise Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: Axon Enterprise (AXON) executive compensation
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AXON · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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Patrick Smith

Latest say-on-pay support

May 28, 2026

Chief executive pay ratio

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To the median employee

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Data as of November 4, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 1, 2026

15 filings cited on this page

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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025

The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.

Chief executive total compensation — Patrick Smith: $164,525,721 → $40,001 (100.0% lower)

Say-on-pay support: 66.9% → 89.8% (22.9 points higher)

CEO pay ratio: 801:1 → 0.3:1 (100.0% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

Who is Axon Enterprise's chief executive and what were they paid?

Total compensation for Patrick Smith, Chief Executive Officer, came to $40,001 in fiscal 2025. Compared with the $164,525,721 reported for fiscal 2024, Smith's total was 100.0% lower.

What was Axon Enterprise's say-on-pay result?

For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 89.8% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 28, 2026.

Which companies are in Axon Enterprise's peer group?

The disclosed peer group names Alarm.com Holdings, Inc., ANSYS, Aspen Technology, Inc., Crowdstrike and Datadog, among others.

What is Axon Enterprise's chief executive pay ratio?

The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 0.3:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $135,696.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.

Fiscal 2022

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Brittany Bagley Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Joshua Isner Chief Operating Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jeffrey Kunins Chief Product Officer and Chief Technology Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
James Zito Former Interim Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year Served on an interim basis	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Luke Larson Former President Departed during or after this year	◇	—	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jawad Ahsan Former Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇	◇
Patrick Smith Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Joshua Isner President	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jeffrey Kunins Chief Product Officer and Chief Technology Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Brittany Bagley Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Patrick Smith Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Patrick Smith Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Joshua Isner President	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Brittany Bagley Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Cameron Brooks Chief Revenue Officer	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jeffrey Kunins Chief Product Officer and Chief Technology Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Cameron Brooks Chief Revenue Officer	◇	—	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Brittany Bagley Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jeffrey Kunins Chief Product Officer and Chief Technology Officer	◇	—	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Joshua Isner President	◇	—	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Patrick Smith Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇	◇

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Award	Grant date	Threshold units	Target units	Units granted	Maximum units	Exercise price	Grant date fair value
Patrick Smith	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇

Fiscal 2022, 2024 are included in the PDF.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.

As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end

Officer	Award	Unvested units	Market value of unvested units	Exercise price	Expires
Patrick Smith	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Joshua Isner	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Brittany Bagley	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Jeffrey Kunins	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Cameron Brooks	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.

Brittany Bagley

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer · Employment agreement

Severance multiple	◇
Severance base	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Change-in-control base	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇
Excise tax treatment	◇
Non-compete period	◇
Non-solicit period	◇

Cameron Brooks

Chief Revenue Officer · Severance agreement

Severance multiple	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇
Non-compete period	◇

Jeffrey Kunins

Chief Product Officer and Chief Technology Officer · Employment agreement

Severance multiple

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Joshua Isner

President · Employment agreement

Severance multiple

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Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.

Fiscal 2025

Director	Fees earned in cash	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Michael Garnreiter Board chair	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Graham Smith	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Hadi Partovi	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Adriane Brown	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Julie Cullivan	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Matthew McBrady	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Caitlin Kalinowski	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Jeri Williams	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Erika Ayers Badan	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Todd Morgenfeld	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇

Patrick Smith served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.

Earlier years are included in the PDF.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.

Board cash retainer	◇
Board equity retainer	◇
Total board retainer	◇
Board chair premium	◇
Audit committee chair	◇
Audit committee member	◇
Compensation committee chair	◇
Compensation committee member	◇
Nominating and governance chair	◇
Nominating and governance member	◇

Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Fiscal 2025

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. ALRM
ANSYS ANSS
Aspen Technology, Inc. AZPN
Crowdstrike CRWD
Datadog DDOG
Dynatrace, Inc. DT
Elastic N.V. ESTC
Fair Isaac Corporation FICO
HEICO Corporation HEI
HubSpot HUBS
MongoDB, Inc. MDB
Palantir Technologies PLTR
Paycom Software, Inc. PAYC
Paylocity Holding Corporation PCTY
Procore Technologies PCOR
PTC Inc. PTC
Samsara IOT
Tyler Technologies Inc. TYL
Zscaler ZS

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	May 28, 2026	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	May 29, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	May 10, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	May 31, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇
2021	May 20, 2022	=	◇	◇	◇
2020	May 27, 2021	=	◇	◇	◇
2019	May 29, 2020	=	◇	◇	◇
2018	May 31, 2019	=	◇	◇	◇
2017	May 24, 2018	=	◇	◇	◇
2016	May 25, 2017	=	◇	◇	◇
2015	May 26, 2016	=	◇	◇	◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.

Ratio

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Median employee compensation

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Chief executive total compensation

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Peer benchmarking

Where Axon Enterprise sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.

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Realizable pay

What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.

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Citations

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219 figures on this page: 208 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints.

208 cited to the filing

11 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

8-K, filed June 1, 2026
0001628280-26-039483
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 16, 2026
0001628280-26-025521
Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Director Compensation · Outstanding Equity Awards at Year-End · POTENTIAL PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION · and 2 more sections
8-K, filed June 2, 2025
0001069183-25-000129
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed May 13, 2024
0001069183-24-000037
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed June 2, 2023
0001558370-23-010762
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 21, 2023
0001069183-23-000019
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
EX-10, filed November 9, 2022
0001069183-22-000055
Employment Agreement
8-K, filed May 20, 2022
0001069183-22-000017
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed May 27, 2021
0001069183-21-000013
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed June 3, 2020
0001558370-20-007233
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed June 4, 2019
0001069183-19-000093
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed May 24, 2018
0001069183-18-000055
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed May 26, 2017
0001069183-17-000099
8-K, filed May 27, 2016
0001069183-16-000187
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A
0001069183-25-000055
Grants of Plan-Based Awards

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Peers Axon Enterprise discloses

The companies named in AXON's own disclosed peer group.

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.ANSYS Aspen Technology, Inc.Crowdstrike Datadog Dynatrace, Inc.Elastic N.V.Fair Isaac Corporation HEICO Corporation HubSpot MongoDB, Inc.Palantir Technologies Paycom Software, Inc.Paylocity Holding Corporation Procore Technologies PTC Inc.Samsara Tyler Technologies Inc.Zscaler

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854

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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}