Axon Enterprise Executive Compensation (FY25)
AXON · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
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Data as of September 19, 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.
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 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 | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Jeffrey Kunins | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Cameron Brooks | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Brittany Bagley | 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
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Change-in-control base | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation | ◇ |
| Non-compete period | ◇ |
| Non-solicit period | ◇ |
Cameron Brooks
Chief Revenue Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
| Severance multiple | ◇ |
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation | ◇ |
| Non-compete period | ◇ |
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 | ◇ |
| Audit committee member | ◇ |
| Compensation committee member | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance member | ◇ |
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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Chief executive total compensation
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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Axon Enterprise disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
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.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable 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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190 figures on this page: 179 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints.
179 cited to the filing
11 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001628280-26-039483Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001628280-26-025521Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Director Compensation · OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL · Pay Ratio · and 1 more section
- 0001069183-25-000129Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001069183-25-000055Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Summary Compensation Table
- 0001069183-24-000037Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001558370-23-010762Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001069183-23-000019SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
- 0001069183-22-000055Employment Agreement
- 0001069183-22-000017Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001069183-21-000013Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001558370-20-007233Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001069183-19-000093Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001069183-18-000055Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001069183-17-000099
- 0001069183-16-000187Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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15 filings cited on this page
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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}
}