CarParts.com Executive Compensation (FY25)
PRTS · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2024 to 2025
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Data as of September 12, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 11, 2026
8 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 — David Meniane: $4,208,360 → $1,514,734 (64.0% lower)
Say-on-pay support: 90.2% → 95.3% (5.1 points higher)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is CarParts.com's chief executive and what were they paid?
David Meniane was paid $1,514,734 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Meniane's total was 64.0% lower than the $4,208,360 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was CarParts.com's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 95.3% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 21, 2026.
Which companies are in CarParts.com's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include America's Car-Mart, Brightcove, Brilliant Earth Group, Duluth Holdings and Edgio, among others.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Meniane Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Huffaker Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Kals Subramanian Chief Technology Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Meniane Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Huffaker Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Kals Subramanian Chief Technology 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Meniane | RSU | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Kals Subramanian | RSU | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Michael Huffaker | RSU | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Meniane | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/15/2029 |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 12/30/2029 |
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.
David Meniane
Chief Executive Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
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| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
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Kals Subramanian
Chief Technology Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
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Michael Huffaker
Chief Operating Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
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| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
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Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2026
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Warren Barry Phelps III Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jim Barnes | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Ana Dutra | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Nanxi Liu | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Dr. Lisa Costa | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Henry Maier | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
David Meniane served on the board in fiscal 2026 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 | ◇ |
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| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance member | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as Cash-settled RSUs.
Stock ownership guideline: 2x annual independent director RSU grant within 4 years
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2026
- America's Car-Mart CRMT
- Brightcove BCOV
- Brilliant Earth Group BRLT
- Duluth Holdings DLTH
- Edgio EGIO
- Holley HLLY
- Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings LVLU
- Motorcar Parts of America MPAA
- PetMed Express PETS
- Stoneridge SRI
- Superior Industries International SUP
- The Honest Company HNST
- The Lovesac Company LOVE
- The RealReal symbol not shown
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 21, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | June 13, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | May 23, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | May 25, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | June 16, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2016 | May 11, 2017 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact CarParts.com disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where CarParts.com 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
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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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100 figures on this page: 94 cited to the filing that reported them, 6 calculated from figures it prints.
94 cited to the filing
6 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001140361-26-020595Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001140361-26-012396CEO ( · Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Director Compensation Table · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End · and 3 more sections
- 0001378950-25-000067
- 0001140361-25-016677Summary Compensation Table
- 0001140361-24-027657Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001378950-23-000036
- 0001378950-20-000023
- 0001104659-17-032843
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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}
}