# rentseek.ing

> Free executive compensation data extracted from SEC filings. Compare CEO pay, stock awards, and compensation trends for 500+ tracked public companies.

All compensation data extracted from SEC DEF 14A and 20-F filings. rentseek.ing provides structured, machine-readable executive compensation data sourced directly from SEC EDGAR. Our data includes salary, bonus, stock awards, option awards, non-equity incentive compensation, pension changes, and total compensation for Named Executive Officers (NEOs) across 500+ tracked public companies.

## Data Sources & Methodology

- **DEF 14A Proxy Statements**: Primary source for US domestic companies
- **20-F Annual Reports**: Source for Foreign Private Issuers (FPIs)
- **Extraction Method**: Combination of deterministic parsing and LLM-assisted extraction with validation
- **Update Frequency**: Typically processed within 24-48 hours as filings are released
- **Coverage**: 500+ tracked public companies across major indices
- **Warehouse + ticker facts split**: Aggregate pages are powered by warehouse-style summary datasets; deep ticker pages use full disclosure records
- **Public methodology**: [Methodology](https://rentseek.ing/methodology) documents the collection, validation, and presentation approach

## Documentation & Core Pages

- [Home](https://rentseek.ing/): Search and navigate executive compensation coverage across tracked public companies
- [Discover](https://rentseek.ing/discover): Editorial discovery page for notable companies, trends, and compensation highlights
- [Activism](https://rentseek.ing/activism): Campaign-oriented governance pages and shareholder action entrypoint
- [CEO Salary](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary): Programmatic SEO hub for industry-level CEO compensation benchmarks
- [CEO Salary by Company Size](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary-by-company-size): Benchmark CEO compensation by market-cap bracket from micro-cap to mega-cap
- [Time to CEO](https://rentseek.ing/time-to-ceo): Compare executive pay against median-worker earnings time equivalents
- [Compare](https://rentseek.ing/compare): Side-by-side company and executive compensation comparison tool
- [FAQ](https://rentseek.ing/faq): Plain-English answers about compensation disclosures, pay ratios, and shareholder votes
- [Companies](https://rentseek.ing/companies): Directory-style entrypoint for tracked companies and compensation coverage
- [Glossary](https://rentseek.ing/glossary): Definitions for compensation, governance, and proxy-filing terms
- [Release Notes](https://rentseek.ing/notes): Product updates and site changelog
- [Terms of Service](https://rentseek.ing/terms): Usage terms and data licensing language
- [Methodology](https://rentseek.ing/methodology): How rentseek.ing extracts, validates, and presents filing-derived compensation data
- [Learn](https://rentseek.ing/learn): Article index for explainers, rankings writeups, and methodology-driven research posts
- [Pay Misalignment](https://rentseek.ing/rankings/pay-misalignment): Ranking of CEOs whose reported pay diverges most from performance
- [Board Pay](https://rentseek.ing/rankings/board-pay): Ranking of non-executive director compensation and recurring board payroll
- [Board Pay Spotlight](https://rentseek.ing/board-pay-spotlight): Board compensation analysis and board-pay specific discovery page

## Published Articles

- [Adobe's 2026 Say-on-Pay Cleared at 50.65%: A Three-Year Collapse in Shareholder Approval](https://rentseek.ing/learn/adbe-2026-say-on-pay): Adobe's 2026 advisory vote on executive pay passed by just 1.31% — down from 84.86% in 2024. The reported pay, realized pay, and stock-return numbers shareholders were responding to.
- [Ranked: How Many Lifetimes to Earn a CEO's Annual Pay](https://rentseek.ing/learn/ceo-pay-lifetimes): A 4,028:1 CEO pay ratio is abstract. Put into working time, Mattel's FY2024 ratio equals 100.7 full careers at the company's median employee pay.
- [Officer Buyers vs. Sellers: The 23-to-1 Trading Gap](https://rentseek.ing/learn/officer-buyers-vs-sellers): Named officers sold $46.12B of company stock and bought $2.03B from January 2025 through March 2026. The public Form 4 tape tilted heavily toward selling.
- [Fastest Grant-to-Sale Sprints: When Selling Starts After the Award](https://rentseek.ing/learn/grant-to-sale-sprint): Some disclosed executive stock sales started one day after the grant date. This filing-backed cut lines up FY2024 grants with the next 90 days of sales.
- [Ranked: The 10 Highest-Paid Corporate Boards](https://rentseek.ing/learn/highest-paid-corporate-boards): A recurring board-pay ranking built from the latest proxy disclosures in our warehouse. It shows which companies spend the most on director oversight after filtering out one-time payout distortions.
- [Stock Grants Drove CEO Raises While Shares Fell](https://rentseek.ing/learn/stock-grants-drove-ceo-raises-while-shares-fell): In the biggest verified pay-up, stock-down cases from FY2023 to FY2024, almost all of the extra CEO pay came from stock and option awards rather than cash. Here is how boards used equity to raise pay during negative-return years.
- [How Board Directors Get Paid](https://rentseek.ing/learn/board-pay-explained): Board directors set CEO pay, approve strategy, and collect six-figure fees for part-time work. Here's how their compensation actually works — and why shareholders should pay attention.
- [71 Companies Where the Board Raised CEO Pay While the Stock Fell](https://rentseek.ing/learn/worst-aligned-ceos-2024): We tested 487 S&P 500 companies on a simple question: did the board raise CEO pay while shareholders lost money? 71 companies failed the test. 24 of those are wealth transfers — the CEO's realized pay rose too.
- [What Is Proxy Season? A Plain-English Guide (2026)](https://rentseek.ing/learn/what-is-proxy-season): Proxy season happens every spring when public companies ask shareholders to vote. Here's what actually happens, why it matters to you, and what to watch for in 2026.
- [CEO Pay Ratios Explained: What They Mean and What They Hide](https://rentseek.ing/learn/ceo-pay-ratios-explained): Every public company must disclose how much more their CEO earns than their median employee. The number is revealing — but it doesn't tell the whole story.
- [Are CEOs Paid for Performance? What 500 Companies' Data Actually Shows](https://rentseek.ing/learn/are-ceos-paid-for-performance): We applied two tests — the board's scorecard and the market's — to 269 S&P 500 companies. Only 49.8% pass both. The 14-point gap reveals the stock market quietly correcting board decisions.

## Company Data

Every tracked company has a detail page at `/t/[TICKER]` with multi-year compensation breakdown, pay-versus-performance context, governance data, and related machine-readable facts.

- [NVIDIA (NVDA)](https://rentseek.ing/t/NVDA): Executive compensation data for Jensen Huang and the leadership team
- [Apple (AAPL)](https://rentseek.ing/t/AAPL): Executive compensation data for Tim Cook and the leadership team
- [Tesla (TSLA)](https://rentseek.ing/t/TSLA): Executive compensation data for Elon Musk and the leadership team
- [Microsoft (MSFT)](https://rentseek.ing/t/MSFT): Executive compensation data for Satya Nadella and the leadership team
- [Alphabet (GOOGL)](https://rentseek.ing/t/GOOGL): Executive compensation data for Sundar Pichai and the leadership team
- [Meta (META)](https://rentseek.ing/t/META): Executive compensation data for Mark Zuckerberg and the leadership team
- [Amazon (AMZN)](https://rentseek.ing/t/AMZN): Executive compensation data for Andy Jassy and the leadership team
- [JPMorgan Chase (JPM)](https://rentseek.ing/t/JPM): Executive compensation data for Jamie Dimon and the leadership team

Ticker patterns:
- Human-readable company page pattern: `https://rentseek.ing/t/[TICKER]`
- Machine-readable company facts pattern: `https://rentseek.ing/t/[TICKER]/facts`
- Machine-readable company Markdown pattern: `https://rentseek.ing/t/[TICKER].md`
- Facts JSON and ticker Markdown are free no-auth surfaces for downstream systems that want key structured metrics without loading the full company page.

## Rankings & pSEO Pages

- [Highest CEO Pay Ratio](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-pay-ratio/highest): Companies with the largest CEO-to-median-worker pay ratios
- [Lowest CEO Pay Ratio](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-pay-ratio/lowest): Companies with the smallest CEO-to-median-worker pay ratios
- [Pay Misalignment](https://rentseek.ing/rankings/pay-misalignment): CEOs whose compensation diverges most from company performance
- [Board Pay](https://rentseek.ing/rankings/board-pay): Non-executive director compensation rankings
- [CEO Salary by Company Size](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary-by-company-size): Benchmark CEO compensation by market-cap bracket
- [Board Pay Spotlight](https://rentseek.ing/board-pay-spotlight): Board-compensation focused rankings and analysis

Industry benchmark pattern:
- `https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/[industry]`

Registered industry pages:
- [Services-Prepackaged Software](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/services-prepackaged-software): Industry benchmark page covering 68 companies
- [Pharmaceutical Preparations](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/pharmaceutical-preparations): Industry benchmark page covering 55 companies
- [Real Estate Investment Trusts](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/real-estate-investment-trusts): Industry benchmark page covering 54 companies
- [Semiconductors & Related Devices](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/semiconductors-related-devices): Industry benchmark page covering 40 companies
- [State Commercial Banks](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/state-commercial-banks): Industry benchmark page covering 39 companies
- [National Commercial Banks](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/national-commercial-banks): Industry benchmark page covering 36 companies
- [Services-Business Services, NEC](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/services-business-services-nec): Industry benchmark page covering 25 companies
- [Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc.](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/services-computer-programming-data-processing-etc): Industry benchmark page covering 20 companies
- [Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances)](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/biological-products-no-diagnostic-substances): Industry benchmark page covering 17 companies
- [Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/surgical-medical-instruments-apparatus): Industry benchmark page covering 17 companies
- [Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/services-computer-processing-data-preparation): Industry benchmark page covering 17 companies
- [Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/fire-marine-casualty-insurance): Industry benchmark page covering 16 companies
- [Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/security-brokers-dealers-flotation-companies): Industry benchmark page covering 15 companies
- [Investment Advice](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/investment-advice): Industry benchmark page covering 15 companies
- [Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/crude-petroleum-natural-gas): Industry benchmark page covering 14 companies
- [Finance Services](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/finance-services): Industry benchmark page covering 13 companies
- [Electric Services](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/electric-services): Industry benchmark page covering 12 companies
- [Hotels & Motels](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/hotels-motels): Industry benchmark page covering 11 companies
- [Retail-Eating  Places](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/retail-eating-places): Industry benchmark page covering 9 companies
- [Services-Medical Laboratories](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/services-medical-laboratories): Industry benchmark page covering 9 companies
- [Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/motor-vehicle-parts-accessories): Industry benchmark page covering 9 companies
- [Communications Services, NEC](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/communications-services-nec): Industry benchmark page covering 8 companies
- [Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/retail-auto-dealers-gasoline-stations): Industry benchmark page covering 8 companies
- [Services-Computer Programming Services](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/services-computer-programming-services): Industry benchmark page covering 8 companies
- [Operative Builders](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/operative-builders): Industry benchmark page covering 8 companies
- [Real Estate](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/real-estate): Industry benchmark page covering 8 companies
- [Retail-Variety Stores](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/retail-variety-stores): Industry benchmark page covering 7 companies
- [Cable & Other Pay Television Services](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/cable-other-pay-television-services): Industry benchmark page covering 7 companies
- [Trucking (No Local)](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/trucking-no-local): Industry benchmark page covering 7 companies
- [Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/services-computer-integrated-systems-design): Industry benchmark page covering 7 companies
- [Special Industry Machinery, NEC](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/special-industry-machinery-nec): Industry benchmark page covering 6 companies
- [Petroleum Refining](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/petroleum-refining): Industry benchmark page covering 6 companies
- [Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/security-commodity-brokers-dealers-exchanges-services): Industry benchmark page covering 6 companies
- [Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/services-miscellaneous-amusement-recreation): Industry benchmark page covering 6 companies
- [Electric & Other Services Combined](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/electric-other-services-combined): Industry benchmark page covering 6 companies
- [Oil & Gas Field Services, NEC](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/oil-gas-field-services-nec): Industry benchmark page covering 6 companies
- [Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/insurance-agents-brokers-service): Industry benchmark page covering 6 companies
- [Printed Circuit Boards](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/printed-circuit-boards): Industry benchmark page covering 6 companies
- [Air Transportation, Scheduled](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/air-transportation-scheduled): Industry benchmark page covering 6 companies
- [Personal Credit Institutions](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/personal-credit-institutions): Industry benchmark page covering 6 companies
- [Computer Communications Equipment](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/computer-communications-equipment): Industry benchmark page covering 5 companies
- [Food and Kindred Products](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/food-and-kindred-products): Industry benchmark page covering 5 companies
- [Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/motor-vehicles-passenger-car-bodies): Industry benchmark page covering 5 companies
- [Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/oil-gas-field-machinery-equipment): Industry benchmark page covering 5 companies
- [Transportation Services](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/transportation-services): Industry benchmark page covering 5 companies
- [Apparel & Other Finishd Prods of  Fabrics & Similar Matl](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/apparel-other-finishd-prods-of-fabrics-similar-matl): Industry benchmark page covering 5 companies
- [Chemicals & Allied Products](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/chemicals-allied-products): Industry benchmark page covering 5 companies
- [Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/electromedical-electrotherapeutic-apparatus): Industry benchmark page covering 5 companies
- [Services-Educational Services](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/services-educational-services): Industry benchmark page covering 5 companies
- [Services-Help Supply Services](https://rentseek.ing/ceo-salary/services-help-supply-services): Industry benchmark page covering 5 companies

## Free No-Auth Machine Data

The following crawlable routes are public-facing and useful for machine consumption. Internal, authenticated, mutation, and crawler-blocked routes are intentionally omitted.

- `https://rentseek.ing/t/[TICKER]/facts`: Free no-auth facts JSON for a ticker, including compensation snapshots and key metrics for the latest resolved fiscal year.
- `https://rentseek.ing/t/[TICKER].md`: Free no-auth Markdown facts table with last-updated metadata and a canonical company page link.

## Authenticated API

The provider API uses the Financial Datasets convention: `X-API-KEY` authentication, query parameters such as `ticker`, `cik`, `period`, and `limit`, and top-level snake_case response arrays. Generate keys and run requests from [Developer API](https://rentseek.ing/developers).

- `https://rentseek.ing/openapi.json`: OpenAPI 3.0.1 contract for the authenticated executive compensation API.
- `https://rentseek.ing/api/executive-compensation.md`: Endpoint-specific Markdown guide with examples and an OpenAPI fragment.
- `https://rentseek.ing/api/executive-compensation?ticker=AAPL&period=annual&limit=4`: Financial Datasets-style endpoint returning snake_case executive compensation rows.
- `https://rentseek.ing/api/executive-compensation/tickers`: Available ticker symbols for the executive compensation dataset.

The executive compensation endpoint returns named-executive fiscal-year compensation rows. It does not return pay ratio, pay-versus-performance/CAP adjustments, director compensation, or insider trades.

## Authenticated MCP

The remote MCP server exposes the same executive compensation dataset for agent clients.

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.rentseek.ing/mcp`
- Transport: `streamable-http`
- Resource: `https://mcp.rentseek.ing/`
- Documentation: [MCP Server Docs](https://rentseek.ing/api/mcp.md)
- OAuth mode: OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration for interactive clients
- OAuth issuer: `https://rentseek.ing`
- Dynamic client registration: `https://rentseek.ing/oauth/register`
- Protected resource metadata: `https://mcp.rentseek.ing/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource`
- Scope: `executive-compensation:read`
- API-key authentication: `X-API-KEY`, using the same key as the REST API

Tools:
- `get_executive_compensation` (Get Executive Compensation): Get named-executive fiscal-year compensation rows from public company filings.
- `list_available_tickers` (List Available Tickers): List tickers with published executive compensation data available on rentseek.ing.

## Glossary & Terminology

- [Glossary](https://rentseek.ing/glossary): Canonical definitions for compensation, governance, and proxy-disclosure terms
- The glossary covers concepts such as CEO pay ratio, stock awards, option awards, say-on-pay, board compensation, and pay-versus-performance disclosure mechanics.

## Source Context for LLMs

- Compensation data is filing-derived rather than user-generated.
- Aggregate pages summarize warehouse-level data; ticker pages provide the richest company-specific context.
- Rankings and pSEO pages should be interpreted as benchmark and discovery surfaces, while `/t/[TICKER]` is the authoritative company-level destination.
- When linking users to primary data, prefer ticker pages and `/t/[TICKER]/facts` for company-specific questions, and methodology/glossary pages for terminology or process questions.

## Optional

- [Terms of Service](https://rentseek.ing/terms): Usage terms and data licensing
- [Release Notes](https://rentseek.ing/notes): Product updates and changelog