Value an employee equity grant at the current valuation and across a vesting schedule.
A grant is only meaningful relative to the fully diluted share count — a number of shares with no denominator says nothing. For options, the value that matters is the spread between the current share price and the strike price. Employees are routinely quoted a share count without a denominator, which makes it impossible to tell whether a grant is worth 0.01% or 1% of the company.
Employee Equity
Grant value = shares granted × (valuation ÷ fully diluted shares); net gain = shares × (price − strike)
Grant value = shares granted × (valuation ÷ fully diluted shares); net gain = shares × (price − strike) A grant is only meaningful relative to the fully diluted share count — a number of shares with no denominator says nothing. For options, the value that matters is the spread between the current share price and the strike price.
Employees are routinely quoted a share count without a denominator, which makes it impossible to tell whether a grant is worth 0.01% or 1% of the company.
This calculator takes 5 inputs: Shares granted, Total shares outstanding, fully diluted, Company valuation, Vesting period, Strike price per share. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.