GoDaddy management check
GDDY · Information Technology · Internet Services & Infrastructure · CEO Amanpal Singh Bhutani
Filings as of
5 good · 1 to watch · 0 flagged, across the seven questions below.
- Good
Have owners done well?
Beat its chosen peers$100 invested at the start of fiscal 2021 grew to $150, against $118 for the peer group the company picked itself.
- Good
Does pay follow performance?
Pay rose and fell with returnsOver 5 years, the CEO's pay actually paid (equity valued at the share price) had a correlation of 0.79 with shareholder return. 1 means pay moved in step; below 0, the opposite way.
- n/a
What does the CEO cost owners?
Not enough dataNo pay or net income figure for the latest year.
- Watch
Do they own the stock?
CEO stake ≈ 2.1 years of payThe CEO holds 500,053 shares, directly or through trusts (unvested awards not counted): about 2.1 years of pay. 6 insiders sold $5.3m in the last six months and none bought. 12 of 26 sales ran on pre-arranged 10b5-1 plans.
- Good
Are owners being diluted?
Share count shrinkingDiluted shares changed -3.6% a year over the last three fiscal years. Stock-based pay was 6.4% of revenue in the latest year.
- Good
Is leadership stable?
6 leadership filings in 3 yearsCEO in the pay table: Mr. Bhutani. 6 filings under 8-K item 5.02 (officers or directors leaving or joining, or new pay arrangements) in the last 3 years.
- Good
Are the books clean?
No red flags on fileNo restatements, auditor changes or late filings since 2021.
Against the S&P 500
Each check's score (0–100) and how it compares: the share of ranked S&P 500 companies it matches or beats, and the median in Information Technology.
| Check | Score | At or above | Sector median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner returns | 83 | 33 | |
| Pay for performance | 89 | 87 | |
| CEO cost | — | — | 35 |
| Skin in the game | 31 | 47 | |
| Dilution | 96 | 56 | |
| Stable leadership | 95 | 85 | |
| Clean books | 100 | 100 |
Closest peers
Others in Internet Services & Infrastructure, by management score. GoDaddy is 9th of 73 in its sector.
- 27AMATApplied Materials85
- 35KLACKLA Corporation83
- 36APHAmphenol83
- 42GDDYGoDaddy82
- 225VRSNVerisign66
- 425AKAMAkamai Technologies50
Pay versus performance
From the proxy statement filed April 24, 2026. "Actually paid" values stock awards at the share price, so it rises and falls with the stock.
| Fiscal year | CEO | CEO pay | Actually paid | Other executives (avg) | $100 became | Peers | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mr. Bhutani | $23.0m | −$21.6m | $8.1m | $150 | $118 | — |
| 2024 | — | $19.5m | $72.8m | $7.5m | $291 | $165 | — |
| 2023 | — | $15.9m | $30.9m | $4.1m | $156 | $128 | — |
| 2022 | — | $18.6m | $12.4m | $5.0m | $110 | $79 | — |
| 2021 | — | $15.3m | $14.9m | $4.2m | $125 | $152 | — |
The board says pay is tied most to NEBITDA. Its other key measures: Bookings, Relative TSR.
Insiders and the CEO's stake
Amanpal Singh Bhutani (Chief Executive Officer) held 500,053 shares directly after their latest Form 4 on Oct 1, 2026, roughly $48.8m at that filing's price.
6 insiders sold $5.3m in the last six months and none bought. 12 of 26 sales ran on pre-arranged 10b5-1 plans.
- SoldAmanpal Singh BhutaniChief Executive Officer$2.8mOct 1, 2026
- SoldMark McCaffreyChief Financial Officer$1.2mSep 2, 2026
- SoldJared F. SineChief Strategy & Legal Officer$748kOct 2, 2026
- SoldPhontip PalitwanonChief Accounting Officer$311kSep 2, 2026
Leadership and governance on file
- Jun 5, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Nov 22, 2024Leadership change8-K/A 5.02
- Nov 8, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jun 27, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jun 7, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Feb 8, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Oct 6, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jun 8, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jan 25, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Sep 29, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jul 8, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jan 26, 2022Leadership change8-K/A 5.02
Latest shareholder vote results: Jun 5, 2026, including the say-on-pay vote.
Where the money went
Over 2021–2025: $5.4bn returned to owners in buybacks and dividends, 142% of net income, and $1.4bn of pay in stock.
| Fiscal year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.8bn | $4.1bn | $4.3bn | $4.6bn | $5.0bn |
| Net income | $242.3m | $352.2m | $1.4bn | $936.9m | $875.0m |
| Stock-based pay | $207.9m | $264.4m | $296.3m | $299.9m | $317.8m |
| Buybacks | $526.0m | $1.3bn | $1.3bn | $676.5m | $1.6bn |
| Dividends | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diluted shares | — | — | 151m | 145m | 141m |
Educational only, not investment advice. Figures are as filed with the SEC: pay from the proxy's pay-versus-performance table, capital allocation from 10-K XBRL data, insider trades from Form 4s over the last six months, events from the last 5 years of filings. The peer group is the one the company chose. See the method.