PNC Financial Services management check
PNC · Financials · Diversified Banks · CEO William S. Demchak
Filings as of
5 good · 2 to watch · 0 flagged, across the seven questions below.
- Watch
Have owners done well?
Trailed its chosen peers$100 invested at the start of fiscal 2021 grew to $168, against $196 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 0.98 with shareholder return. 1 means pay moved in step; below 0, the opposite way.
- Good
What does the CEO cost owners?
0.4% of net income$29.5m of reported pay in fiscal 2025, against $7.0bn of net income.
- Watch
Do they own the stock?
Insiders are selling6 insiders sold $12.2m in the last six months and none bought.
- Good
Are owners being diluted?
Share count shrinkingDiluted shares changed -0.6% a year over the last three fiscal years.
- Good
Is leadership stable?
9 leadership filings in 3 yearsCEO in the pay table: William S. Demchak. 9 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 Financials.
| Check | Score | At or above | Sector median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner returns | 32 | 49 | |
| Pay for performance | 99 | 83 | |
| CEO cost | 81 | 67 | |
| Skin in the game | — | — | 51 |
| Dilution | 58 | 69 | |
| Stable leadership | 80 | 80 | |
| Clean books | 100 | 100 |
Closest peers
Others in Diversified Banks, by management score. PNC Financial Services is 29th of 72 in its sector.
Pay versus performance
From the proxy statement filed March 11, 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 | William S. Demchak | $29.5m | $35.7m | $8.0m | $168 | $196 | $7.0bn |
| 2024 | — | $22.4m | $33.5m | $6.4m | $150 | $148 | $6.0bn |
| 2023 | — | $20.0m | $20.8m | $7.4m | $116 | $108 | $5.6bn |
| 2022 | — | $20.2m | $19.1m | $12.3m | $113 | $109 | $6.1bn |
| 2021 | — | $17.5m | $26.6m | $7.9m | $138 | $138 | $5.7bn |
The board says pay is tied most to ROE. Its other key measures: Adjusted EPS, Annualized Three-Year TSR Rank vs. Peers, Annualized Five-Year TSR Rank vs. Peers.
Insiders and the CEO's stake
6 insiders sold $12.2m in the last six months and none bought.
- SoldAndrew T FeldsteinDirector$9.9mMay 26, 2026
- SoldStacy M. JuchnoExecutive Vice President$858kAug 13, 2026
- SoldStephanie NovoselExecutive Vice President$412kJun 5, 2026
- SoldMichael Duane ThomasExecutive Vice President$357kJun 12, 2026
Leadership and governance on file
- Apr 24, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Apr 25, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Apr 7, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Mar 27, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Feb 21, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Feb 3, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jan 23, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- May 24, 2024Leadership change8-K/A 5.02
- Feb 20, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- May 19, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- May 2, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jun 17, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
Latest shareholder vote results: Apr 24, 2026, including the say-on-pay vote.
Where the money went
Over 2021–2025: $19.6bn returned to owners in buybacks and dividends, and $0 of pay in stock.
| Fiscal year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $19.2bn | $21.1bn | $21.5bn | $21.6bn | $23.1bn |
| Net income | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stock-based pay | — | — | — | — | — |
| Buybacks | $1.1bn | $3.7bn | $651.0m | $687.0m | $1.3bn |
| Dividends | $2.1bn | $2.4bn | $2.5bn | $2.5bn | $2.6bn |
| Diluted shares | 426m | 412m | 401m | 400m | 396m |
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.