If it is 10%, essentially you'll buy 25K worth of stock at
Posted on: August 21, 2020 at 14:53:55 CT
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10% discount. So if the stock is $100 per share, you'll get to buy 278 shares, which would have a value of $27,800. That's greatly simplified.
The ESPP plan I'm in now, you can divert 15% of your salary, up to $25K, the discount is 15%, there are two six month periods, and there is a lookback where the 15% is applied at the lowest stock price at either the start of the 6 month period or the end of the 6 month period.
So if my salary is $150K, I can put in $11,250 per 6 month period. If the stock is at $100 at the start of te period, and goes up 10% by the end of the period, I would get to buy $11,250 of stock at $85, and immediately sell it at $110. So $3300 of free income with virtually no risk, with investment of my money varying from 6 months to two weeks.
It is a good deal. It is a great deal if the stock has a large jump in the 6 month period, with the look back.