Companies Hamilton Beach Brands Holding
Hamilton Beach Brands (HBB): executive pay, fiscal 2025
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CEO pay, last three years
- $1,568,473FY2023
- $2,953,212FY2024
- $3,501,213FY2025
CEO total pay was $3,501,213 in fiscal 2025, up from $2,953,212 in fiscal 2024.
FY2025: salary $809,992 · bonus $0 · stock awards $1,069,993 · option awards $0
Executives and directors
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Summary compensation table
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. Scott Tidey | $809,992 | $0 | $1,069,993 | $0 | $1,356,275 | $21,106 | $243,847 | $3,501,213 |
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Sally Cunningham | 446,706 | 0 | 192,578 | 0 | 310,880 | 5,958 | 89,292 | 1,045,414 |
| Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||||||||
| Andrew Carington | 300,655 | 0 | 113,107 | 0 | 192,250 | 1,732 | 41,855 | 649,599 |
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||||
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.
Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive
| Named executive officer | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | Δ FY2024→2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. Scott Tidey | $3,501,213 | $2,953,212 | $1,568,473 | ↑ +548,001 |
| Sally Cunningham | 1,045,414 | 1,144,557 | — | ↓ −99,143 |
| Andrew Carington | 649,599 | — | — | — |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis
The guiding principle of the compensation program is the maintenance of a strong link among an employee’s compensation, individual performance and the performance of the Company or the subsidiary or business unit for which the employee performs services. The primary objectives are to attract, retain, and motivate talented management; reward management with competitive total compensation for achievement of specific corporate and individual goals; make management long-term stakeholders in the Company; help ensure management’s interests are closely aligned with those of stockholders; and maintain consistency in compensation.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Korn Ferry |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | true |
Equity grants and outstanding awards
Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Carington | PSU | 2025-12-31 | — | — | — | — | $113,107 |
| Sally Cunningham | PSU | 2025-12-31 | — | — | — | — | 192,578 |
| R. Scott Tidey | PSU | 2025-12-31 | — | — | — | — | 1,069,993 |
Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Carington | $0 | $113,107 | $0 | 100.0% |
| Sally Cunningham | 0 | 192,578 | 0 | 100.0% |
| R. Scott Tidey | 0 | 1,069,993 | 0 | 100.0% |
% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.
No outstanding equity awards are on file for this fiscal year.
Director compensation
No director compensation table is on file for fiscal year 2025.
Board fee structure and ownership guideline
| Annual cash retainer | $179,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $112,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 20,000 / 15,000 / 10,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | — |
Peer group, and who names Hamilton Beach Brands as a peer
Companies that benchmark against HBB
2 companies name HBB as a compensation peer
- ACCO BRANDS CorpACCOFY2025
- HOOKER FURNISHINGS CorpHOFTFY2026
- LIFETIME BRANDS, INCLCUTFY2025
Each company listed discloses HBB in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named HBB in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.
Chief executive pay against the peer group
Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.
| Rank | Company | FY | Chief executive | Salary | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton Beach Brands Holding | 2025 | R. Scott Tidey | $809,992 | $1,069,993 | $0 | $1,356,275 | $3,501,213 |
Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.
Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-05-07 | 41,419,189 | 206,237 | 390,666 | 99.5% | Passed |
| 2025 | 2025-05-08 | 41,413,653 | 1,195,752 | 406,388 | 97.19% | Passed |
| 2024 | 2024-05-09 | 41,566,200 | 232,398 | 420,139 | 99.44% | Passed |
| 2023 | 2023-05-10 | 40,781,101 | 1,325,639 | 441,916 | 96.85% | Passed |
| 2022 | 2022-05-17 | 41,699,314 | 176,407 | 441,729 | 99.58% | Passed |
Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.
Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation
| Meeting year | Meeting date | Approval — company’s computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-05-07 | 99.5%a |
| 2025 | 2025-05-08 | 97.19%b |
| 2024 | 2024-05-09 | 99.44%c |
a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
c. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.
CEO pay ratio
| Ratio (CEO : median employee) | 48 : 1 |
|---|---|
| CEO total compensation | $3,501,213 |
| Median employee compensation | $73,096 |
Insider trades since the proxy
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
Sources (13 citations)
Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.
- Section 01, R. Scott Tidey. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-25. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 40. As printed: 3,501,213. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Sally Cunningham. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-25. Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,045,414. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Andrew Carington. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-25. Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 649,599. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Andrew Carington PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-25. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Sally Cunningham PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-25. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, R. Scott Tidey PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-25. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-25. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 48 : 1. View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-05-11. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.5% (votes for as printed: 41,419,189). View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-05-12. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.19% (votes for as printed: 41,413,653). View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-05-13. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.44% (votes for as printed: 41,566,200). View filing ↗
- Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
- Section 03b vehicle mix (computed). Computed. RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).
- Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-25. CEO total compensation as printed in Hamilton Beach Brands Holding's own proxy. As printed: 3,501,213. View filing ↗