Otis Worldwide management check
OTIS · Industrials · Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components · CEO Ms. Marks
Filings as of
4 good · 1 to watch · 1 flagged, across the seven questions below.
- Flag
Have owners done well?
Trailed its chosen peers$100 invested at the start of fiscal 2021 grew to $139, against $190 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 0.86 with shareholder return. 1 means pay moved in step; below 0, the opposite way.
- Watch
What does the CEO cost owners?
1.2% of net income$17.0m of reported pay in fiscal 2025, against $1.4bn of net income.
- n/a
Do they own the stock?
No recent CEO filingLight activity: no buys, $125k sold in six months.
- Good
Are owners being diluted?
Share count shrinkingDiluted shares changed -2.4% a year over the last three fiscal years. Stock-based pay was 0.6% of revenue in the latest year.
- Good
Is leadership stable?
6 leadership filings in 3 yearsCEO in the pay table: Ms. Marks. 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 Industrials.
| Check | Score | At or above | Sector median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner returns | 16 | 55 | |
| Pay for performance | 93 | 86 | |
| CEO cost | 43 | 48 | |
| Skin in the game | — | — | 55 |
| Dilution | 80 | 62 | |
| Stable leadership | 95 | 75 | |
| Clean books | 100 | 100 |
Closest peers
Others in Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components, by management score. Otis Worldwide is 31st of 81 in its sector.
- 120HUBBHubbell Incorporated75
- 123GWWW. W. Grainger74
- 151PHParker Hannifin72
- 170OTISOtis Worldwide71
- 179SNASnap-on70
- 196DOVDover Corporation69
- 197IRIngersoll Rand69
- 213PNRPentair68
- 286XYLXylem Inc.62
- 293NDSNNordson Corporation62
Pay versus performance
From the proxy statement filed April 17, 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 | Ms. Marks | $17.0m | $9.5m | $4.7m | $139 | $190 | $1.4bn |
| 2024 | Ms. Marks | $42.1m | $40.1m | $5.4m | $209 | $253 | $1.6bn |
| 2023 | Ms. Marks | $15.9m | $21.1m | $5.6m | $199 | $216 | $1.4bn |
| 2022 | Ms. Marks | $14.5m | $15.3m | $3.5m | $172 | $183 | $1.3bn |
| 2021 | Ms. Marks | $13.8m | $26.8m | $4.0m | $188 | $193 | $1.2bn |
The board says pay is tied most to adjusted earnings per share. Its other key measures: Adjusted EPS, Adjusted net income, Adjusted free cash flow, Organic sales growth, New Equipment and Modernization Orders growth, Net Portfolio Unit Growth, Relative TSR.
Insiders and the CEO's stake
Light activity: no buys, $125k sold in six months.
- SoldThibault Pierre Marie LefeburePresident, Otis EMEA$125kMay 7, 2026
Leadership and governance on file
- Sep 15, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jan 20, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Aug 26, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Sep 20, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jul 19, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Oct 24, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Feb 27, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Oct 24, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jun 27, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
Latest shareholder vote results: May 29, 2026, including the say-on-pay vote.
Where the money went
Over 2021–2025: $6.8bn returned to owners in buybacks and dividends, 99% of net income, and $349.0m of pay in stock.
| Fiscal year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $14.3bn | $13.7bn | $14.2bn | $14.3bn | $14.4bn |
| Net income | $1.2bn | $1.3bn | $1.4bn | $1.6bn | $1.4bn |
| Stock-based pay | $65.0m | $67.0m | $64.0m | $73.0m | $80.0m |
| Buybacks | $725.0m | $850.0m | $800.0m | $1.0bn | $809.0m |
| Dividends | $393.0m | $465.0m | $539.0m | $606.0m | $647.0m |
| Diluted shares | 431m | 423m | 415m | 404m | 395m |
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.