Vici Properties management check
VICI · Real Estate · Hotel & Resort REITs · CEO Edward B. Pitoniak
Filings as of
4 good · 1 to watch · 1 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 $143, against $138 for the peer group the company picked itself.
- Watch
Does pay follow performance?
Pay only loosely tracked returnsOver 5 years, the CEO's pay actually paid (equity valued at the share price) had a correlation of 0.10 with shareholder return. 1 means pay moved in step; below 0, the opposite way.
- Good
What does the CEO cost owners?
0.5% of net income$14.0m of reported pay in fiscal 2025, against $2.8bn of net income.
- n/a
Do they own the stock?
No recent CEO filingNo open-market insider buying or selling in the last six months.
- Flag
Are owners being diluted?
Share count growingDiluted shares changed +2.3% a year over the last three fiscal years. Stock-based pay was 0.4% of revenue in the latest year.
- Good
Is leadership stable?
2 leadership filings in 3 yearsCEO in the pay table: Edward B. Pitoniak. 2 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 Real Estate.
| Check | Score | At or above | Sector median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner returns | 55 | 45 | |
| Pay for performance | 55 | 86 | |
| CEO cost | 75 | 23 | |
| Skin in the game | — | — | 32 |
| Dilution | 21 | 23 | |
| Stable leadership | 100 | 85 | |
| Clean books | 100 | 100 |
Closest peers
Others in Hotel & Resort REITs, by management score. Vici Properties is 10th of 29 in its sector.
Pay versus performance
From the proxy statement filed March 16, 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 | Edward B. Pitoniak | $14.0m | $11.6m | $5.7m | $143 | $138 | $2.8bn |
| 2024 | — | $12.8m | $9.7m | $4.6m | $141 | $134 | $2.7bn |
| 2023 | — | $11.3m | $12.4m | $4.4m | $145 | $123 | $2.6bn |
| 2022 | — | $11.5m | $19.1m | $4.9m | $140 | $108 | $1.1bn |
| 2021 | — | $7.7m | $11.6m | $3.4m | $124 | $143 | $1.0bn |
The board says pay is tied most to AFFO Per Share Growth. Its other key measures: Absolute TSR, Relative TSR.
Insiders and the CEO's stake
Edward Baltazar Pitoniak (Chief Executive Officer) held 1,291,210 shares directly after their latest Form 4 on Jun 1, 2026.
No open-market insider buying or selling in the last six months.
Leadership and governance on file
- Sep 22, 2026Leadership change8-K/A 5.02
- Sep 8, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
Latest shareholder vote results: Apr 28, 2026, including the say-on-pay vote.
Where the money went
Over 2021–2025: $7.2bn returned to owners in buybacks and dividends, 71% of net income, and $71.6m of pay in stock.
| Fiscal year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.5bn | $2.6bn | $3.6bn | $3.8bn | $4.0bn |
| Net income | $1.0bn | $1.1bn | $2.5bn | $2.7bn | $2.8bn |
| Stock-based pay | $9.4m | $13.0m | $15.5m | $17.5m | $16.2m |
| Buybacks | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends | $758.8m | $1.2bn | $1.6bn | $1.8bn | $1.9bn |
| Diluted shares | 577m | 880m | 1016m | 1048m | 1063m |
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.