v3.25.4
Employee Incentive Plans (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Schedule of Activity Related to Stock Settled RSUs
The table below presents the 2025 activity related to stock settled RSUs.
Weighted Average
Grant-Date Fair Value of
Restricted Stock
Restricted Stock
Units Outstanding
Units Outstanding
FutureNo FutureFutureNo Future
 ServiceServiceServiceService
Required
Required
Required
Required
Beginning balance
3,485,867 13,791,564 $344.05 $329.61 
Granted
2,143,132 3,507,992 $604.81 $577.90 
Forfeited
(315,437)(169,573)$414.07 $400.69 
Delivered
 (7,861,983)$ $332.11 
Vested
(2,325,904)2,325,904 $420.96 $420.96 
Ending balance
2,987,658 11,593,904 $463.84 $420.32 
In the table above:
The weighted average grant-date fair value of RSUs granted was $588.11 during 2025, $365.28 during 2024 and $329.23 during 2023. The grant-date fair value of these RSUs included an average liquidity discount of 4.1% during 2025, 3.9% during 2024 and 4.5% during 2023, to reflect post-vesting and delivery transfer restrictions, generally of 1 year for each of 2025, 2024 and 2023.
The aggregate fair value of awards that vested was $3.91 billion during 2025, $3.15 billion during 2024 and $2.47 billion during 2023.
The ending balance included no shares of restricted stock subject to future service requirements as of December 2025 and 4,579 shares as of December 2024.
The ending balance included RSUs subject to future service requirements and performance or market conditions of 432,790 RSUs as of December 2025 and 466,731 RSUs as of December 2024, and the maximum amount of such RSUs that may be earned was 649,185 RSUs as of December 2025 and 700,097 RSUs as of December 2024.
The ending balance also included RSUs not subject to future service requirements but subject to performance conditions of 1,244,279 RSUs as of December 2025 and 1,587,795 RSUs as of December 2024, and the maximum amount of such RSUs that may be earned was 1,866,419 RSUs as of December 2025 and 2,381,693 RSUs as of December 2024.


Schedule of Share-Based Compensation and Related Excess Tax Benefit
The table below presents the share-based compensation and the related excess tax benefit.
Year Ended December
$ in millions202520242023
Share-based compensation
$3,624 $2,772 $2,098 
Excess net tax benefit for share-based awards
$621 $213 $198 
In the table above, excess net tax benefit for share-based awards includes the net tax benefit on dividend equivalents paid on RSUs and the delivery of common stock underlying share-based awards.