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Pay vs Performance Disclosure - USD ($)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2021
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure, Table
Value of Initial $100
Investment Based on
Year
Summary
Compensation
Table Total for
PEO (1)
Compensation
Actually Paid
to PEO (2) (3)
Average Summary
Compensation
Table Total for
Non-PEO NEOs (1)
Average
Compensation
Actually Paid to
Non-PEO NEOs (2) (3)
Total
Shareholder
Return
Peer Group
Total
Shareholder
Return (5)
Net Income (loss)
(in thousands)
Adjusted
EBITDA (6)
(in thousands)
2025
40,001
(12,580,422)
1,049,801
4,583,563
$463.27
$187.14
$124,656
$710,155
2024
164,525,721
385,171,518
61,434,191
151,439,028
484.86
154.48
377,034
521,375
2023
40,058
43,533,121
17,716,938
28,506,155
210.78
119.22
175,783
331,396
2022
33,203
13,687,307
4,305,869
2,091,584
135.40
82.43
146,930
232,033
2021
33,115
253,610,579
5,634,227
30,194,861
128.13
122.18
(56,339)
183,086
       
Company Selected Measure Name Adjusted EBITDA        
Named Executive Officers, Footnote For each year presented, Patrick Smith was our PEO; reflects amounts reported in the Summary Compensation
Table for the respective years. Our non-PEO NEOs for 2025 were Ms. Bagley and Messrs. Isner, Kunins and
Brooks. Our non-PEO NEOs for 2024 were Ms. Bagley and Messrs. Isner, Kunins and Brooks. Our non-PEO
NEOs for 2023 were Ms. Bagley and Messrs. Isner and Kunins. Our non-PEO NEOs for 2022 were Ms. Bagley
and Messrs. Isner, Kunins, Larson, Ahsan and Zito. Our non-PEO NEOs for 2021 were Messrs. Larson, Ahsan,
Isner and Kunins. Average compensation for the non-PEO NEOs reflects amounts reported in the Summary
Compensation Table for the respective years.
       
Peer Group Issuers, Footnote Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”) shown in this table utilizes the NASDAQ Composite Index that we use in the
stock performance graph required by Item 201(e) of Regulation S-K included in the Company’s consolidated
financial statements filed with the SEC in our 2025 Annual Report. The comparison assumes $100 was invested
for the period starting December 31, 2020 through December 31 of the applicable fiscal year in each of the
Company’s common stock and the NASDAQ Composite Index. All dollar values assume reinvestment of the pre-
tax value of dividends paid by companies included in the NASDAQ Composite Index. The historical stock price
performance of our common stock shown is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.
       
PEO Total Compensation Amount $ 40,001 $ 164,525,721 $ 40,058 $ 33,203 $ 33,115
PEO Actually Paid Compensation Amount $ (12,580,422) 385,171,518 43,533,121 13,687,307 253,610,579
Adjustment To PEO Compensation, Footnote Summary Compensation Table Total to CAP Reconciliation for the PEO and the other NEOs for 2025:
Calculation of Compensation Actually Paid
Calculation for PEO
Calculation for Average
of Non-PEOs
Summary Compensation Table Total
$40,001
$1,049,801
Less grant date fair value of stock and option awards reflected in Summary
Compensation Table
Add year-end fair value of awards granted during the fiscal year that are outstanding
and unvested as of the end of the fiscal year
Add change in fair value (whether positive or negative) as of fiscal year-end for
outstanding and unvested awards granted in prior fiscal years
(12,620,423)
(3,431,577)
Add fair value as of vesting date of awards granted during the fiscal year which
vested in the same fiscal year
Add change in fair value (whether positive or negative) as of vesting date of awards
granted in prior fiscal years for which all applicable vesting conditions were
satisfied during the fiscal year (4)
6,965,339
Subtract the fair value as of prior fiscal year-end for awards granted in prior years
that failed to meet the applicable vesting conditions during the fiscal year
Compensation Actually Paid
$(12,580,422)
$4,583,563
       
Non-PEO NEO Average Total Compensation Amount $ 1,049,801 61,434,191 17,716,938 4,305,869 5,634,227
Non-PEO NEO Average Compensation Actually Paid Amount $ 4,583,563 151,439,028 28,506,155 2,091,584 30,194,861
Adjustment to Non-PEO NEO Compensation Footnote For purposes of the above adjustments, the fair value of the equity awards on the applicable date was determined
in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, using valuation methodologies that are generally consistent with those
used to determine the grant date fair value for accounting purposes.
(4)Certain of these awards remain subject to a holding period.
       
Compensation Actually Paid vs. Total Shareholder Return Figure 1: Relationship between Axon’s CAP for PEO and NEOs (Average) vs. cumulative TSR of Axon and the peer
group
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Compensation Actually Paid vs. Net Income Figure 2: Relationship between Axon’s CAP for PEO and NEOs (Average) vs. Axon’s net income
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Compensation Actually Paid vs. Company Selected Measure Figure 3: Relationship between Axon’s CAP for PEO and NEOs (Average) vs. Adjusted EBITDA (1)
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(1)Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure; see “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures” for
definitions of non-GAAP financial measures and a reconciliation of such measures to the most directly
comparable GAAP measures.
       
Total Shareholder Return Vs Peer Group Figure 1: Relationship between Axon’s CAP for PEO and NEOs (Average) vs. cumulative TSR of Axon and the peer
group
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Tabular List, Table Adjusted EBITDA;
Revenue; and
Company stock price.
       
Total Shareholder Return Amount $ 463.27 484.86 210.78 135.40 128.13
Peer Group Total Shareholder Return Amount 187.14 154.48 119.22 82.43 122.18
Net Income (Loss) $ 124,656,000 $ 377,034,000 $ 175,783,000 $ 146,930,000 $ (56,339,000)
Company Selected Measure Amount 710,155,000 521,375,000 331,396,000 232,033,000 183,086,000
PEO Name Patrick Smith        
Additional 402(v) Disclosure Amounts shown for compensation actually paid (“CAP”) are computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of
Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act and do not reflect the actual amount of compensation earned by or paid to
the NEOs during the applicable year. These amounts reflect total compensation as reported in the Summary
Compensation Table with certain adjustments as required by Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K as described in Note
(3) below.
CAP reflects the exclusions and inclusions of equity awards for the PEO and the other NEOs as set forth below
and calculated in accordance with ASC Topic 718. The valuation methodologies and assumptions used to
calculate CAP are based on the grant date fair value of these awards as disclosed in the Company’s consolidated
financial statements filed with the SEC on Annual Report on Form 10-K for each of the years reflected in the table
below:
       
Measure:: 1          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Name Adjusted EBITDA        
Non-GAAP Measure Description Pursuant to Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act, we determined adjusted EBITDA to be the
most important financial performance measure used to link Company performance to CAP for our PEO and our
other NEOs in 2025, 2024, and 2023. This performance measure may not have been the most important financial
performance measure for years 2022 and 2021 and we may determine a different financial performance measure
to be the most important such measure in future years. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest
expense; investment interest income; income taxes; depreciation; amortization; noncash stock-based compensation
expense; fair value adjustments related to strategic investments, marketable securities, and mark-to-market on our
non-qualified deferred compensation liabilities; debt inducement expense associated with the early repurchase of a
portion of our 2027 Notes; non-recurring severance costs, including employee cash payments, equity, and related
benefits; transaction and integration costs related to strategic investments and acquisitions, including the change in
fair value of contingent consideration arrangements; payroll taxes related to Employee XSP vesting and 2018
CEO Performance Award option exercises; costs (or subsequent recoveries of prior costs) related to certain legal
or regulatory matters we consider outside of our core operating activities; losses incurred as a result of the
disposal, abandonment, and impairment of property, equipment and intangible assets; inventory step-up
amortization related to acquisitions; and loss recoveries. For a reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to net income,
see “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures.”
       
Measure:: 2          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Name Revenue        
Measure:: 3          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Name Company stock price        
PEO | Aggregate Grant Date Fair Value of Equity Award Amounts Reported in Summary Compensation Table          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount $ 0        
PEO | Year-end Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Covered Year that are Outstanding and Unvested          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 0        
PEO | Year-over-Year Change in Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years That are Outstanding and Unvested          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount (12,620,423)        
PEO | Vesting Date Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted and Vested in Covered Year          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 0        
PEO | Change in Fair Value as of Vesting Date of Prior Year Equity Awards Vested in Covered Year          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 0        
PEO | Prior Year End Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Any Prior Year that Fail to Meet Applicable Vesting Conditions During Covered Year          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 0        
Non-PEO NEO | Aggregate Grant Date Fair Value of Equity Award Amounts Reported in Summary Compensation Table          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 0        
Non-PEO NEO | Year-end Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Covered Year that are Outstanding and Unvested          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 0        
Non-PEO NEO | Year-over-Year Change in Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years That are Outstanding and Unvested          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount (3,431,577)        
Non-PEO NEO | Vesting Date Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted and Vested in Covered Year          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 0        
Non-PEO NEO | Change in Fair Value as of Vesting Date of Prior Year Equity Awards Vested in Covered Year          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 6,965,339        
Non-PEO NEO | Prior Year End Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Any Prior Year that Fail to Meet Applicable Vesting Conditions During Covered Year          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount $ 0