Yahoo Finance What Did Stage Stores, Inc.'s (NYSE:SSI) CEO Take Home Last Year?
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Michael Glazer became the CEO of Stage Stores, Inc. (NYSE:SSI) in 2012. This analysis aims first to contrast CEO compensation with other companies that have similar market capitalization. After that, we will consider the growth in the business. Third, we'll reflect on the total return to shareholders over three years, as a second measure of business performance. This process should give us an idea about how appropriately the CEO is paid.
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How Does Michael Glazer's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?
At the time of writing our data says that Stage Stores, Inc. has a market cap of US$31m, and is paying total annual CEO compensation of US$2.4m. (This number is for the twelve months until February 2018). While this analysis focuses on total compensation, it's worth noting the salary is lower, valued at US$1.0m. We looked at a group of companies with market capitalizations under US$200m, and the median CEO total compensation was US$430k.
It would therefore appear that Stage Stores, Inc. pays Michael Glazer more than the median CEO remuneration at companies of a similar size, in the same market. However, this fact alone doesn't mean the remuneration is too high. We can better assess whether the pay is overly generous by looking into the underlying business performance.
The graphic below shows how CEO compensation at Stage Stores has changed from year to year.
Is Stage Stores, Inc. Growing?
On average over the last three years, Stage Stores, Inc. has shrunk earnings per share by 69% each year (measured with a line of best fit). Revenue was pretty flat on last year.
Unfortunately, earnings per share have trended lower over the last three years. And the flat revenue hardly impresses. It's hard to argue the company is firing on all cylinders, so shareholders might be averse to high CEO remuneration. We don't have analyst forecasts, but you could get a better understanding of its growth by checking out this more detailed historical graph of earnings, revenue and cash flow.
Has Stage Stores, Inc. Been A Good Investment?
With a three year total loss of 78%, Stage Stores, Inc. would certainly have some dissatisfied shareholders. This suggests it would be unwise for the company to pay the CEO too generously.
In Summary...
We examined the amount Stage Stores, Inc. pays its CEO, and compared it to the amount paid by similar sized companies. As discussed above, we discovered that the company pays more than the median of that group.
Earnings per share have not grown in three years, and the revenue growth fails to impress us.
Arguably worse, investors are without a positive return for the last three years. In our opinion the CEO might be paid too generously! Whatever your view on compensation, you might want to check if insiders are buying or selling Stage Stores shares (free trial).
Important note: Stage Stores may not be the best stock to buy. You might find something better in this list of interesting companies with high ROE and low debt.
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