Yahoo Finance Does Access Intelligence Plc's (LON:ACC) CEO Pay Reflect Performance?
In 2014 Marguarite Arnold was appointed CEO of Access Intelligence Plc (LON:ACC). This analysis aims first to contrast CEO compensation with other companies that have similar market capitalization. Then we'll look at a snap shot of the business growth. And finally - as a second measure of performance - we will look at the returns shareholders have received over the last few years. This method should give us information to assess how appropriately the company pays the CEO.
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How Does Marguarite Arnold's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?
Our data indicates that Access Intelligence Plc is worth UK£34m, and total annual CEO compensation was reported as UK£212k for the year to November 2018. Notably, the salary of UK£212k is the vast majority of the CEO compensation. We took a group of companies with market capitalizations below UK£162m, and calculated the median CEO total compensation to be UK£254k.
That means Marguarite Arnold receives fairly typical remuneration for the CEO of a company that size. Although this fact alone doesn't tell us a great deal, it becomes more relevant when considered against the business performance.
You can see, below, how CEO compensation at Access Intelligence has changed over time.
Is Access Intelligence Plc Growing?
Access Intelligence Plc has increased its earnings per share (EPS) by an average of 31% a year, over the last three years (using a line of best fit). Its revenue is up 26% over last year.
Overall this is a positive result for shareholders, showing that the company has improved in recent years. Most shareholders would be pleased to see strong revenue growth combined with EPS growth. This combo suggests a fast growing business. Shareholders might be interested in this free visualization of analyst forecasts.
Has Access Intelligence Plc Been A Good Investment?
With a total shareholder return of 9.3% over three years, Access Intelligence Plc has done okay by shareholders. But they probably don't want to see the CEO paid more than is normal for companies around the same size.
In Summary...
Remuneration for Marguarite Arnold is close enough to the median pay for a CEO of a similar sized company .
Shareholder returns could be better but shareholders would be pleased with the positive EPS growth. So upon reflection one could argue that the CEO pay is quite reasonable. CEO compensation is one thing, but it is also interesting to check if the CEO is buying or selling Access Intelligence (free visualization of insider trades).
Important note: Access Intelligence 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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