Yahoo Finance Does Century Global Commodities Corporation's (TSE:CNT) CEO Salary Compare Well With Others?
Sandy C. Chim became the CEO of Century Global Commodities Corporation (TSE:CNT) in 2011. First, this article will compare CEO compensation with compensation at similar sized companies. Next, we'll consider growth that the business demonstrates. 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 Sandy C. Chim's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?
Our data indicates that Century Global Commodities Corporation is worth CA$7.9m, and total annual CEO compensation was reported as CA$370k for the year to March 2019. Notably, the salary of CA$370k is the vast majority of the CEO compensation. We looked at a group of companies with market capitalizations under CA$264m, and the median CEO total compensation was CA$180k.
As you can see, Sandy C. Chim is paid more than the median CEO pay at companies of a similar size, in the same market. However, this does not necessarily mean Century Global Commodities Corporation is paying too much. We can get a better idea of how generous the pay is by looking at the performance of the underlying business.
You can see a visual representation of the CEO compensation at Century Global Commodities, below.
Is Century Global Commodities Corporation Growing?
Over the last three years Century Global Commodities Corporation has grown its earnings per share (EPS) by an average of 111% per year (using a line of best fit). In the last year, its revenue is up 58%.
Overall this is a positive result for shareholders, showing that the company has improved in recent years. The combination of strong revenue growth with medium-term earnings per share improvement certainly points to the kind of growth I like to see. We don't have analyst forecasts, but shareholders might want to examine this detailed historical graph of earnings, revenue and cash flow.
Has Century Global Commodities Corporation Been A Good Investment?
With a three year total loss of 34%, Century Global Commodities Corporation would certainly have some dissatisfied shareholders. So shareholders would probably think the company shouldn't be too generous with CEO compensation.
In Summary...
We compared total CEO remuneration at Century Global Commodities Corporation with the amount paid at companies with a similar market capitalization. We found that it pays well over the median amount paid in the benchmark group.
Importantly, though, the company has impressed with its earnings per share growth, over three years. On the other hand returns to investors over the same period have probably disappointed many. While EPS is positive, we'd say shareholders would want better returns before the CEO is paid much more. Whatever your view on compensation, you might want to check if insiders are buying or selling Century Global Commodities shares (free trial).
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