Yahoo Finance Does Yangaroo Inc’s (CVE:YOO) CEO Pay Compare Well With Peers?
In 2012 Gary Moss was appointed CEO of Yangaroo Inc (CVE:YOO). First, this article will compare CEO compensation with compensation at similar sized companies. Then we’ll look at a snap shot of the business growth. And finally we will reflect on how common stockholders have fared in the last few years, as a secondary measure of performance. This process should give us an idea about how appropriately the CEO is paid.
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How Does Gary Moss’s Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?
At the time of writing our data says that Yangaroo Inc has a market cap of CA$8.6m, and is paying total annual CEO compensation of CA$281k. (This is based on the year to 2017). Notably, the salary of CA$275k is the vast majority of the CEO compensation. We took a group of companies with market capitalizations below CA$264m, and calculated the median CEO compensation to be CA$155k.
Thus we can conclude that Gary Moss receives more in total compensation than the median of a group of companies in the same market, and of similar size to Yangaroo Inc. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean the pay is too high. We can better assess whether the pay is overly generous by looking into the underlying business performance.
You can see a visual representation of the CEO compensation at Yangaroo, below.
Is Yangaroo Inc Growing?
Over the last three years Yangaroo Inc has grown its earnings per share (EPS) by an average of 91% per year. In the last year, its revenue is up 16%.
This demonstrates that the company has been improving recently. A good result. It’s also good to see decent revenue growth in the last year, suggesting the business is healthy and growing.
Although we don’t have analyst forecasts, you could get a better understanding of its growth by checking out this more detailed historical graph of earnings, revenue and cash flow.
Has Yangaroo Inc Been A Good Investment?
With a three year total loss of 6.7%, Yangaroo Inc would certainly have some dissatisfied shareholders. It therefore might be upsetting for shareholders if the CEO were paid generously.
In Summary…
We compared total CEO remuneration at Yangaroo Inc with the amount paid at companies with a similar market capitalization. Our data suggests that it pays above the median CEO pay within that group.
Importantly, though, the company has impressed with its earnings per share growth, over three years. However, the returns to investors are far less impressive, over the same period. Considering the per share profit growth, but keeping in mind the weak returns, we’d need more time to form a view on CEO compensation. If you think CEO compensation levels are interesting you will probably really like this free visualization of insider trading at Yangaroo.
Of course, the past can be informative so you might be interested in considering this analytical visualization showing the company history of earnings and revenue.
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The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned. For errors that warrant correction please contact the editor at editorial-team@simplywallst.com.
