Yahoo Finance How Much Did Ball Corporation's (NYSE:BLL) CEO Pocket Last Year?
John Hayes has been the CEO of Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) since 2011. This report will, first, examine the CEO compensation levels in comparison to CEO compensation at other big companies. 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 John Hayes's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?
Our data indicates that Ball Corporation is worth US$24b, and total annual CEO compensation is US$11m. (This number is for the twelve months until December 2018). We think total compensation is more important but we note that the CEO salary is lower, at US$1.3m. When we examined a group of companies with market caps over US$8.0b, we found that their median CEO total compensation was US$11m. (We took a wide range because the CEOs of massive companies tend to be paid similar amounts - even though some are quite a bit bigger than others).
That means John Hayes receives fairly typical remuneration for the CEO of a large company. While this data point isn't particularly informative alone, it gains more meaning when considered with business performance.
You can see a visual representation of the CEO compensation at Ball, below.
Is Ball Corporation Growing?
On average over the last three years, Ball Corporation has grown earnings per share (EPS) by 17% each year (using a line of best fit). Revenue was pretty flat on last year.
This shows that the company has improved itself over the last few years. Good news for shareholders. It's also good to see modest revenue growth, suggesting the underlying business is healthy. Shareholders might be interested in this free visualization of analyst forecasts.
Has Ball Corporation Been A Good Investment?
Boasting a total shareholder return of 91% over three years, Ball Corporation has done well by shareholders. So they may not be at all concerned if the CEO were to be paid more than is normal for companies around the same size.
In Summary...
Remuneration for John Hayes is close enough to the median pay for a CEO of a large company .
Shareholders would surely be happy to see that shareholder returns have been great, and the earnings per share are up. Indeed, many might consider the pay rather modest, given the solid company performance! Whatever your view on compensation, you might want to check if insiders are buying or selling Ball shares (free trial).
Important note: Ball 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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