Yahoo Finance What Did Mr. Bricolage SA's (EPA:MRB) CEO Take Home Last Year?
The CEO of Mr. Bricolage SA (EPA:MRB) is Christophe Mistou. 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 - 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.
See our latest analysis for Mr. Bricolage
How Does Christophe Mistou's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?
Our data indicates that Mr. Bricolage SA is worth €27m, and total annual CEO compensation was reported as €336k for the year to December 2018. While we always look at total compensation first, we note that the salary component is less, at €313k. We looked at a group of companies with market capitalizations under €181m, and the median CEO total compensation was €289k.
So Christophe Mistou receives a similar amount to the median CEO pay, amongst the companies we looked at. Although this fact alone doesn't tell us a great deal, it becomes more relevant when considered against the business performance.
The graphic below shows how CEO compensation at Mr. Bricolage has changed from year to year.
Is Mr. Bricolage SA Growing?
Over the last three years Mr. Bricolage SA has shrunk its earnings per share by an average of 60% per year (measured with a line of best fit). It achieved revenue growth of 23% over the last year.
Sadly for shareholders, earnings per share are actually down, over three years. There's no doubt that the silver lining is that revenue is up. But it isn't sufficiently fast growth to overlook the fact that earnings per share has gone backwards over three years. These factors suggest that the business performance wouldn't really justify a high pay packet for the CEO. Although we don't have analyst forecasts shareholders might want to examine this detailed historical graph of earnings, revenue and cash flow.
Has Mr. Bricolage SA Been A Good Investment?
Since shareholders would have lost about 76% over three years, some Mr. Bricolage SA shareholders would surely be feeling negative emotions. So shareholders would probably think the company shouldn't be too generous with CEO compensation.
In Summary...
Christophe Mistou is paid around what is normal the leaders of comparable size companies.
After looking at EPS and total shareholder returns, it's certainly hard to argue the company has performed well, since both metrics are down. Few would argue that it's wise for the company to pay any more, before returns improve. So you may want to check if insiders are buying Mr. Bricolage shares with their own money (free access).
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