Yahoo Finance Does Immedia Group Plc's (LON:IME) CEO Pay Compare Well With Peers?
Bruno Brookes has been the CEO of Immedia Group Plc (LON:IME) since 1999. This report will, first, examine the CEO compensation levels in comparison to CEO compensation at companies of similar size. After that, we will consider the growth in the business. And finally we will reflect on how common stockholders have fared in the last few years, as a secondary measure of performance. This method should give us information to assess how appropriately the company pays the CEO.
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How Does Bruno Brookes's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?
According to our data, Immedia Group Plc has a market capitalization of UK£3.4m, and paid its CEO total annual compensation worth UK£168k over the year to December 2018. Notably, the salary of UK£162k is the vast majority of the CEO compensation. We looked at a group of companies with market capitalizations under UK£154m, and the median CEO total compensation was UK£252k.
A first glance this seems like a real positive for shareholders, since Bruno Brookes is paid less than the average total compensation paid by similar sized companies. While this is a good thing, you'll need to understand the business better before you can form an opinion.
You can see, below, how CEO compensation at Immedia Group has changed over time.
Is Immedia Group Plc Growing?
Immedia Group Plc has increased its earnings per share (EPS) by an average of 11% a year, over the last three years (using a line of best fit). Its revenue is up 19% over last year.
This demonstrates that the company has been improving recently. A good result. This sort of respectable year-on-year revenue growth is often seen at a healthy, growing business. 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 Immedia Group Plc Been A Good Investment?
Given the total loss of 28% over three years, many shareholders in Immedia Group Plc are probably rather dissatisfied, to say the least. This suggests it would be unwise for the company to pay the CEO too generously.
In Summary...
It appears that Immedia Group Plc remunerates its CEO below most similar sized companies.
Many would consider this to indicate that the pay is modest since the business is growing. Despite some positives, it is likely that shareholders wanted better returns, given the performance over the last three years. So while we don't think, Bruno Brookes is paid too much, shareholders may hope that business performance translates to investment returns before pay rises are given out. This sort of circumstance certainly justifies further research, because the investment returns might still come in the future. If you think CEO compensation levels are interesting you will probably really like this free visualization of insider trading at Immedia Group.
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