Yahoo Finance Is Société Française de Casinos Société Anonyme's (EPA:SFCA) CEO Paid Enough Relative To Peers?
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Carlos Ubach is the CEO of Société Française de Casinos Société Anonyme (EPA:SFCA). This report will, first, examine the CEO compensation levels in comparison to CEO compensation at companies of similar size. 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 Carlos Ubach's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?
At the time of writing our data says that Société Française de Casinos Société Anonyme has a market cap of €9.2m, and is paying total annual CEO compensation of €106k. (This is based on the year to October 2017). We think total compensation is more important but we note that the CEO salary is lower, at €97k. We examined a group of similar sized companies, with market capitalizations of below €179m. The median CEO total compensation in that group is €132k.
So Carlos Ubach receives a similar amount to the median CEO pay, amongst the companies we looked at. While this data point isn't particularly informative alone, it gains more meaning when considered with business performance.
You can see, below, how CEO compensation at Société Française de Casinos Société Anonyme has changed over time.
Is Société Française de Casinos Société Anonyme Growing?
On average over the last three years, Société Française de Casinos Société Anonyme has grown earnings per share (EPS) by 24% each year (using a line of best fit). Its revenue is up 2.8% over last year.
Overall this is a positive result for shareholders, showing that the company has improved in recent years. It's good to see a bit of revenue growth, as this suggests the business is able to grow sustainably. We don't have analyst forecasts, but you might want to assess this data-rich visualization of earnings, revenue and cash flow.
Has Société Française de Casinos Société Anonyme Been A Good Investment?
Société Française de Casinos Société Anonyme has generated a total shareholder return of 13% over three years, so most shareholders would be reasonably content. But they probably don't want to see the CEO paid more than is normal for companies around the same size.
In Summary...
Remuneration for Carlos Ubach is close enough to the median pay for a CEO of a similar sized company .
We would wish for better returns (whether dividends or capital gains) but we do admire the solid EPS growth on show here. So considering these factors, we think the CEO pay is probably quite reasonable. So you may want to check if insiders are buying Société Française de Casinos Société Anonyme shares with their own money (free access).
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