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Jon Stanton has been the CEO of The Weir Group PLC (LON:WEIR) since 2016. 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. The aim of all this is to consider the appropriateness of CEO pay levels.
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How Does Jon Stanton's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?
Our data indicates that The Weir Group PLC is worth UK£3.8b, and total annual CEO compensation is UK£2.3m. (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 UK£664k. As part of our analysis we looked at companies in the same jurisdiction, with market capitalizations of UK£1.6b to UK£5.1b. The median total CEO compensation was UK£1.9m.
That means Jon Stanton receives fairly typical remuneration for the CEO of a company that size. While this data point isn't particularly informative alone, it gains more meaning when considered with business performance.
The graphic below shows how CEO compensation at Weir Group has changed from year to year.
Is The Weir Group PLC Growing?
On average over the last three years, The Weir Group PLC has grown earnings per share (EPS) by 92% each year (using a line of best fit). It achieved revenue growth of 23% over the 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. Shareholders might be interested in this free visualization of analyst forecasts.
Has The Weir Group PLC Been A Good Investment?
The Weir Group PLC has generated a total shareholder return of 5.8% over three years, so most shareholders wouldn't be too disappointed. But they probably wouldn't be so happy as to think the CEO should be paid more than is normal, for companies around this size.
In Summary...
Jon Stanton is paid around what is normal the leaders of comparable size companies.
The company is growing EPS but shareholder returns have been sound but not amazing. So upon reflection one could argue that the CEO pay is quite reasonable. CEO compensation is one thing, but it is also interesting to check if the CEO is buying or selling Weir Group (free visualization of insider trades).
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