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This article will reflect on the compensation paid to Mike Struthers who has served as CEO of Empire Metals Limited (LON:EEE) since 2018. This analysis will also evaluate the appropriateness of CEO compensation when taking into account the earnings and shareholder returns of the company.

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How Does Total Compensation For Mike Struthers Compare With Other Companies In The Industry?

According to our data, Empire Metals Limited has a market capitalization of UK£5.4m, and paid its CEO total annual compensation worth UK£63k over the year to December 2019. That's a notable decrease of 24% on last year. Notably, the salary of UK£63k is the entirety of the CEO compensation.

For comparison, other companies in the industry with market capitalizations below UK£150m, reported a median total CEO compensation of UK£148k. This suggests that Mike Struthers is paid below the industry median.

Speaking on an industry level, nearly 67% of total compensation represents salary, while the remainder of 33% is other remuneration. Speaking on a company level, Empire Metals prefers to tread along a traditional path, disbursing all compensation through a salary. If salary dominates total compensation, it suggests that CEO compensation is leaning less towards the variable component, which is usually linked with performance.

A Look at Empire Metals Limited's Growth Numbers

Empire Metals Limited has seen its earnings per share (EPS) increase by 31% a year over the past three years. In the last year, its revenue is down 87%.

Shareholders would be glad to know that the company has improved itself over the last few years. It's always a tough situation when revenues are not growing, but ultimately profits are more important. While we don't have analyst forecasts for the company, shareholders might want to examine this detailed historical graph of earnings, revenue and cash flow.

Has Empire Metals Limited Been A Good Investment?

With a three year total loss of 85% for the shareholders, Empire Metals Limited would certainly have some dissatisfied shareholders. So shareholders would probably want the company to be lessto generous with CEO compensation.

In Summary...

Empire Metals pays CEO compensation exclusively through a salary, with non-salary compensation completely ignored. As previously discussed, Mike is compensated less than what is normal for CEOs of companies of similar size, and which belong to the same industry. However we must not forget that the EPS growth has been very strong over three years. Although we would've liked to see positive investor returns, it would be bold of us to criticize CEO compensation when EPS are up. But shareholders will likely want to hold off on any raise for Mike until investor returns are positive.