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The CEO of Leeport (Holdings) Limited (HKG:387) is Joseph Lee. This analysis aims first to contrast CEO compensation with other companies that have similar market capitalization. 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 Joseph Lee's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?
Our data indicates that Leeport (Holdings) Limited is worth HK$202m, and total annual CEO compensation was reported as HK$3.7m for the year to December 2018. While we always look at total compensation first, we note that the salary component is less, at HK$1.6m. We looked at a group of companies with market capitalizations under HK$1.6b, and the median CEO total compensation was HK$1.7m.
It would therefore appear that Leeport (Holdings) Limited pays Joseph Lee more than the median CEO remuneration at companies of a similar size, in the same market. However, this fact alone doesn't mean the remuneration is too high. We can get a better idea of how generous the pay is by looking at the performance of the underlying business.
You can see a visual representation of the CEO compensation at Leeport (Holdings), below.
Is Leeport (Holdings) Limited Growing?
Leeport (Holdings) Limited has reduced its earnings per share by an average of 25% a year, over the last three years (measured with a line of best fit). Its revenue is down 1.7% over last year.
Few shareholders would be pleased to read that earnings per share are lower over three years. This is compounded by the fact revenue is actually down on last year. So given this relatively weak performance, shareholders would probably not want to see high compensation for the CEO. We don't have analyst forecasts, but you might want to assess this data-rich visualization of earnings, revenue and cash flow.
Has Leeport (Holdings) Limited Been A Good Investment?
Given the total loss of 35% over three years, many shareholders in Leeport (Holdings) Limited are probably rather dissatisfied, to say the least. It therefore might be upsetting for shareholders if the CEO were paid generously.
In Summary...
We examined the amount Leeport (Holdings) Limited pays its CEO, and compared it to the amount paid by similar sized companies. Our data suggests that it pays above the median CEO pay within that group.
Neither earnings per share nor revenue have been growing sufficiently to impress us, over the last three years. Arguably worse, investors are without a positive return for the last three years. In our opinion the CEO might be paid too generously! If you think CEO compensation levels are interesting you will probably really like this free visualization of insider trading at Leeport (Holdings).