Yahoo Finance What Did Bank of Queensland Limited’s (ASX:BOQ) CEO Take Home Last Year?
Jon Sutton became the CEO of Bank of Queensland Limited (ASX:BOQ) in 2014. 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 – as a second measure of performance – we will look at the returns shareholders have received over the last few years. This method should give us information to assess how appropriately the company pays the CEO.
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How Does Jon Sutton’s Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?
At the time of writing our data says that Bank of Queensland Limited has a market cap of AU$3.8b, and is paying total annual CEO compensation of AU$3m. That’s actually a decrease on the year before. When we examined a selection of companies with market caps ranging from AU$2.8b to AU$8.9b, we found the median CEO compensation was AU$4m.
So Jon Sutton is paid around the average of 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 a visual representation of the CEO compensation at Bank of Queensland, below.
Is Bank of Queensland Limited Growing?
Earnings per share at Bank of Queensland Limited are much the same as they were three years ago, albeit slightly higher. Its revenue is up 2.4% over last year.
I’m not particularly impressed by the revenue growth, but I’m happy with the modest EPS growth. It’s clear the performance has been quite decent, but it it falls short of outstanding,based on this information.
It could be important to check this free visual depiction of what analysts expect for the future.
Has Bank of Queensland Limited Been A Good Investment?
Since shareholders would have lost about 9.9% over three years, some Bank of Queensland Limited shareholders would surely be feeling negative emotions. So shareholders would probably think the company shouldn’t be too generous with CEO compensation.
In Summary…
Jon Sutton is paid around the same as most CEOs of similar size companies.
The per share growth could be better, in our view. And shareholder returns have been disappointing over the last three years. So many would argue that the CEO is certainly not underpaid. If you think CEO compensation levels are interesting you will probably really like this free visualization of insider trading at Bank of Queensland Limited.
Or you might prefer examine intently this intuitive graph showing past earnings and revenue.
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