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William She is the CEO of eprint Group Limited (HKG:1884). This analysis aims first to contrast CEO compensation with other companies that have similar market capitalization. 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.

See our latest analysis for eprint Group

How Does William She's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?

According to our data, eprint Group Limited has a market capitalization of HK$193m, and pays its CEO total annual compensation worth HK$4.5m. (This figure is for the year to March 2018). While we always look at total compensation first, we note that the salary component is less, at HK$2.6m. We examined a group of similar sized companies, with market capitalizations of below HK$1.6b. The median CEO total compensation in that group is HK$1.7m.

It would therefore appear that eprint Group Limited pays William She 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. A closer look at the performance of the underlying business will give us a better idea about whether the pay is particularly generous.

You can see a visual representation of the CEO compensation at eprint Group, below.

Is eprint Group Limited Growing?

On average over the last three years, eprint Group Limited has shrunk earnings per share by 2.5% each year (measured with a line of best fit). It achieved revenue growth of 1.3% over the last year.

Unfortunately there is a complete lack of earnings per share improvement, over three years. And the modest revenue growth over 12 months isn't much comfort against the reduced earnings per share. So given this relatively weak performance, shareholders would probably not want to see high compensation for the CEO. Although we don't have analyst forecasts, shareholders might want to examine this detailed historical graph of earnings, revenue and cash flow.

Has eprint Group Limited Been A Good Investment?

Given the total loss of 65% over three years, many shareholders in eprint Group 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 eprint Group Limited pays its CEO, and compared it to the amount paid by similar sized companies. As discussed above, we discovered that the company pays more than the median of that group.