Yin Cheng Lim is the CEO of Asia Standard Hotel Group Limited (HKG:292). This analysis aims first to contrast CEO compensation with other companies that have similar market capitalization. Then we'll look at a snap shot of the business growth. Third, we'll reflect on the total return to shareholders over three years, as a second measure of business performance. This method should give us information to assess how appropriately the company pays the CEO.

See our latest analysis for Asia Standard Hotel Group

How Does Yin Cheng Lim's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?

At the time of writing, our data says that Asia Standard Hotel Group Limited has a market cap of HK$555m, and reported total annual CEO compensation of HK$2.2m for the year to March 2019. While this analysis focuses on total compensation, it's worth noting the salary is lower, valued at HK$1.2m. We took a group of companies with market capitalizations below HK$1.6b, and calculated the median CEO total compensation to be HK$1.8m.

So Yin Cheng Lim receives a similar amount to the median CEO pay, amongst the companies we looked at. This doesn't tell us a whole lot on its own, but looking at the performance of the actual business will give us useful context.

The graphic below shows how CEO compensation at Asia Standard Hotel Group has changed from year to year.

Is Asia Standard Hotel Group Limited Growing?

Over the last three years Asia Standard Hotel Group Limited has shrunk its earnings per share by an average of 3.4% per year (measured with a line of best fit). In the last year, its revenue is up 34%.

Investors should note that, over three years, earnings per share are down. On the other hand, the strong revenue growth suggests the business is growing. In conclusion we can't form a strong opinion about business performance yet; but it's one worth watching. Although we don't have analyst forecasts you could get a better understanding of its growth by checking out this more detailed historical graph of earnings, revenue and cash flow.

Has Asia Standard Hotel Group Limited Been A Good Investment?

Given the total loss of 44% over three years, many shareholders in Asia Standard Hotel 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...

Yin Cheng Lim is paid around the same as most CEOs of similar size companies.

We would like to see somewhat stronger per share growth. And we think the shareholder returns - over three years - have been underwhelming. So suffice it to say we don't think the compensation is modest. CEO compensation is one thing, but it is also interesting to check if the CEO is buying or selling Asia Standard Hotel Group (free visualization of insider trades).