Kiah Meng Lim is the CEO of SiS Mobile Holdings Limited (HKG:1362). This report will, first, examine the CEO compensation levels in comparison to CEO compensation at companies of similar size. 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. The aim of all this is to consider the appropriateness of CEO pay levels.

See our latest analysis for SiS Mobile Holdings

How Does Kiah Meng Lim's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?

At the time of writing, our data says that SiS Mobile Holdings Limited has a market cap of HK$272m, and reported total annual CEO compensation of HK$1.4m for the year to December 2018. While we always look at total compensation first, we note that the salary component is less, at HK$1.2m. 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 Kiah Meng Lim is paid around the average of the companies we looked at. Although this fact alone doesn't tell us a great deal, it becomes more relevant when considered against the business performance.

You can see a visual representation of the CEO compensation at SiS Mobile Holdings, below.

Is SiS Mobile Holdings Limited Growing?

Over the last three years SiS Mobile Holdings Limited has grown its earnings per share (EPS) by an average of 102% per year (using a line of best fit). Its revenue is down 13% over last year.

This shows that the company has improved itself over the last few years. Good news for shareholders. While it would be good to see revenue growth, profits matter more in the end. We don't have analyst forecasts, but shareholders might want to examine this detailed historical graph of earnings, revenue and cash flow.

Has SiS Mobile Holdings Limited Been A Good Investment?

With a three year total loss of 44%, SiS Mobile Holdings Limited would certainly have some dissatisfied shareholders. This suggests it would be unwise for the company to pay the CEO too generously.

In Summary...

Kiah Meng Lim is paid around what is normal for the leaders of comparable size companies.

We think that the EPS growth is very pleasing, but we cannot say the same about the lacklustre shareholder returns (over the last three years). Considering the the positives we don't think the CEO pays is too high, but it's certainly hard to argue it is too low. On another note, we've spotted 2 warning signs for SiS Mobile Holdings that investors should look into moving forward.

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