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Eric H. R. Winter is the CEO of DPA Group N.V. (AMS:DPA). This report will, first, examine the CEO compensation levels in comparison to CEO compensation at companies of similar size. 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.
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How Does Eric H. R. Winter's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?
Our data indicates that DPA Group N.V. is worth €62m, and total annual CEO compensation is €740k. (This is based on the year to December 2018). That's a notable increase of 15% on last year. While we always look at total compensation first, we note that the salary component is less, at €350k. We took a group of companies with market capitalizations below €176m, and calculated the median CEO total compensation to be €445k.
As you can see, Eric H. R. Winter is paid more than the median CEO pay at companies of a similar size, in the same market. However, this does not necessarily mean DPA Group N.V. is paying too much. We can get a better idea of how generous the pay is by looking at the performance of the underlying business.
The graphic below shows how CEO compensation at DPA Group has changed from year to year.
Is DPA Group N.V. Growing?
DPA Group N.V. has reduced its earnings per share by an average of 1.5% a year, over the last three years (measured with a line of best fit). Its revenue is up 16% over last year.
The lack of earnings per share growth in the last three years is unimpressive. There's no doubt that the silver lining is that revenue is up. But it isn't sufficiently fast growth to overlook the fact that earnings per share has gone backwards over three years. So given this relatively weak performance, shareholders would probably not want to see high compensation for the CEO. It could be important to check this free visual depiction of what analysts expect for the future.
Has DPA Group N.V. Been A Good Investment?
Given the total loss of 9.3% over three years, many shareholders in DPA Group N.V. are probably rather dissatisfied, to say the least. So shareholders would probably think the company shouldn't be too generous with CEO compensation.
In Summary...
We examined the amount DPA Group N.V. pays its CEO, and compared it to the amount paid by similar sized companies. We found that it pays well over the median amount paid in the benchmark group.