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Yuk Sui Lo became the CEO of Paliburg Holdings Limited (HKG:617) in 2007. 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.
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How Does Yuk Sui Lo’s Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?
At the time of writing our data says that Paliburg Holdings Limited has a market cap of HK$3.2b, and is paying total annual CEO compensation of HK$16m. That’s a fairly small increase of 4.7% on year before. As part of our analysis we looked at companies in the same jurisdiction, with market capitalizations of HK$1.6b to HK$6.3b. The median total CEO compensation was HK$2m.
Thus we can conclude that Yuk Sui Lo receives more in total compensation than the median of a group of companies in the same market, and of similar size to Paliburg Holdings Limited. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean the pay is too high. We can get a better idea of how generous the pay is by looking at the performance of the underlying business.
You can see, below, how CEO compensation at Paliburg Holdings has changed over time.
Is Paliburg Holdings Limited Growing?
Over the last three years Paliburg Holdings Limited has grown its earnings per share (EPS) by an average of 56% per year. It achieved revenue growth of 105% over the last year.
Overall this is a positive result for shareholders, showing that the company has improved in recent years. Most shareholders would be pleased to see strong revenue growth combined with EPS growth. This combo suggests a fast growing business.
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 Paliburg Holdings Limited Been A Good Investment?
Paliburg Holdings Limited has served shareholders reasonably well, with a total return of 31% over three years. But they probably don’t want to see the CEO paid more than is normal for companies around the same size.
In Summary…
We examined the amount Paliburg Holdings Limited pays its CEO, and compared it to the amount paid by similar sized companies. Our data suggests that it pays above the median CEO pay within that group.
However, the earnings per share growth over three years is certainly impressive. We also think investors are doing ok, over the same time period. So, considering the EPS growth we do not wish to criticize the level of CEO compensation, though we’d recommend further research on management. If you think CEO compensation levels are interesting you will probably really like this free visualization of insider trading at Paliburg Holdings Limited.