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Kenny Yap is the CEO of Qian Hu Corporation Limited (SGX:BCV). 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. And finally - as a second measure of performance - we will look at the returns shareholders have received over the last few years. This method should give us information to assess how appropriately the company pays the CEO.
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How Does Kenny Yap's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?
At the time of writing, our data says that Qian Hu Corporation Limited has a market cap of S$15m, and reported total annual CEO compensation of S$306k for the year to December 2018. Notably, the salary of S$306k is the vast majority of the CEO compensation. We took a group of companies with market capitalizations below S$273m, and calculated the median CEO total compensation to be S$367k.
So Kenny Yap receives a similar amount to the median CEO pay, amongst the companies we looked at. While this data point isn't particularly informative alone, it gains more meaning when considered with business performance.
You can see a visual representation of the CEO compensation at Qian Hu, below.
Is Qian Hu Corporation Limited Growing?
On average over the last three years, Qian Hu Corporation Limited has grown earnings per share (EPS) by 66% each year (using a line of best fit). In the last year, its revenue is down 10%.
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. 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 Qian Hu Corporation Limited Been A Good Investment?
Boasting a total shareholder return of 54% over three years, Qian Hu Corporation Limited has done well by shareholders. So they may not be at all concerned if the CEO were to be paid more than is normal for companies around the same size.
In Summary...
Remuneration for Kenny Yap is close enough to the median pay for a CEO of a similar sized company .
Few would be critical of the leadership, since returns have been juicy and earnings per share are moving in the right direction. Indeed, many might consider the pay rather modest, given the solid company performance! Whatever your view on compensation, you might want to check if insiders are buying or selling Qian Hu shares (free trial).