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Jean-Daniel Beurnier is the CEO of Avenir Telecom S.A. (EPA:AVT). 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. And finally - as a second measure of performance - we will look at the returns shareholders have received over the last few years. This process should give us an idea about how appropriately the CEO is paid.
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How Does Jean-Daniel Beurnier's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?
At the time of writing our data says that Avenir Telecom S.A. has a market cap of €2.8m, and is paying total annual CEO compensation of €245k. (This number is for the twelve months until March 2019). Notably, that's an increase of 26% over the year before. While we always look at total compensation first, we note that the salary component is less, at €195k. We took a group of companies with market capitalizations below €181m, and calculated the median CEO total compensation to be €156k.
As you can see, Jean-Daniel Beurnier is paid more than the median CEO pay at companies of a similar size, in the same market. However, this does not necessarily mean Avenir Telecom S.A. is paying too much. A closer look at the performance of the underlying business will give us a better idea about whether the pay is particularly generous.
You can see a visual representation of the CEO compensation at Avenir Telecom, below.
Is Avenir Telecom S.A. Growing?
Avenir Telecom S.A. has increased its earnings per share (EPS) by an average of 99% a year, over the last three years (using a line of best fit). In the last year, its revenue is down -10%.
This demonstrates that the company has been improving recently. A good result. While it would be good to see revenue growth, profits matter more in the end. Although we don't have analyst forecasts, you might want to assess this data-rich visualization of earnings, revenue and cash flow.
Has Avenir Telecom S.A. Been A Good Investment?
With a three year total loss of 49%, Avenir Telecom S.A. would certainly have some dissatisfied shareholders. So shareholders would probably think the company shouldn't be too generous with CEO compensation.
In Summary...
We compared total CEO remuneration at Avenir Telecom S.A. with the amount paid at companies with a similar market capitalization. As discussed above, we discovered that the company pays more than the median of that group.
Importantly, though, the company has impressed with its earnings per share growth, over three years. Having said that, shareholders may be disappointed with the weak returns over the last three years. This doesn't look great when you consider CEO remuneration is up on last year. One might thus conclude that it would be better if the company waited until growth is reflected in the share price, before increasing CEO compensation. If you think CEO compensation levels are interesting you will probably really like this free visualization of insider trading at Avenir Telecom.