Jean-Charles Naouri became the CEO of Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme (EPA:CO) in 2005. First, this article will compare CEO compensation with compensation at similar sized companies. After that, we will consider the growth in the business. 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.

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How Does Jean-Charles Naouri’s Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?

Our data indicates that Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme is worth €3.9b, and total annual CEO compensation is €947k. (This figure is for the year to 2017). We think total compensation is more important but we note that the CEO salary is lower, at €480k. As part of our analysis we looked at companies in the same jurisdiction, with market capitalizations of €1.7b to €5.6b. The median total CEO compensation was €1.7m.

A first glance this seems like a real positive for shareholders, since Jean-Charles Naouri is paid less than the average compensation paid by similar sized companies. Though positive, it’s important we delve into the performance of the actual business.

The graphic below shows how CEO compensation at Casino Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme has changed from year to year.

Is Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme Growing?

Over the last three years Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme has grown its earnings per share (EPS) by an average of 54% per year. It saw its revenue drop -1.4% over the last year.

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.

Shareholders might be interested in this free visualization of analyst forecasts. .

Has Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme Been A Good Investment?

Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme has generated a total shareholder return of 15% over three years, so most shareholders would be reasonably content. But they probably wouldn’t be so happy as to think the CEO should be paid more than is normal, for companies around this size.

In Summary…

It appears that Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme remunerates its CEO below most similar sized companies. Many would consider this to indicate that the pay is modest since the business is growing. The total shareholder return might not be amazing, but that doesn’t mean that Jean-Charles Naouri is paid too much.