How Should Investors React To Yee Hop Holdings Limited's (HKG:1662) CEO Pay?

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In 2015 Chi Tat Yan was appointed CEO of Yee Hop Holdings Limited (HKG:1662). This analysis aims first to contrast CEO compensation with other companies that have similar market capitalization. After that, we will consider the growth in the business. 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 Chi Tat Yan's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?

At the time of writing our data says that Yee Hop Holdings Limited has a market cap of HK$940m, and is paying total annual CEO compensation of HK$1.5m. (This figure is for the year to March 2018). We think total compensation is more important but we note that the CEO salary is lower, at HK$1.1m. We took a group of companies with market capitalizations below HK$1.6b, and calculated the median CEO total compensation to be HK$1.5m.

So Chi Tat Yan is paid around the average of the companies we looked at. Although this fact alone doesn't tell us a great deal, it becomes more relevant when considered against the business performance.

You can see a visual representation of the CEO compensation at Yee Hop Holdings, below.

Is Yee Hop Holdings Limited Growing?

On average over the last three years, Yee Hop Holdings Limited has shrunk earnings per share by 59% each year (measured with a line of best fit). Its revenue is up 11% over last year.

Few shareholders would be pleased to read that earnings per share are lower over three years. And while it's good to see some good revenue growth recently, the growth isn't really fast enough for me to put aside my concerns around earnings. So given this relatively weak performance, shareholders would probably not want to see high compensation for the CEO. 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 Yee Hop Holdings Limited Been A Good Investment?

Boasting a total shareholder return of 88% over three years, Yee Hop Holdings 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...

Chi Tat Yan is paid around what is normal the leaders of comparable size companies.

We're not seeing great strides in earnings per share, but the company has clearly pleased some investors, given the returns over the last three years. So we can't see a reason to suggest the pay is inappropriate. CEO compensation is one thing, but it is also interesting to check if the CEO is buying or selling Yee Hop Holdings (free visualization of insider trades).

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