Should You Be Pleased About The CEO Pay At Société Fermière du Casino Municipal de Cannes's (EPA:FCMC)
In 2008 Alain Fabre was appointed CEO of Société Fermière du Casino Municipal de Cannes (EPA:FCMC). First, this article will compare CEO compensation with compensation at similar sized companies. 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 method should give us information to assess how appropriately the company pays the CEO.
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How Does Alain Fabre's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?
According to our data, Société Fermière du Casino Municipal de Cannes has a market capitalization of €270m, and pays its CEO total annual compensation worth €272k. (This is based on the year to October 2018). While we always look at total compensation first, we note that the salary component is less, at €184k. We examined companies with market caps from €90m to €360m, and discovered that the median CEO total compensation of that group was €331k.
So Alain Fabre receives a similar amount to the median CEO pay, amongst the companies we looked at. This doesn't tell us a whole lot on its own, but looking at the performance of the actual business will give us useful context.
You can see a visual representation of the CEO compensation at Société Fermière du Casino Municipal de Cannes, below.
Is Société Fermière du Casino Municipal de Cannes Growing?
Société Fermière du Casino Municipal de Cannes has increased its earnings per share (EPS) by an average of 1.1% a year, over the last three years (using a line of best fit). Its revenue is up 5.9% over last year.
I'd prefer higher revenue growth, but the modest improvement in EPS is good. It's clear the performance has been quite decent, but it it falls short of outstanding,based on this information. We don't have analyst forecasts, but shareholders might want to examine this detailed historical graph of earnings, revenue and cash flow.
Has Société Fermière du Casino Municipal de Cannes Been A Good Investment?
Société Fermière du Casino Municipal de Cannes has served shareholders reasonably well, with a total return of 26% 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...
Remuneration for Alain Fabre is close enough to the median pay for a CEO of a similar sized company .
We think many would like to see better growth. While the CEO may not be underpaid, we don't think the pay is too generous either. So you may want to check if insiders are buying Société Fermière du Casino Municipal de Cannes shares with their own money (free access).
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