Most Shareholders Will Probably Find That The CEO Compensation For Walliser Kantonalbank (VTX:WKBN) Is Reasonable

Key Insights

• Walliser Kantonalbank's Annual General Meeting to take place on 3rd of June
• Total pay for CEO Oliver Schnyder includes CHF367.0k salary
• Total compensation is similar to the industry average
• Walliser Kantonalbank's EPS grew by 10.0% over the past three years while total shareholder return over the past three years was 17%

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Performance at Walliser Kantonalbank (VTX:WKBN) has been reasonably good and CEO Oliver Schnyder has done a decent job of steering the company in the right direction. As shareholders go into the upcoming AGM on 3rd of June, CEO compensation will probably not be their focus, but rather the steps management will take to continue the growth momentum. Here is our take on why we think the CEO compensation looks appropriate.

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Comparing Walliser Kantonalbank's CEO Compensation With The Industry

According to our data, Walliser Kantonalbank has a market capitalization of CHF2.0b, and paid its CEO total annual compensation worth CHF1.2m over the year to December 2024. That's a fairly small increase of 4.5% over the previous year. While we always look at total compensation first, our analysis shows that the salary component is less, at CHF367k.

In comparison with other companies in the Swiss Banks industry with market capitalizations ranging from CHF828m to CHF2.6b, the reported median CEO total compensation was CHF1.3m. This suggests that Walliser Kantonalbank remunerates its CEO largely in line with the industry average.

Speaking on an industry level, nearly 46% of total compensation represents salary, while the remainder of 54% is other remuneration. It's interesting to note that Walliser Kantonalbank allocates a smaller portion of compensation to salary in comparison to the broader industry. If total compensation is slanted towards non-salary benefits, it indicates that CEO pay is linked to company performance.

A Look at Walliser Kantonalbank's Growth Numbers

Walliser Kantonalbank's earnings per share (EPS) grew 10.0% per year over the last three years. In the last year, its revenue changed by just 0.7%.

We generally like to see a little revenue growth, but it is good to see a modest EPS growth at least. In conclusion we can't form a strong opinion about business performance yet; but it's one worth watching. We don't have analyst forecasts, but you could get a better understanding of its growth by checking out this more detailed historical graph of earnings, revenue and cash flow.

Has Walliser Kantonalbank Been A Good Investment?

Walliser Kantonalbank has served shareholders reasonably well, with a total return of 17% over three years. But they would probably prefer not to see CEO compensation far in excess of the median.

To Conclude...

Seeing that the company has put up a decent performance, only a few shareholders, if any at all, might have questions about the CEO pay in the upcoming AGM. In saying that, any proposed increase to CEO compensation will still be assessed on how reasonable it is based on performance and industry benchmarks.

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