ABB Ltd manufactures and sells electrification, industrial automation, and robotics and motion products for customers in utilities, industry and transport, and infrastructure worldwide. More Details
Quality Earnings: ABBN has a large one-off loss of $785.0M impacting its December 31 2020 financial results.
Growing Profit Margin: ABBN's current net profit margins (1.1%) are lower than last year (3.6%).
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: ABBN's earnings have declined by 20.1% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: ABBN's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: ABBN had negative earnings growth (-71.4%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Electrical industry average (5.6%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: ABBN's Return on Equity (2.2%) is considered low.
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
1.6yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Björn Klas Rosengren (61 yo)
1
Tenure
US$10,430,896
Compensation
Mr. Björn Klas Otto Rosengren, M.Sc. (Tech.), has been Chief Executive Officer of ABB Ltd since March 1, 2020. He served as an Executive Officer at ABB Ltd since February 1, 2020 until March 1, 2020. He se...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Björn Klas's total compensation ($USD10.43M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Swiss market ($USD5.76M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare Björn Klas's compensation with company performance.
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Björn Klas Rosengren
Chief Executive Officer
1yr
US$10.43m
no data
Timo Ihamuotila
Chief Financial Officer
3.92yrs
US$3.93m
0.0084% $ 4.7m
Maria Varsellona
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
1.33yrs
US$3.76m
no data
Theodor Swedjemark
Chief Communications Officer
0.58yr
US$1.01m
no data
Peter Terwiesch
President of Industrial Automation Business
4.17yrs
US$2.89m
0.0060% $ 3.3m
Tarak Mehta
President of Electrification Business
1.92yrs
US$3.51m
0.0052% $ 2.8m
Sami Atiya
President of Robotics & Discrete Automation Business
no data
US$3.04m
0.0021% $ 1.2m
Morten Wierod
President of Motion Business
2.25yrs
US$3.08m
0.00058% $ 320.5k
Alec Joannou
Chief Information Officer
2.42yrs
no data
no data
Ann-Sofie Nordh
Head of Investor Relations
1.17yrs
no data
no data
Carolina Granat
Chief Human Resources Officer
0.17yr
no data
no data
Richard Brown
Group Senior VP & Chief Counsel of Corporate & Finance
no data
no data
no data
1.6yrs
Average Tenure
54yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: ABBN's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.6 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Frederico C. Pinheiro Curado
Independent & Non-Executive Director
4.92yrs
US$343.60k
0.0016% $ 878.6k
Matti Alahuhta
Independent & Non-Executive Director
6.92yrs
US$343.60k
0.0039% $ 2.1m
Jacob Wallenberg
Independent Vice Chairman
5.92yrs
US$483.19k
0.012% $ 6.4m
Peter Voser
Chairman of the Board
5.92yrs
US$3.77m
0.015% $ 8.6m
Satish Pai
Independent & Non-Executive Director
4.92yrs
US$354.34k
0.0012% $ 668.6k
Lars Förberg
Independent & Non-Executive Director
3.92yrs
US$343.60k
0.0025% $ 1.4m
David Meline
Independent & Non-Executive Director
4.92yrs
US$429.50k
0.0016% $ 889.7k
David Constable
Independent & Non-Executive Director
5.92yrs
US$375.81k
0.0017% $ 922.8k
Xin-Zhe Li
Independent Director
3yrs
US$343.60k
0.0017% $ 917.3k
Geraldine Matchett
Independent & Non-Executive Director
3yrs
US$354.34k
0.00097% $ 536.0k
Gunnar Brock
Independent & Non-Executive Director
3yrs
US$354.34k
0.0013% $ 734.9k
4.9yrs
Average Tenure
59yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: ABBN's board of directors are considered experienced (4.9 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: ABBN insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
ABB Ltd's company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
ABB Ltd manufactures and sells electrification, industrial automation, and robotics and motion products for customers in utilities, industry and transport, and infrastructure worldwide. Its Electrification...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
All financial data provided by Standard & Poor's Capital IQ.
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2021/03/04 18:11
End of Day Share Price
2021/03/04 00:00
Earnings
2020/12/31
Annual Earnings
2020/12/31
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