Is Peach Property Group AG's (VTX:PEAN) CEO Paid At A Competitive Rate?

Thomas Wolfensberger has been the CEO of Peach Property Group AG (VTX:PEAN) since 2006. First, this article will compare CEO compensation with compensation at similar sized companies. Then we'll look at a snap shot of the business growth. And finally - as a second measure of performance - we will look at the returns shareholders have received over the last few years. This method should give us information to assess how appropriately the company pays the CEO.

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How Does Thomas Wolfensberger's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?

According to our data, Peach Property Group AG has a market capitalization of CHF152m, and pays its CEO total annual compensation worth CHF1m. Notably, that's an increase of 71% over the year before. When we examined a selection of companies with market caps ranging from CHF100m to CHF402m, we found the median CEO compensation was CHF679k.

Thus we can conclude that Thomas Wolfensberger receives more in total compensation than the median of a group of companies in the same market, and of similar size to Peach Property Group AG. However, this doesn't necessarily mean the pay is too high. A closer look at the performance of the underlying business will give us a better idea about whether the pay is particularly generous.

The graphic below shows how CEO compensation at Peach Property Group has changed from year to year.

Is Peach Property Group AG Growing?

Over the last three years Peach Property Group AG has grown its earnings per share (EPS) by an average of 109% per year. It achieved revenue growth of 58% over the last year.

This demonstrates that the company has been improving recently. A good result. It's great to see that revenue growth is strong, too. These metrics suggest the business is growing strongly. So this freevisual report on analyst forecasts could hold they key to an excellent investment decision.

Has Peach Property Group AG Been A Good Investment?

I think that the total shareholder return of 186%, over three years, would leave most Peach Property Group AG shareholders smiling. So they may not be at all concerned if the CEO is paid more than is normal for companies around the same size.

In Summary...

We compared the total CEO remuneration paid by Peach Property Group AG, and compared it to remuneration at a group of similar sized companies. As discussed above, we discovered that the company pays more than the median of that group.

However we must not forget that the EPS growth has been very strong over three years. Even better, returns to shareholders have been plentiful, over the same time period. As a result of this good performance, the CEO remuneration may well be quite reasonable. Even if a company pays the CEO quite generously, that doesn't mean it's a bad investment. Nonetheless, it might be wise to check if insiders have been selling.

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