Mercury Systems Management
Management criteria checks 0/4
Mercury Systems' CEO is Bill Ballhaus, appointed in Jun 2023, has a tenure of 1.58 years. total yearly compensation is $22.55M, comprised of 4.1% salary and 95.9% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.61% of the company’s shares, worth €15.33M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 0.8 years and 2.6 years respectively.
Key information
Bill Ballhaus
Chief executive officer
US$22.5m
Total compensation
| CEO salary percentage | 4.1% |
| CEO tenure | 1.6yrs |
| CEO ownership | 0.6% |
| Management average tenure | less than a year |
| Board average tenure | 2.6yrs |
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
| Date | Total Compensation | Salary | Company Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 2024 | n/a | n/a | -US$118m |
| Jun 28 2024 | US$23m | US$913k | -US$138m |
| Mar 29 2024 | n/a | n/a | -US$135m |
| Dec 29 2023 | n/a | n/a | -US$85m |
| Sep 29 2023 | n/a | n/a | -US$51m |
| Jun 30 2023 | US$512k | n/a | -US$28m |
| Mar 31 2023 | n/a | n/a | -US$3m |
| Dec 30 2022 | n/a | n/a | -US$4m |
| Sep 30 2022 | n/a | n/a | US$4m |
| Jul 01 2022 | US$239k | n/a | US$11m |
Compensation vs Market: Bill's total compensation ($USD22.55M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD2.05M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Bill's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.
CEO
Bill Ballhaus (56 yo)
1.6yrs
Tenure
US$22,548,566
Compensation
Dr. William L. Ballhaus, also known as Bill, serves as a Senior Advisor of Boston at PSG Equity L. L.C. since 2022. He is Director of Mercury Systems, Inc. from June 24, 2022 and also has been its Presiden...
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | 1.6yrs | US$22.55m | 0.61% € 15.3m | |
| Executive VP & CFO | 1.5yrs | US$5.52m | 0.20% € 5.1m | |
| Executive VP & COO | less than a year | US$2.33m | 0.15% € 3.8m | |
| Executive VP | less than a year | US$2.06m | 0.084% € 2.1m | |
| Executive VP & Chief Human Resources Officer | 2.7yrs | US$1.37m | 0.10% € 2.6m | |
| VP & Chief Accounting Officer | less than a year | no data | 0.018% € 443.2k | |
| Chief Technology Officer | less than a year | no data | no data | |
| Chief Information Officer | less than a year | no data | no data | |
| Senior Vice President of Operations | less than a year | no data | no data | |
| Senior Vice President of Strategy & Growth | less than a year | no data | no data | |
| Senior Vice President of Integrated Processing Solutions | less than a year | no data | no data | |
| Senior Vice President of Processing Technologies | less than a year | no data | no data |
0.8yrs
Average Tenure
56yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: MCY's management team is not considered experienced ( 0.8 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | 2.6yrs | US$22.55m | 0.61% € 15.3m | |
| Independent Director | 1.6yrs | US$234.54k | 0.017% € 436.6k | |
| Independent Director | 2.6yrs | US$249.54k | 0.057% € 1.4m | |
| Independent Director | 1.7yrs | US$234.54k | 0.043% € 1.1m | |
| Independent Director | 1.5yrs | no data | 0.0081% € 205.0k | |
| Independent Director | 5yrs | US$246.54k | 0.088% € 2.2m | |
| Lead Independent Director | 6.2yrs | US$294.79k | 0.041% € 1.0m | |
| Independent Director | 3.3yrs | US$234.54k | 0.019% € 481.2k | |
| Independent Director | 7.5yrs | US$246.54k | 0.040% € 1.0m |
2.6yrs
Average Tenure
65yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: MCY's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.6 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2025/01/09 09:27 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2025/01/08 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2024/09/27 |
| Annual Earnings | 2024/06/28 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
| Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Mercury Systems, Inc. is covered by 19 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
|---|---|
| Peter Arment | Baird |
| Christopher Rieger | Berenberg |
| Michael Ciarmoli | Boenning & Scattergood, Inc. |