Vail Resorts Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Vail Resorts' CEO is Kirsten Lynch, appointed in Jul 2011, has a tenure of 13.33 years. total yearly compensation is $6.29M, comprised of 17.3% salary and 82.7% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.096% of the company’s shares, worth €6.22M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.6 years and 10.3 years respectively.

Key information

Kirsten Lynch

Chief executive officer

US$6.3m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	17.3%
CEO tenure	13.3yrs
CEO ownership	0.1%
Management average tenure	3.6yrs
Board average tenure	10.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Kirsten Lynch's remuneration changed compared to Vail Resorts's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Jul 31 2024	US$6m	US$1m	US$230m
Apr 30 2024	n/a	n/a	US$277m
Jan 31 2024	n/a	n/a	US$240m
Oct 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$230m
Jul 31 2023	US$6m	US$1m	US$268m
Apr 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$288m
Jan 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$336m
Oct 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$350m
Jul 31 2022	US$7m	US$886k	US$348m
Apr 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$316m
Jan 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$218m
Oct 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$142m
Jul 31 2021	US$2m	US$542k	US$128m
Apr 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$115m
Jan 31 2021	n/a	n/a	-US$7m
Oct 31 2020	n/a	n/a	US$52m
Jul 31 2020	US$2m	US$523k	US$99m
Apr 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$163m
Jan 31 2020	n/a	n/a	US$303m
Oct 31 2019	n/a	n/a	US$302m
Jul 31 2019	US$2m	US$540k	US$301m
Apr 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$307m
Jan 31 2019	n/a	n/a	US$271m
Oct 31 2018	n/a	n/a	US$300m
Jul 31 2018	US$2m	US$490k	US$380m

Compensation vs Market: Kirsten's total compensation ($USD6.29M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD3.61M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Kirsten's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Kirsten Lynch (56 yo)

13.3yrs

Tenure

US$6,288,586

Compensation

Ms. Kirsten A. Lynch had been the Chief Marketing Officer and an Executive Vice President at Vail Resorts Inc., since July 2011 to October 2021. Ms. Lynch was Independent Director of Stitch Fix, Inc. since...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Robert Katz	Executive Chairman	28.4yrs	US$2.20m	0.66% € 42.5m
Kirsten Lynch	CEO & Director	13.3yrs	US$6.29m	0.096% € 6.2m
Angela Korch	Executive VP & CFO	1.9yrs	US$2.18m	0.0058% € 378.1k
William Rock	President of Mountain Division	5.2yrs	US$1.65m	0.019% € 1.3m
Gregory Sullivan	Executive Vice President of Hospitality	8.1yrs	US$975.72k	0.0055% € 354.1k
Nathan Gronberg	VP, Controller & Chief Accounting Officer	4.2yrs	no data	0.0031% € 198.1k
Chris Smith	Senior VP & Chief Information Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Julie DeCecco	Executive VP	less than a year	no data	0.0018% € 116.5k
Courtney Goldstein	Chief Marketing Officer & Executive VP	less than a year	no data	no data
Lynanne Kunkel	Chief Human Resources Officer & Chief Transformation Officer	7.5yrs	no data	no data

3.6yrs

Average Tenure

52.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: VAI's management team is considered experienced (3.6 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Robert Katz	Executive Chairman	28.4yrs	US$2.20m	0.66% € 42.5m
Kirsten Lynch	CEO & Director	3yrs	US$6.29m	0.096% € 6.2m
Susan Decker	Independent Director	9.2yrs	US$315.70k	0.022% € 1.4m
John Redmond	Independent Director	16.7yrs	US$320.70k	0.060% € 3.9m
Hilary Schneider	Independent Director	14.7yrs	US$315.70k	0.042% € 2.7m
John Sorte	Independent Director	31.8yrs	US$371.70k	0.12% € 7.8m
Iris Knobloch	Independent Director	less than a year	US$192.05k	no data
D. Sewell	Lead Independent Director	11.8yrs	US$398.76k	0.056% € 3.6m
Reginald Chambers	Independent Director	less than a year	US$162.02k	no data
Peter Vaughn	Independent Director	11.4yrs	US$348.37k	0.023% € 1.5m
Michele Romanow	Independent Director	8.1yrs	US$329.16k	0.019% € 1.2m
Nadia Rawlinson	Independent Director	4.9yrs	US$327.82k	0.012% € 753.5k

10.3yrs

Average Tenure

61yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: VAI's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 10.3 years average tenure).

Vail Resorts Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Vail Resorts, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Dec 05, 2024

Vail Resorts, Inc. Appoints Iris Knobloch as Board of Directors

Independent Director recently sold €529k worth of stock

Vail Resorts, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Dec 06, 2023

Vail Resorts, Inc. Announces Resignation of Ryan Bennett as Chief Marketing Officer, Effective October 20, 2023

Insufficient new directors

Recent updates

Vail Resorts, Inc. to Report Q1, 2025 Results on Dec 09, 2024

Vail Resorts, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Dec 05, 2024

Fourth quarter dividend of US$2.22 announced

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$6.08 (vs US$6.76 in FY 2023)

Vail Resorts, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year Ending July 31, 2025

Vail Resorts, Inc.(NYSE:MTN) dropped from FTSE All-World Index (USD)

Vail Resorts, Inc. to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on Sep 26, 2024

Upcoming dividend of US$2.22 per share

Third quarter dividend of US$2.22 announced

Vail Resorts, Inc. Updates Earnings Guidance for the Year Ending 2024

Now 29% undervalued after recent price drop

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$9.57 (vs US$8.20 in 3Q 2023)

Vail Resorts, Inc. to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Jun 06, 2024

Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:MTN) completed the acquisition of a 84% stake in Remontees Mecaniques Crans-Montana-Aminona (CMA) SA from CPI Property Group (XTRA:O5G).

Now 21% undervalued

Upcoming dividend of US$2.22 per share

Second quarter dividend of US$2.22 announced

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$5.78 (vs US$5.18 in 2Q 2023)

Vail Resorts, Inc. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Mar 11, 2024

Vail Resorts, Inc. Appoints Iris Knobloch as Board of Directors

Now 21% undervalued

Independent Director recently sold €529k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$2.06 per share at 3.6% yield

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

First quarter 2024 earnings released: US$4.60 loss per share (vs US$3.40 loss in 1Q 2023)

Vail Resorts, Inc. Reaffirms Earnings Guidance for the for Fiscal Year 2024

Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:MTN) entered into an agreement to acquire 84% stake in Remontees Mecaniques Crans-Montana-Aminona (CMA) SA from CPI Property Group (XTRA:O5G).

Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:MTN) entered into an agreement to acquire 84% stake in Remontees Mecaniques Crans-Montana-Aminona (CMA) SA from CPI Property Group (XTRA:O5G).

Vail Resorts, Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Dec 07, 2023

Vail Resorts, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Dec 06, 2023

Vail Resorts, Inc. Announces Resignation of Ryan Bennett as Chief Marketing Officer, Effective October 20, 2023

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$6.76 (vs US$8.60 in FY 2022)

Vail Resorts, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the First Quarter Ending October 31, 2023 and Full Year Ending July 31, 2024

Vail Resorts, Inc. to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Sep 28, 2023

Now 20% undervalued

Upcoming dividend of US$2.06 per share at 3.3% yield

Now 20% undervalued

Vail Resorts, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on July 12, 2023

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$8.20 (vs US$9.18 in 3Q 2022)

Vail Resorts, Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Jun 08, 2023

Upcoming dividend of US$2.06 per share at 3.7% yield

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$5.17 (vs US$5.51 in 2Q 2022)

Vail Resorts, Inc. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Mar 09, 2023

Vail Resorts, Inc. Announces the Launch of Gray Malin in Vail

Insufficient new directors

Upcoming dividend of US$1.91 per share

Executive VP & CFO recently sold €1.7m worth of stock

First quarter 2023 earnings released: US$3.40 loss per share (vs US$3.45 loss in 1Q 2022)

Vail Resorts, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2023

Vail Resorts, Inc. Announces the Appointment of Angela Korch as Executive Vice President, Effective Dec. 22, 2022

Vail Resorts Appoints Angela Korch as Chief Financial Officer

Vail Resorts, Inc. to Report Q1, 2023 Results on Dec 08, 2022

Vail Resorts, Inc. Announces Kenny Thompson, Jr. as Chief Public Affairs Officer

Vail Resorts, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Dec 07, 2022

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$8.60 (vs US$3.17 in FY 2021)

Vail Resorts, Inc. Declares A Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on October 24, 2022

Vail Resorts, Inc. to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Sep 28, 2022

Vail Resorts Announces Operating Plans for 2022/23 North American Ski and Ride Season

Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:MTN) completed the acquisition of 55% stake in Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG from Andermatt Swiss Alps AG.

Vail Resorts, Inc. Announces Resignation of Michael Barkin as Executive Vice President, Effective December 31, 2022

Upcoming dividend of US$1.91 per share

Third quarter 2022 earnings released

Vail Resorts, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2022

Vail Resorts, Inc. to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Jun 09, 2022

Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:MTN) entered into an agreement to acquire 55% stake in Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG from Andermatt Swiss Alps AG for approximately CHF 150 million.

Upcoming dividend of US$1.91 per share

Second quarter 2022 earnings: EPS in line with expectations, revenues disappoint

Vail Resorts, Inc. to Report Q2, 2022 Results on Mar 14, 2022

Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:MTN) acquired Seven Springs Mountain Resort/Hidden Valley Resort and Laurel Mountain Ski Area in Pittsburgh Area from Seven Springs Farm Inc. for approximately $118 million.