Digital Garage, Inc.

BST:DGK Stock Report

Market Cap: €905.5m

Digital Garage Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Digital Garage's CEO is Kaoru Hayashi, appointed in Nov 2004, has a tenure of 20.92 years. total yearly compensation is ¥372.00M, comprised of 59.1% salary and 40.9% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 17.04% of the company’s shares, worth €154.32M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2 years and 8.2 years respectively.

Key information

Kaoru Hayashi

Chief executive officer

JP¥372.0m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage59.14%
CEO tenure20.9yrs
CEO ownership17.0%
Management average tenure2yrs
Board average tenure8.2yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Kaoru Hayashi's remuneration changed compared to Digital Garage's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Jun 30 2025n/an/a

-JP¥11b

Mar 31 2025JP¥372mJP¥220m

-JP¥7b

Dec 31 2024n/an/a

-JP¥4b

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

-JP¥8b

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

JP¥5b

Mar 31 2024JP¥363mJP¥220m

JP¥6b

Dec 31 2023n/an/a

JP¥3b

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

JP¥910m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-JP¥12b

Mar 31 2023JP¥353mJP¥353m

-JP¥9b

Dec 31 2022n/an/a

-JP¥433m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

JP¥7b

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

JP¥34b

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

JP¥30b

Dec 31 2021n/an/a

JP¥26b

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

JP¥24b

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

JP¥13b

Mar 31 2021JP¥295mJP¥295m

JP¥10b

Dec 31 2020n/an/a

JP¥6b

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

JP¥6b

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

JP¥6b

Mar 31 2020JP¥283mJP¥183m

JP¥7b

Dec 31 2019n/an/a

JP¥13b

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

JP¥11b

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

JP¥9b

Mar 31 2019JP¥235mJP¥147m

JP¥9b

Compensation vs Market: Kaoru's total compensation ($USD2.43M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD1.11M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Kaoru's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.

CEO

Kaoru Hayashi (66 yo)

20.9yrs
Tenure
JP¥372,000,000
Compensation

Mr. Kaoru Hayashi serves as Representative Director, Chairman and CEO at DG Ventures, Inc. since May 2017. Mr. Hayashi has been Group Chief Executive Officer and President of Digital Garage, Inc. since Nov...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Kaoru Hayashi
Group CEO20.9yrsJP¥372.00m17.04%
€ 154.3m
Keizo Odori
Vice President Executive Officerno dataJP¥124.00m0.050%
€ 452.4k
Masahito Okuma
Senior Executive Officer & Director7.3yrsJP¥104.00m0.0076%
€ 69.2k
Joichi Ito
Co-Founder30.2yrsno data0.053%
€ 482.0k
Tomosue Den
Corporate Officer1.8yrsno datano data
Daniel Brandt
Corporate Officer & Chief Investor Relations Officer1.5yrsno datano data
Daisuke Tominaga
Senior Executive Officer & Head of Corporate Development Divisionno datano datano data
Nobuyuki Ishiyama
Corporate Officer2.2yrsno datano data
Hiroshi Shino
Senior Executive Officer & Director5.3yrsno data0.013%
€ 114.5k
Shunsuke Kitada
Corporate Officer1.8yrsno datano data
Hiroyuki Nozaki
Corporate Officerless than a yearno datano data
Lisa Katayama
Corporate Officer & Chief Transformation Officer1.5yrsno datano data
2.0yrs
Average Tenure
50yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: DGK's management team is not considered experienced ( 2 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Kaoru Hayashi
Group CEO30.2yrsJP¥372.00m17.04%
€ 154.3m
Keizo Odori
Vice President Executive Officer15.1yrsJP¥124.00m0.050%
€ 452.4k
Masahito Okuma
Senior Executive Officer & Director7.3yrsJP¥104.00m0.0076%
€ 69.2k
Joichi Ito
Co-Founder30.2yrsno data0.053%
€ 482.0k
Hiroshi Shino
Senior Executive Officer & Director5.3yrsno data0.013%
€ 114.5k
Mitsushi Nishida
Independent Outside Director1.3yrsno datano data
Junji Inoue
Independent Outside Director9.1yrsno datano data
Shuma Uchino
Independent Outside Director3.3yrsno datano data
Yasuyuki Rokuyata
Director29.8yrsno data0.90%
€ 8.2m
Koji Makino
Independent Outside Director9.1yrsno data0.0031%
€ 27.6k
Masako Ikeda
Independent Outside Director1.3yrsno datano data
Hironobu Moriyama
Independent Outside Director1.3yrsno datano data
8.2yrs
Average Tenure
59yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: DGK's board of directors are considered experienced (8.2 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/10/09 11:26
End of Day Share Price 2025/10/09 00:00
Earnings2025/06/30
Annual Earnings2025/03/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Digital Garage, Inc. is covered by 9 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Futoshi SasakiBofA Global Research
Kazuki TokunagaDaiwa Securities Co. Ltd.
null nullDaiwa Securities Co. Ltd.