freenet AG

XTRA:FNTN Stock Report

Market Cap: €3.5b

freenet Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

We currently do not have sufficient information about the CEO.

Key information

Christoph Vilanek

Chief executive officer

€5.7m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage17.9%
CEO tenure15.7yrs
CEO ownershipn/a
Management average tenure11.1yrs
Board average tenure4.7yrs

Recent management updates

Shareholders May Find It Hard To Justify A Pay Rise For freenet AG's (ETR:FNTN) CEO This Year

Jun 12
Shareholders May Find It Hard To Justify A Pay Rise For freenet AG's (ETR:FNTN) CEO This Year

Recent updates

freenet AG (ETR:FNTN) Looks Inexpensive But Perhaps Not Attractive Enough

Jan 05
freenet AG (ETR:FNTN) Looks Inexpensive But Perhaps Not Attractive Enough

Investors Will Want freenet's (ETR:FNTN) Growth In ROCE To Persist

Dec 15
Investors Will Want freenet's (ETR:FNTN) Growth In ROCE To Persist

Investors Aren't Buying freenet AG's (ETR:FNTN) Earnings

Oct 06
Investors Aren't Buying freenet AG's (ETR:FNTN) Earnings

There's Been No Shortage Of Growth Recently For freenet's (ETR:FNTN) Returns On Capital

Aug 28
There's Been No Shortage Of Growth Recently For freenet's (ETR:FNTN) Returns On Capital

Earnings Miss: freenet AG Missed EPS By 31% And Analysts Are Revising Their Forecasts

Aug 10
Earnings Miss: freenet AG Missed EPS By 31% And Analysts Are Revising Their Forecasts

Is freenet (ETR:FNTN) A Risky Investment?

Aug 09
Is freenet (ETR:FNTN) A Risky Investment?

There's Been No Shortage Of Growth Recently For freenet's (ETR:FNTN) Returns On Capital

May 23
There's Been No Shortage Of Growth Recently For freenet's (ETR:FNTN) Returns On Capital

freenet AG's (ETR:FNTN) P/E Is On The Mark

May 01
freenet AG's (ETR:FNTN) P/E Is On The Mark

Statutory Profit Doesn't Reflect How Good freenet's (ETR:FNTN) Earnings Are

Apr 03
Statutory Profit Doesn't Reflect How Good freenet's (ETR:FNTN) Earnings Are

freenet (ETR:FNTN) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly

Mar 14
freenet (ETR:FNTN) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly

Slowing Rates Of Return At freenet (ETR:FNTN) Leave Little Room For Excitement

Dec 26
Slowing Rates Of Return At freenet (ETR:FNTN) Leave Little Room For Excitement

Is freenet AG (ETR:FNTN) Trading At A 43% Discount?

Dec 03
Is freenet AG (ETR:FNTN) Trading At A 43% Discount?

Investors Met With Slowing Returns on Capital At freenet (ETR:FNTN)

Sep 26
Investors Met With Slowing Returns on Capital At freenet (ETR:FNTN)

Here's Why freenet (ETR:FNTN) Has A Meaningful Debt Burden

Aug 31
Here's Why freenet (ETR:FNTN) Has A Meaningful Debt Burden

Are Investors Undervaluing freenet AG (ETR:FNTN) By 50%?

Jul 12
Are Investors Undervaluing freenet AG (ETR:FNTN) By 50%?

Capital Allocation Trends At freenet (ETR:FNTN) Aren't Ideal

Jun 24
Capital Allocation Trends At freenet (ETR:FNTN) Aren't Ideal

freenet's (ETR:FNTN) Upcoming Dividend Will Be Larger Than Last Year's

Apr 05
freenet's (ETR:FNTN) Upcoming Dividend Will Be Larger Than Last Year's

What Is freenet AG's (ETR:FNTN) Share Price Doing?

Apr 02
What Is freenet AG's (ETR:FNTN) Share Price Doing?

Investors Met With Slowing Returns on Capital At freenet (ETR:FNTN)

Mar 14
Investors Met With Slowing Returns on Capital At freenet (ETR:FNTN)

freenet (ETR:FNTN) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At €1.68

Feb 26
freenet (ETR:FNTN) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At €1.68

These 4 Measures Indicate That freenet (ETR:FNTN) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well

Jan 18
These 4 Measures Indicate That freenet (ETR:FNTN) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well

Returns At freenet (ETR:FNTN) Are On The Way Up

Oct 30
Returns At freenet (ETR:FNTN) Are On The Way Up

Here's Why freenet (ETR:FNTN) Can Manage Its Debt Responsibly

Sep 01
Here's Why freenet (ETR:FNTN) Can Manage Its Debt Responsibly

Results: freenet AG Beat Earnings Expectations And Analysts Now Have New Forecasts

Aug 14
Results: freenet AG Beat Earnings Expectations And Analysts Now Have New Forecasts

What Does freenet AG's (ETR:FNTN) Share Price Indicate?

Aug 04
What Does freenet AG's (ETR:FNTN) Share Price Indicate?

freenet's (ETR:FNTN) Returns On Capital Are Heading Higher

Jul 17
freenet's (ETR:FNTN) Returns On Capital Are Heading Higher

freenet (ETR:FNTN) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly

May 23
freenet (ETR:FNTN) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly

Is There Now An Opportunity In freenet AG (ETR:FNTN)?

Apr 19
Is There Now An Opportunity In freenet AG (ETR:FNTN)?

We Like These Underlying Return On Capital Trends At freenet (ETR:FNTN)

Apr 01
We Like These Underlying Return On Capital Trends At freenet (ETR:FNTN)

These 4 Measures Indicate That freenet (ETR:FNTN) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well

Feb 06
These 4 Measures Indicate That freenet (ETR:FNTN) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well

What Does freenet AG's (ETR:FNTN) Share Price Indicate?

Jan 18
What Does freenet AG's (ETR:FNTN) Share Price Indicate?

freenet (ETR:FNTN) Hasn't Managed To Accelerate Its Returns

Dec 16
freenet (ETR:FNTN) Hasn't Managed To Accelerate Its Returns

Here's Why freenet (ETR:FNTN) Can Manage Its Debt Responsibly

Oct 11
Here's Why freenet (ETR:FNTN) Can Manage Its Debt Responsibly

Is freenet AG (ETR:FNTN) Trading At A 48% Discount?

Sep 22
Is freenet AG (ETR:FNTN) Trading At A 48% Discount?

Is There Now An Opportunity In freenet AG (ETR:FNTN)?

Sep 02
Is There Now An Opportunity In freenet AG (ETR:FNTN)?

Is freenet (ETR:FNTN) A Risky Investment?

Jul 06
Is freenet (ETR:FNTN) A Risky Investment?

Shareholders May Find It Hard To Justify A Pay Rise For freenet AG's (ETR:FNTN) CEO This Year

Jun 12
Shareholders May Find It Hard To Justify A Pay Rise For freenet AG's (ETR:FNTN) CEO This Year

Returns On Capital At freenet (ETR:FNTN) Have Stalled

Jun 06
Returns On Capital At freenet (ETR:FNTN) Have Stalled

What Does freenet AG's (ETR:FNTN) Share Price Indicate?

May 18
What Does freenet AG's (ETR:FNTN) Share Price Indicate?

Does freenet AG (ETR:FNTN) Have A Place In Your Dividend Stock Portfolio?

Apr 14
Does freenet AG (ETR:FNTN) Have A Place In Your Dividend Stock Portfolio?

These 4 Measures Indicate That freenet (ETR:FNTN) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well

Mar 31
These 4 Measures Indicate That freenet (ETR:FNTN) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well

Investors Who Bought freenet (ETR:FNTN) Shares A Year Ago Are Now Up 35%

Mar 15
Investors Who Bought freenet (ETR:FNTN) Shares A Year Ago Are Now Up 35%

Here's What To Make Of freenet's (ETR:FNTN) Returns On Capital

Feb 24
Here's What To Make Of freenet's (ETR:FNTN) Returns On Capital

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Christoph Vilanek's remuneration changed compared to freenet's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2024n/an/a

€275m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

€202m

Dec 31 2023€6m€1m

€155m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

€112m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

€66m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

€75m

Dec 31 2022€6m€1m

€79m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

€125m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

€163m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

€170m

Dec 31 2021€3m€1m

€198m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

€192m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

€186m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

€198m

Dec 31 2020€4m€1m

€195m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

€158m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

€163m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

€166m

Dec 31 2019€3m€1m

€178m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

€243m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

€226m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

€233m

Dec 31 2018€2m€750k

€223m

Compensation vs Market: Christoph's total compensation ($USD5.90M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD2.07M).

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

CEO

Christoph Vilanek (56 yo)

15.7yrs

Tenure

€5,659,000

Compensation

Mr. Christoph Vilaneke serves as the Managing Director at freenet digital GmbH and iLove GmbH. He served as Director of Sunrise Communications AG until November 2020. He also acts as advisor at Remagine Ve...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Christoph Vilanek
Chairman of Executive Board & CEO15.7yrs€5.66mno data
Ingo Arnold
Deputy Chairman of Executive Board & CFO6yrs€2.70mno data
Stephan Esch
CTO & Member of Executive Board18.9yrs€1.68mno data
Nicole Engenhardt-Gille
Member of Executive Board16yrs€793.00kno data
Antonius Fromme
Chief Customer Experience Officer & Member of Executive Board6.6yrs€2.84mno data
Rickmann von Platen
Chief Commercial Officer & Member of Executive Board6.6yrs€2.84mno data
Tim-Frederik Oehr
Head of Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Nadline Mette
Head of PRno datano datano data

11.1yrs

Average Tenure

56yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: FNTN's management team is seasoned and experienced (11.1 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Robert Weidinger
Independent Member of Supervisory Board12.7yrs€90.00kno data
Thomas Karlovits
Member of Supervisory Board2.7yrs€67.00kno data
Claudia Anderleit
Employee Representative Member of Supervisory Board16.5yrs€68.00kno data
Miriam Wohlfarth
Member of Supervisory Board2.7yrs€55.00kno data
Marc Tungler
Independent Chairman of Supervisory Board12.7yrs€151.00kno data
Knut Mackeprang
Employee Representative Vice Chairman of Supervisory Board11.7yrs€105.00kno data
Sabine Christiansen
Independent Member of Supervisory Board9.9yrs€69.00kno data
Theo-Benneke Bretsch
Employee Representative Member of Supervisory Board6.7yrs€67.00kno data
Kerstin Lopatta
Member of Supervisory Board2.7yrs€75.00kno data
Frank Suwald
Employee Representative Member of the Supervisory Board1.7yrs€46.50kno data
Petra Winter
Employee Representative Member of the Supervisory Board1.7yrs€46.50kno data
Tobias Marx
Employee Representative Member of the Supervisory Board1.7yrs€35.20kno data

4.7yrs

Average Tenure

55yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: FNTN's board of directors are considered experienced (4.7 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/30 22:40
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/30 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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.

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

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

freenet AG is covered by 34 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Mathieu RobilliardBarclays
Usman GhaziBerenberg
Samuel McHughBNP Paribas Exane