Ørsted Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Ørsted's CEO is Mads Nipper, appointed in Jan 2021, has a tenure of 3.92 years. total yearly compensation is DKK18.44M, comprised of 86.3% salary and 13.7% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.002% of the company’s shares, worth €393.98K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.6 years and 3.8 years respectively.

Key information

Mads Nipper

Chief executive officer

DKK 18.4m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	86.3%
CEO tenure	3.9yrs
CEO ownership	0.002%
Management average tenure	2.6yrs
Board average tenure	3.8yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Mads Nipper's remuneration changed compared to Ørsted's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Sep 30 2024	n/a	n/a	DKK 5b
Jun 30 2024	n/a	n/a	-DKK 23b
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	-DKK 21b
Dec 31 2023	DKK 18m	DKK 16m	-DKK 21b
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	-DKK 21b
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	DKK 11b
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	DKK 12b
Dec 31 2022	DKK 23m	DKK 15m	DKK 15b
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	DKK 18b
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	DKK 9b
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	DKK 15b
Dec 31 2021	DKK 22m	DKK 15m	DKK 10b

Compensation vs Market: Mads's total compensation ($USD2.58M) is below average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD4.85M).

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

CEO

Mads Nipper (58 yo)

3.9yrs

Tenure

DKK 18,440,000

Compensation

Mr. Mads Nipper serves as Chief Executive Officer and Group President at Ørsted A/S since January 1, 2021 and also serves as Member of its Executive Board. He serves as Vice Chairman of the Board at FLSmid...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Mads Nipper	CEO, Group President & Member of Executive Board	3.9yrs	DKK 18.44m	0.0021% € 394.0k
Daniel Lerup	Member of Executive Board	2.7yrs	DKK 7.78m	0.0023% € 427.9k
Henriette Ellekrog	Executive VP	5.2yrs	DKK 7.96m	0.0019% € 361.9k
Rasmus Errboe	Deputy CEO	1.1yrs	DKK 960.00k	no data
Trond Westlie	CFO & Member of Executive Board	less than a year	no data	no data
Patrick Harnett	Executive VP & Chief Operations Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Rasmus Haervig	Head of Investor Relations	2.7yrs	no data	no data
Anders Hansen	Senior VP & Head of Legal	2.1yrs	no data	no data
Martin Barlebo	Head of Communications	9.8yrs	no data	no data
Neil O'Donovan	Executive VP and Head of Strategy	3.3yrs	no data	no data
Ingrid Reumert	Senior VP & Head of Global Stakeholder Relations	2.6yrs	no data	no data
David Hardy	Executive VP & CEO of Region Americas	2.1yrs	no data	no data

2.6yrs

Average Tenure

55.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: D2G's management team is considered experienced (2.6 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Peter Korsholm	Independent Director	7.8yrs	DKK 520.00k	0.0019% € 367.6k
Dieter Wemmer	Independent Director	6.8yrs	DKK 640.00k	no data
Lene Skole-Sorensen	Independent Chair of the Board of Directors	9.8yrs	DKK 900.00k	0.00082% € 154.6k
Mogens Vinther	Board Observer	no data	DKK 75.00k	no data
Andrew Richard Brown	Deputy Chairman	1.8yrs	DKK 25.81m	no data
Benny Gøbel	Employee Representative Director	13.9yrs	DKK 400.00k	no data
Julia King	Independent Director	3.8yrs	DKK 475.00k	no data
Michael Bruun	Board Observer	no data	no data	no data
Philippe Lenoble	Board Observer	no data	no data	no data
Cathrine Collet Yde	Employee Representative Director	2.7yrs	DKK 400.00k	no data
Francisca Mandiola	Employee Representative Director	2.7yrs	DKK 400.00k	no data
Florence Vallienne	Employee Representative Director	2.7yrs	DKK 400.00k	no data

3.8yrs

Average Tenure

59.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: D2G's board of directors are considered experienced (3.8 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/27 22:17
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Ørsted A/S is covered by 41 analysts. 18 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
Pierre-Yves Gauthier	AlphaValue
Virginia Sanz de Madrid Gross	Banco Santander
Jesús Gómez Dominguez	Banco Santander

Ørsted Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Ørsted A/S, Annual General Meeting, Apr 03, 2025

Less than half of directors are independent

Ørsted A/S Announces Board Changes

Ørsted A/S Appoints Rasmus Errboe as Deputy CEO and Chief Commercial Officer

Less than half of directors are independent

Ørsted A/S Announces CFO Changes

Recent updates

Energy Capital Partners, LLC agreed to acquire 50% stake in Eleven Mile Solar Center, Llc,Mockingbird Solar Center, LLC and Sparta Solar, LLC from Ørsted A/S (CPSE:ORSTED) in a transaction valued at $570 million.

Ørsted A/S, Annual General Meeting, Apr 03, 2025

Ørsted A/S to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Final Results on Feb 06, 2025

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: kr.12.00 (vs kr.53.80 loss in 3Q 2023)

Less than half of directors are independent

Equinor ASA (OB:EQNR) acquired 9.80% stake in Ørsted A/S (CPSE:ORSTED).

Equinor ASA (OB:EQNR) acquired 9.80% stake in Ørsted A/S (CPSE:ORSTED).

Ørsted A/S Announces Board Changes

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: kr.4.10 loss per share (vs kr.1.40 loss in 2Q 2023)

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: kr.5.70 (vs kr.4.60 in 1Q 2023)

U.S. Department of Energy Selects Ørsted to Receive Industrial Decarbonization Funding

Ørsted A/S Appoints Rasmus Errboe as Deputy CEO and Chief Commercial Officer

Less than half of directors are independent

Ørsted A/S Approves No Dividend Payment for the Financial Year 2023

Ørsted A/S Approves No Dividend Payment for the Financial Year 2023

Ørsted A/S Announces CFO Changes

Ørsted A/S Announces Board Resignations

Ørsted A/S Announces Board Appointments

Full year 2023 earnings released: kr.50.10 loss per share (vs kr.34.62 profit in FY 2022)

Now 20% undervalued

Ørsted A/S to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Aug 15, 2024

Ørsted Secures 1.6 Gw Electricity Business License for Offshore Wind Project Off the Coast of Incheon, Korea

Ørsted Secures 1.6 Gw Electricity Business License for Offshore Wind Project Off the Coast of Incheon, Korea

Ørsted A/S Announces Change of CFO

New major risk - Financial position

Now 39% undervalued after recent price drop

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 16%

Greencoat Capital LLP completed the acquisition of 25% stake in London Array Offshore Wind Farm in UK from Ørsted A/S (CPSE : ORSTED).

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: kr.1.40 loss per share (vs kr.0.31 profit in 2Q 2022)

Greencoat UK Wind PLC (LSE:UKW), managed by Greencoat Capital LLP agreed to acquire a 25% stake in London Array Offshore Wind Farm in UK from Ørsted A/S (CPSE : ORSTED) for approximately £720 million.

Greencoat UK Wind PLC (LSE:UKW), managed by Greencoat Capital LLP agreed to acquire a 25% stake in London Array Offshore Wind Farm in UK from Ørsted A/S (CPSE : ORSTED) for approximately £720 million.

Member of Executive Board recently bought €200k worth of stock

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: kr.4.60 (vs kr.13.22 in 1Q 2022)

Upcoming dividend of kr.13.50 per share at 2.2% yield

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: kr.34.60 (vs kr.24.33 in FY 2021)

Ørsted A/S Recommends Dividend for the Year 2022

Ørsted A/S (CPSE:ORSTED) acquired remaining 55% stake in Liquid Wind AB.

Renewable Power Fund Plus LP managed by Energy Capital Partners, LLC acquired 862 MW Portfolio of Three Onshore Wind Farms and One Solar Farm in the US from Ørsted A/S (CPSE:ORSTED) for $410 million.

Ørsted A/S (CPSE:ORSTED) acquired OSTWIND Erneuerbare Energien GmbH, OSTWINDpark Rotmainquelle GmbH & Co. KG, STWIND International S.A.S and OSTWIND Engineering S.A.S. from Ostwind AG.

Ørsted A/S (CPSE:ORSTED) acquired Ballinrea solar PV project in Ireland from Terra Solar Limited.

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: kr.0.30 (vs kr.12.90 in 2Q 2021)

Ørsted A/S Appoints Per Mejnert Kristensen as President of Region Asia Pacific

Ørsted Comments On Media Speculations Regarding Acquisition Of Ostwind

Ørsted A/S (CPSE:ORSTED) agreed to acquire 121 MW onshore wind farm in Ford County from funds managed by Ares Management Corporation (NYSE:ARES).

First quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: kr.13.20 (vs kr.2.80 in 1Q 2021)

Ørsted Appoints Rasmus Keglberg Hærvig as Head of Investor Relations

Ørsted A/S Approves Dividend

Ørsted A/S (CPSE:ORSTED) acquired Scottish Floating Wind Development Project from Simply Blue Group and Subsea 7 S.A. (OB:SUBC).

Upcoming dividend of kr.12.50 per share

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Orsted Reportedly in Talks with AXA Consortium on UK Offshore Wind Farm Stake

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS in line with analyst expectations despite revenue beat

Ørsted A/S Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2022

Ørsted Appoints Daniel Lerup as the Group Chief Financial Officer as of 8 April 2022

Ørsted A/S (CPSE:ORSTED) acquired 302 MW onshore wind farm in Morgan County, Illinois.

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS kr.1.10 (vs kr.26.86 in 3Q 2020)

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS kr.11.31 (vs kr.5.16 loss in 2Q 2020)

Executive VP & CEO Onshore Declan Flanagan has left the company

Ørsted A/S Completes Onshore Wind Project to Date

Ørsted Plans Carbon Capture At Avedøre Power Station as Part of the Green Fuels for Denmark Project

Ørsted A/S (CPSE:ORSTED) completed the acquisition of Onshore wind business of Brookfield Renewable in Ireland and UK from Brookfield Renewable Ireland Limited.

Government Pension Fund Global, managed by Norges Bank Investment Management completed the acquisition of 50% stake in 752 MW Borssele 1 & 2 Offshore Wind Farm from Ørsted A/S.

Ørsted Completes Permian Energy Center

First quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS kr.2.80 (vs kr.12.87 in 1Q 2020)

Ørsted A/S Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2021

Aker Carbon Capture, Ørsted and Microsoft Commits to Explore Development of Carbon Capture

Ørsted A/S Announces Executive Changes

Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. Forms 50-50 Joint Venture on Baltica 2 and 3