Science Group Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

We currently do not have sufficient information about the CEO.

Key information

Dan Edwards

Chief executive officer

UK£382.0k

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	65.7%
CEO tenure	5.7yrs
CEO ownership	0.2%
Management average tenure	no data
Board average tenure	4.5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

An Intrinsic Calculation For Science Group plc (LON:SAG) Suggests It's 30% Undervalued

Mar 18

Is It Time To Consider Buying Science Group plc (LON:SAG)?

Jun 04

Science Group (LON:SAG) Has A Pretty Healthy Balance Sheet

May 07

Statutory Profit Doesn't Reflect How Good Science Group's (LON:SAG) Earnings Are

Mar 17

Has Science Group plc's (LON:SAG) Impressive Stock Performance Got Anything to Do With Its Fundamentals?

Mar 12

Shareholders Of Science Group (LON:SAG) Must Be Happy With Their 172% Total Return

Feb 05

Is Science Group (LON:SAG) Using Too Much Debt?

Dec 14

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Dan Edwards's remuneration changed compared to Science Group's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Jun 30 2024	n/a	n/a	UK£6m
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	UK£6m
Dec 31 2023	UK£382k	UK£251k	UK£6m
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	UK£8m
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	UK£11m
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	UK£11m
Dec 31 2022	UK£412k	UK£236k	UK£11m
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	UK£10m
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	UK£10m
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	UK£10m
Dec 31 2021	UK£511k	UK£226k	UK£10m
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	UK£10m
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	UK£10m
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	UK£8m
Dec 31 2020	UK£547k	UK£216k	UK£7m
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	UK£2m
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	-UK£2m
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	-UK£2m
Dec 31 2019	UK£275k	UK£141k	-UK£2m

Compensation vs Market: Dan's total compensation ($USD485.42K) is below average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD730.71K).

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

CEO

Dan Edwards (49 yo)

5.7yrs

Tenure

UK£382,000

Compensation

Mr. Daniel Robert Morgan Edwards, also known as Dan, serves as Group Managing Director at Science Group plc and serves as its Director since April 24, 2019. Mr Edwards joined the Science Group plc in 2004...

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Martyn Ratcliffe	CTO & Executive Chairman	14.7yrs	UK£495.00k	21.05% £ 43.8m
Daniel Edwards	Group MD & Director	5.7yrs	UK£382.00k	0.21% £ 432.1k
Jon Brett	Finance Director & Director	3.3yrs	UK£200.00k	0.0044% £ 9.3k
Peter Bertram	Senior Independent Director	4.5yrs	UK£45.00k	0.011% £ 23.1k
Susan Clement-Davies	Independent Non-Executive Director	2.6yrs	UK£43.00k	no data

4.5yrs

Average Tenure

62yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: SAG's board of directors are considered experienced (4.5 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/18 18:35
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/18 00:00
Earnings	2024/06/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
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

Science Group plc is covered by 5 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.

Analyst	Institution
William Wallis	Numis Securities Ltd.
Sanjay Vidyarthi	Panmure Liberum
Andrew Ripper	Panmure Liberum

Science Group Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Group MD & Director recently sold UK£333k worth of stock

Science Group plc, Annual General Meeting, Jun 18, 2024

Group MD & Director exercised options and sold UK£1.2m worth of stock

Less than half of directors are independent

Science Group plc Intends to Appoint Susan Clement Davies to the Board as a Non-Executive Director

Less than half of directors are independent

Recent updates

Science Group plc (AIM:SAG) commences an Equity Buyback Plan for 4,570,200 shares, representing 10% of its issued share capital, under the authorization approved on June 18, 2024.

Science Group plc (AIM:SAG) commences an Equity Buyback Plan for 4,570,200 shares, representing 10% of its issued share capital, under the authorization approved on June 18, 2024.

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.13 (vs UK£0.12 in 1H 2023)

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.08 per share

Group MD & Director recently sold UK£333k worth of stock

Science Group plc, Annual General Meeting, Jun 18, 2024

Price target increased by 9.1% to UK£6.35

Science Group plc Proposes Final Dividend for 2023, Payable on 19 July 2024

Full year 2023 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Science Group plc to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Mar 21, 2024

New minor risk - Financial data availability

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Group MD & Director exercised options and sold UK£1.2m worth of stock

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.12 (vs UK£0.10 in 1H 2022)

Science Group plc (AIM:SAG) commences an Equity Buyback for 4,537,134 shares, representing 10.01% of its issued share capital, , under the authorization approved on May 18, 2023.

Less than half of directors are independent

Science Group plc Approves Final Dividend

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.05 per share at 1.2% yield

Full year 2022 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Price target increased to UK£5.82

Science Group plc (AIM:SAG) signed a letter of intent to acquire remaining stakes in TP Group plc (AIM:TPG) from Hargreave Hale Limited, Asset Management Arm for approximately £17.53 million.

Price target increased to UK£5.82

First half 2022 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.10 (vs UK£0.11 in 1H 2021)

Science Group plc to Report First Half, 2022 Results on Jul 25, 2022

Science Group plc (AIM:SAG) commences an Equity Buyback Plan for 4,551,046 shares, representing 10% of its issued share capital, under the authorization approved on May 18, 2022.

Science Group plc Intends to Appoint Susan Clement Davies to the Board as a Non-Executive Director

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.05 per share

Less than half of directors are independent

An Intrinsic Calculation For Science Group plc (LON:SAG) Suggests It's 30% Undervalued

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Science Group plc Appoints Jon Brett as Finance Director, Effective 1 March 2022

Price target increased to UK£5.61

Science Group plc Provides Revenue Guidance for the Full Year Ended December 31, 2021

Science Group plc (AIM:SAG) commences an Equity Buyback Plan for 4,123,839 shares, representing 9.8% of its issued share capital, under the authorization approved on May 19, 2021.

Executive Chairman recently sold UK£9.0m worth of stock

Science Group plc has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of £18.557276 million.

First half 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£0.11 (vs UK£0.048 in 1H 2020)

Price target increased to UK£5.11

Science Group plc Provides Revenue Guidance for the Six Months to 30 June 2021

Is It Time To Consider Buying Science Group plc (LON:SAG)?

Science Group plc Approves Final Dividend

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.04 per share

Science Group (LON:SAG) Has A Pretty Healthy Balance Sheet

Statutory Profit Doesn't Reflect How Good Science Group's (LON:SAG) Earnings Are

Has Science Group plc's (LON:SAG) Impressive Stock Performance Got Anything to Do With Its Fundamentals?

Full year 2020 earnings released: EPS UK£0.17 (vs UK£0.041 loss in FY 2019)

Revenue beats expectations

Shareholders Of Science Group (LON:SAG) Must Be Happy With Their 172% Total Return

Science Group plc Announces Executive Changes

New 90-day high: UK£2.90

Is Science Group (LON:SAG) Using Too Much Debt?

New 90-day high: UK£2.68

Executive Chairman recently sold UK£4.8m worth of stock

Upcoming Dividend of UK£0.02 Per Share

New 90-day high - UK£2.58

New 90-day high - UK£2.43

CEO Compensation Analysis

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