Biffa plc

LSE:BIFF Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£1.2b

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Biffa Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Key information

Michael Robert Topham

Chief executive officer

UK£1.8m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage27.96%
CEO tenure4.3yrs
CEO ownership0.3%
Management average tenure4.3yrs
Board average tenure4.5yrs

Recent management updates

Analysis Article Dec 28

Are Insiders Selling Biffa plc (LON:BIFF) Stock?

It is not uncommon to see companies perform well in the years after insiders buy shares. The flip side of that is that...

Recent updates

Analysis Article Apr 14

Is It Too Late To Consider Buying Biffa plc (LON:BIFF)?

While Biffa plc ( LON:BIFF ) might not be the most widely known stock at the moment, it saw a decent share price growth...
Analysis Article Mar 15

Is Biffa (LON:BIFF) Using Too Much Debt?

Some say volatility, rather than debt, is the best way to think about risk as an investor, but Warren Buffett famously...
Analysis Article Jan 10

Estimating The Fair Value Of Biffa plc (LON:BIFF)

Today we'll do a simple run through of a valuation method used to estimate the attractiveness of Biffa plc ( LON:BIFF...
Analysis Article Dec 14

Is Now An Opportune Moment To Examine Biffa plc (LON:BIFF)?

While Biffa plc ( LON:BIFF ) might not be the most widely known stock at the moment, it received a lot of attention...
Analysis Article Nov 20

Biffa (LON:BIFF) Is Carrying A Fair Bit Of Debt

The external fund manager backed by Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger, Li Lu, makes no bones about it when he says...
Analysis Article Sep 11

Are Investors Undervaluing Biffa plc (LON:BIFF) By 29%?

In this article we are going to estimate the intrinsic value of Biffa plc ( LON:BIFF ) by taking the expected future...
Analysis Article Aug 06

Would Biffa (LON:BIFF) Be Better Off With Less Debt?

Howard Marks put it nicely when he said that, rather than worrying about share price volatility, 'The possibility of...
Analysis Article May 26

An Intrinsic Calculation For Biffa plc (LON:BIFF) Suggests It's 33% Undervalued

How far off is Biffa plc ( LON:BIFF ) from its intrinsic value? Using the most recent financial data, we'll take a look...
Analysis Article Mar 02

Biffa's(LON:BIFF) Share Price Is Down 10% Over The Past Year.

While it may not be enough for some shareholders, we think it is good to see the Biffa plc ( LON:BIFF ) share price up...
Analysis Article Jan 24

Estimating The Intrinsic Value Of Biffa plc (LON:BIFF)

How far off is Biffa plc ( LON:BIFF ) from its intrinsic value? Using the most recent financial data, we'll take a look...
Analysis Article Dec 28

Are Insiders Selling Biffa plc (LON:BIFF) Stock?

It is not uncommon to see companies perform well in the years after insiders buy shares. The flip side of that is that...
Analysis Article Nov 23

We Think Biffa (LON:BIFF) Has A Fair Chunk Of Debt

The external fund manager backed by Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger, Li Lu, makes no bones about it when he says...

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Michael Robert Topham's remuneration changed compared to Biffa's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 23 2022n/an/a

UK£39m

Jun 23 2022n/an/a

UK£10m

Mar 25 2022UK£2mUK£504k

-UK£18m

Dec 25 2021n/an/a

-UK£21m

Sep 24 2021n/an/a

-UK£24m

Jun 24 2021n/an/a

-UK£32m

Mar 26 2021n/an/a

-UK£40m

Dec 26 2020n/an/a

-UK£29m

Sep 25 2020n/an/a

-UK£18m

Jun 25 2020n/an/a

UK£14m

Mar 27 2020n/an/a

UK£46m

Dec 27 2019n/an/a

UK£33m

Sep 27 2019n/an/a

UK£20m

Jun 27 2019n/an/a

UK£19m

Mar 29 2019UK£2mUK£410k

UK£18m

Dec 29 2018n/an/a

UK£22m

Sep 28 2018n/an/a

UK£26m

Jun 28 2018n/an/a

UK£29m

Mar 30 2018UK£706kUK£325k

UK£31m

Dec 30 2017n/an/a

UK£24m

Sep 22 2017n/an/a

UK£18m

Jun 22 2017n/an/a

-UK£5m

Mar 24 2017UK£4mUK£304k

-UK£11m

Dec 24 2016n/an/a

-UK£10m

Sep 23 2016n/an/a

-UK£9m

Jun 24 2016n/an/a

UK£9m

Mar 25 2016UK£560kUK£269k

-UK£5m

Compensation vs Market: Michael Robert's total compensation ($USD2.23M) is about average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD2.10M).

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


CEO

Michael Robert Topham (50 yo)

4.3yrs
Tenure
UK£1,801,670
Compensation

Mr. Michael Robert Mason Topham serves as Chief Executive Officer and Director at Biffa Group Limited since September 29, 2018. Mr. Topham serves as Chief Executive Officer at Biffa Municipal Limited. He h...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Michael Robert Topham
CEO & Executive Director4.3yrsUK£1.80m0.32%
£ 4.0m
Richard Pike
CFO & Executive Director4.3yrsUK£1.08m0.15%
£ 1.8m
David Gooding
Chief Information Officer2.8yrsno datano data
Sarah Parsons
General Counsel & Company Secretary3.6yrsno datano data
Jane Pateman
Group Human Resource Director12.1yrsno datano data
Roger Edwards
Managing Director of Municipal Division12.3yrsno datano data
Mick Davis
Chief Operating Officer of Resources & Energy12.3yrsno data0.055%
£ 691.4k
Mike Thair
Director of Business Development & Treatmentno datano datano data
Jeff Rhodes
Head of Environment & External Affairsno datano datano data
Maxine Mayhew
Chief Operating Officer of Collections & Specialist Servicesless than a yearno datano data
4.3yrs
Average Tenure
52.5yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: BIFF's management team is considered experienced (4.3 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Michael Robert Topham
CEO & Executive Director6.4yrsUK£1.80m0.32%
£ 4.0m
Richard Pike
CFO & Executive Director4.3yrsUK£1.08m0.15%
£ 1.8m
Kenneth Lever
Independent Non-Executive Chairman6.3yrsUK£200.00k0.022%
£ 268.8k
Carol Chesney
Independent Non-Executive Director4.5yrsUK£65.00k0.0033%
£ 41.2k
David Martin
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director6.3yrsUK£75.00k0.0099%
£ 123.5k
Claire Miles
Independent Non-Executive Director1.8yrsUK£60.69k0.0023%
£ 28.8k
Linda Morant
Independent Non-Executive Director1.1yrsUK£21.67kno data
4.5yrs
Average Tenure
59yo
Average Age

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


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2023/01/28 13:37
End of Day Share Price 2023/01/26 00:00
Earnings2022/09/23
Annual Earnings2022/03/25

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • 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

Biffa plc is covered by 10 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Calum BattersbyBerenberg
Oliver AndersonBerenberg
Adam BarrassBerenberg