Smith & Nephew plc

LSE:SN. Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£9.0b

Smith & Nephew Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Smith & Nephew's CEO is Deepak Nath, appointed in Apr 2022, has a tenure of 2.75 years. total yearly compensation is $4.66M, comprised of 32.5% salary and 67.5% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.024% of the company’s shares, worth £2.16M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.1 years and 2.9 years respectively.

Key information

Deepak Nath

Chief executive officer

US$4.7m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage32.5%
CEO tenure2.8yrs
CEO ownership0.02%
Management average tenure3.1yrs
Board average tenure2.9yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Smith & Nephew plc's (LON:SN.) Intrinsic Value Is Potentially 67% Above Its Share Price

Jan 03
Smith & Nephew plc's (LON:SN.) Intrinsic Value Is Potentially 67% Above Its Share Price

Does Smith & Nephew (LON:SN.) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

Dec 15
Does Smith & Nephew (LON:SN.) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

Investors Still Waiting For A Pull Back In Smith & Nephew plc (LON:SN.)

Oct 31
Investors Still Waiting For A Pull Back In Smith & Nephew plc (LON:SN.)

Some Investors May Be Worried About Smith & Nephew's (LON:SN.) Returns On Capital

Sep 25
Some Investors May Be Worried About Smith & Nephew's (LON:SN.) Returns On Capital

Statutory Profit Doesn't Reflect How Good Smith & Nephew's (LON:SN.) Earnings Are

Aug 08
Statutory Profit Doesn't Reflect How Good Smith & Nephew's (LON:SN.) Earnings Are

Smith & Nephew (LON:SN.) Will Be Hoping To Turn Its Returns On Capital Around

Jun 16
Smith & Nephew (LON:SN.) Will Be Hoping To Turn Its Returns On Capital Around

Smith & Nephew plc (LON:SN.) Not Flying Under The Radar

Apr 16
Smith & Nephew plc (LON:SN.) Not Flying Under The Radar

Is Smith & Nephew plc (LON:SN.) Trading At A 30% Discount?

Mar 16
Is Smith & Nephew plc (LON:SN.) Trading At A 30% Discount?

Capital Allocation Trends At Smith & Nephew (LON:SN.) Aren't Ideal

Feb 21
Capital Allocation Trends At Smith & Nephew (LON:SN.) Aren't Ideal

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Deepak Nath's remuneration changed compared to Smith & Nephew's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Jun 29 2024n/an/a

US$305m

Mar 29 2024n/an/a

US$284m

Dec 31 2023US$5mUS$2m

US$263m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$241m

Jul 01 2023n/an/a

US$218m

Apr 01 2023n/an/a

US$221m

Dec 31 2022US$6mUS$1m

US$223m

Compensation vs Market: Deepak's total compensation ($USD4.66M) is about average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD5.71M).

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

CEO

Deepak Nath (52 yo)

2.8yrs

Tenure

US$4,658,252

Compensation

Dr. Deepak S. Nath, Ph D., serves as Director at Smith & Nephew plc since April 1, 2022. He served as Head of Diagnostics at Siemens Healthineers AG since 2021 until 2022 and served as its President of Lab...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Deepak Nath
CEO & Director2.8yrsUS$4.66m0.024%
£ 2.2m
John Rogers
CFO & Executive Directorless than a yearno data0.0083%
£ 742.4k
Paul Connolly
President of Global Operations3.3yrsno data0.0019%
£ 168.3k
Andrew Swift
Vice President of Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Helen Barraclough
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary3yrsno data0.0040%
£ 360.0k
Alison Parkes
Chief Compliance Officer & Compliance APAC3yrsno data0.00025%
£ 22.5k
Joe Metzger
Senior Vice President of Marketing Services & Communications14yrsno datano data
Philip Cowdy
Chief Corporate Development & Corporate Affairs Officerno datano data0.0066%
£ 597.5k
Elga Lohler
Chief Human Resources Officer9.1yrsno data0.019%
£ 1.7m
Vasant Padmanabhan
President of Research & Development and Ear8.4yrsno data0.014%
£ 1.3m
Steve Kane
Head of Human Resources for the USno datano datano data
Ian Melling
Senior Vice President of Group Financeno datano datano data

3.1yrs

Average Tenure

55yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: SN.'s management team is considered experienced (3.1 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Deepak Nath
CEO & Director2.8yrsUS$4.66m0.024%
£ 2.2m
John Rogers
CFO & Executive Directorless than a yearno data0.0083%
£ 742.4k
Marc Owen
Independent Non-Executive Director7.3yrsUS$206.78k0.0020%
£ 178.2k
Simon Lowth
Independent Non-Executive Director1yrno data0.000030%
£ 2.7k
Rupert Soames
Independent Non-Executive Chairman1.8yrsUS$180.82k0.0023%
£ 204.3k
Angela Risley
Senior Independent Director7.3yrsUS$118.56k0.00069%
£ 62.1k
Changzheng Ma
Independent Non-Executive Director3.9yrsUS$171.78k0.00028%
£ 25.2k
Jeremy Maiden
Independent Non-Executive Director1.3yrsUS$26.24k0.00015%
£ 13.5k
Katarzyna Mazur-Hofsaess
Independent Non-Executive Director4.2yrsUS$93.06k0.00021%
£ 18.9k
Joanna Hallas
Independent Non-Executive Director2.9yrsUS$93.06k0.00071%
£ 63.9k
Robert White
Independent Non-Executive Director4.7yrsUS$164.78k0.00093%
£ 83.7k

2.9yrs

Average Tenure

62yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: SN.'s board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.9 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/31 01:39
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/31 00:00
Earnings2024/06/29
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

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Analyst Sources

Smith & Nephew plc is covered by 56 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.

AnalystInstitution
Christoph GublerBank Vontobel AG
Hassan Al-WakeelBarclays
Sally TaylorBarclays