u-blox Holding Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

u-blox Holding's CEO is Stephan Zizala, appointed in Jan 2023, has a tenure of 1.92 years. total yearly compensation is CHF1.23M, comprised of 39.9% salary and 60.1% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.037% of the company’s shares, worth CHF196.80K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.9 years and 5.7 years respectively.

Key information

Stephan Zizala

Chief executive officer

CHF 1.2m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	39.9%
CEO tenure	1.9yrs
CEO ownership	0.04%
Management average tenure	1.9yrs
Board average tenure	5.7yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Stephan Zizala's remuneration changed compared to u-blox Holding's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Jun 30 2024	n/a	n/a	-CHF 80m
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	-CHF 45m
Dec 31 2023	CHF 1m	CHF 492k	-CHF 9m
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	CHF 47m
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	CHF 102m
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	CHF 102m
Dec 31 2022	CHF 966k	CHF 123k	CHF 102m

Compensation vs Market: Stephan's total compensation ($USD1.37M) is above average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD965.40K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Stephan's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.

CEO

Stephan Zizala (52 yo)

1.9yrs

Tenure

CHF 1,232,634

Compensation

Dr. Stephan Zizala serves as Chief Executive Officer at u-blox Holding AG since January 01, 2023. He joined u-blox Holding AG on October 01, 2022. He serves as Vice President and General Manager of Busines...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Stephan Zizala	Chief Executive Officer	1.9yrs	CHF 1.23m	0.037% CHF 196.8k
Andreas Thiel	Co-Founder & Head of Product Centers	no data	CHF 754.89k	0.55% CHF 3.0m
Markus Schafer	Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing	5.3yrs	CHF 749.31k	0.037% CHF 197.7k
Jean-Pierre Wyss	Head of Production and Logistics & Executive Director	no data	CHF 773.15k	0.32% CHF 1.7m
Camila Japur	Chief Financial Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Rafael Duarte	Head of Investor Relations	no data	no data	no data

1.9yrs

Average Tenure

53.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: 0QNI's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.9 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Jean-Pierre Wyss	Head of Production and Logistics & Executive Director	17.3yrs	CHF 773.15k	0.32% CHF 1.7m
Elke Eckstein	Independent Non-Executive Director	2.1yrs	CHF 147.46k	0.0030% CHF 16.0k
Karin Sonnenmoser	Independent Non-Executive Director	2.1yrs	CHF 163.19k	0.026% CHF 142.2k
Ulrich Looser	Independent Non-Executive Director	6.7yrs	CHF 162.77k	0.032% CHF 169.9k
Andre Muller	Independent Non-Executive Chairman	9.7yrs	CHF 288.74k	0.045% CHF 242.7k
Markus Borchert	Independent Non-Executive Director	5.7yrs	CHF 128.82k	0.021% CHF 110.8k
Fabian Rauch	Independent Director	less than a year	no data	no data

5.7yrs

Average Tenure

58.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 0QNI's board of directors are considered experienced (5.7 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/27 19:53
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/27 00:00
Earnings	2024/06/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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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

u-blox Holding AG is covered by 10 analysts. 4 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
Christoph Wirtz	Bank am Bellevue
Martin Wuermli	Berenberg
Dorian Terral	Bryan Garnier & Co

u-blox Holding Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Key information

Recent management updates

u-blox Holding AG, Annual General Meeting, Apr 18, 2024

No independent directors

u-blox Holding AG, Annual General Meeting, Apr 19, 2023

No independent directors

Recent updates

u-blox Holding AG to Report First Half, 2025 Results on Aug 06, 2025

u-blox Launches its First LTE Cat 1bis Module with Embedded eSIM for Flexible and Reliable Connectivity Management

U-Blox Launches Tri- Radio Module That Delivers the Latest Wireless Technologies for Iot Implementations

u-blox Unveils X20, Its New Revolutionary All-Band High-Precision GNSS Platform

Now 22% undervalued after recent price drop

u-blox AG Launches First Satellite IoT-NTN Cellular Module with Embedded GNSS Solving Remote Connectivity Challenges

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

u-blox Leads the Way in IoT with New Ultra-Low-Power Asset Tracking Service

First half 2024 earnings released: CHF3.51 loss per share (vs CHF6.52 profit in 1H 2023)

u-blox Empowers Global Connectivity with New Ultra-Compact LTE Cat 1bis Cellular Modules

U-Blox Launches Comprehensive Bluetooth Angle-Of-Arrival Solution to Enable Reliable Indoor Asset Tracking

Dividend of CHF1.00 announced

u-blox Incorporates Newest Nordic Semiconductor Bluetooth Chips in Two New Compact Modules

u-blox Launches New GNSS Platform for Enhanced Positioning Accuracy in Urban Environments

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

Full year 2023 earnings released: CHF1.21 loss per share (vs CHF14.60 profit in FY 2022)

Now 21% overvalued

Now 22% overvalued

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

u-blox Holding AG to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Aug 07, 2024

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 17%

u-blox Announce its LARA-R6 LTE Cat 1 and LARA-L6 LTE Cat 4 Cellular Module

u-blox Introduces u-safe, Comprehensive Functional Safety Solution for Vehicle Positioning, Designed to Accelerate Adoption of Autonomous Vehicles

u-blox Introduces the Smallest Single-Mode LTE Cat 1bis IoT Module

u-blox Introduces its First Multi-Mmo Cellular and Satellite IoT Module with Embedded Positioning

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: CHF6.52 (vs CHF6.60 in 1H 2022)

New minor risk - Dividend sustainability

Now 28% undervalued after recent price drop

u-blox Holding AG Revises Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2023

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 19%

u-blox AG Introduces its Newest Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 and Dual-Mode Bluetooth(R) 5.3 Module

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 18%

u-blox Holding AG, Annual General Meeting, Apr 18, 2024

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

u-blox AG Announces JODY-W4, The First Automotive-Grade Module Supporting Wi-Fi 6E Technology and Bluetooth LE Audio Functionalities

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Now 25% undervalued after recent price drop

No independent directors

u-blox Holding AG Announces Explorer Kits for Product Designers Needing Centimeter-Level Positioning Accuracy

Now 21% undervalued

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

u-blox Holding AG, Annual General Meeting, Apr 19, 2023

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

u-Blox AG Launches World’s Smallest GPS Module

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

u-blox Holding AG Revises Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2022

U-Blox Holding Ag Launches World’S Smallest Lte Cat 4 Module with Global Coverage and 2G/3G Fallback

u-blox Holding AG Announces the U-Blox Maya-W2 Tri-Radio Module

No independent directors

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

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

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

u-blox Holding AG Launches Scalable Digital Certificate Management System for IoT Devices

u-blox introduces two new LTE Cat 1 module platforms

First half 2021 earnings released: EPS CHF0.32 (vs CHF8.64 loss in 1H 2020)

u-blox Presents Bluetooth AoA Explorer Kits for High Precision Indoor Positioning

u-blox Holding AG Revises Earnings Guidance for the Year 2021

u-blox Holding AG (SWX:UBXN) acquired the remaining stake in SAPCORDA SERVICES GmbH from Robert Bosch GmbH, Geo++ GmbH and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TSE:6503).

Full year 2020 earnings released

Revenue misses expectations

u-blox Holding AG to Report First Half, 2021 Results on Aug 20, 2021

u-blox Withraws Full Year Guidance for Full Year of 2020

Telit Communications PLC (AIM:TCM) made a preliminary proposal to acquire u-blox Holding AG (SWX:UBXN) in a reverse merger transaction.

u-blox Holding AG to Report Fiscal Year 2020 Results on Mar 12, 2021

U-blox AG Not Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2020

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