The CEO of J. Kumar Infraprojects Limited (NSE:JKIL) is Kamal Gupta. First, this article will compare CEO compensation with compensation at similar sized companies. Then we'll look at a snap shot of the business growth. And finally - as a second measure of performance - we will look at the returns shareholders have received over the last few years. This method should give us information to assess how appropriately the company pays the CEO.
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How Does Kamal Gupta's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?
At the time of writing, our data says that J. Kumar Infraprojects Limited has a market cap of ₹12b, and reported total annual CEO compensation of ₹15m for the year to March 2019. Notably, the salary of ₹15m is the vast majority of the CEO compensation. We examined companies with market caps from ₹7.2b to ₹29b, and discovered that the median CEO total compensation of that group was ₹20m.
So Kamal Gupta is paid around the average of the companies we looked at. Although this fact alone doesn't tell us a great deal, it becomes more relevant when considered against the business performance. It could be important to check this free visual depiction of what analysts expect for the future.
The graphic below shows how CEO compensation at J. Kumar Infraprojects has changed from year to year.
Is J. Kumar Infraprojects Limited Growing?
On average over the last three years, J. Kumar Infraprojects Limited has grown earnings per share (EPS) by 24% each year (using a line of best fit). In the last year, its revenue is up 23%.
Overall this is a positive result for shareholders, showing that the company has improved in recent years. It's a real positive to see this sort of growth in a single year. That suggests a healthy and growing business.
Has J. Kumar Infraprojects Limited Been A Good Investment?
Since shareholders would have lost about 9.5% over three years, some J. Kumar Infraprojects Limited shareholders would surely be feeling negative emotions. It therefore might be upsetting for shareholders if the CEO were paid generously.
In Summary...
Kamal Gupta is paid around the same as most CEOs of similar size companies.
We'd say the company can boast of its EPS growth, but we find the returns over the last three years to be lacking. We'd be surprised if shareholders want to see a pay rise for the CEO, but we'd stop short of calling their pay too generous. Whatever your view on compensation, you might want to check if insiders are buying or selling J. Kumar Infraprojects shares (free trial).
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