Serko Limited

NZSE:SKO Stock Report

Market Cap: NZ$196.6m

Serko Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

We currently do not have sufficient information about the CEO.

Key information

Darrin Grafton

Chief executive officer

NZ$1.7m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage31.86%
CEO tenure19.1yrs
CEO ownership8.7%
Management average tenure2.7yrs
Board average tenure12.1yrs

Recent management updates

Analysis Article Jun 19

Shareholders May Be More Conservative With Serko Limited's (NZSE:SKO) CEO Compensation For Now

Key Insights Serko's Annual General Meeting to take place on 26th of June CEO Darrin Grafton's total compensation...

Recent updates

Analysis Article Feb 11

Serko Limited (NZSE:SKO) Shares May Have Slumped 25% But Getting In Cheap Is Still Unlikely

Serko Limited ( NZSE:SKO ) shareholders won't be pleased to see that the share price has had a very rough month...
Analysis Article Nov 20

Analysts Have Made A Financial Statement On Serko Limited's (NZSE:SKO) Half-Yearly Report

Shareholders might have noticed that Serko Limited ( NZSE:SKO ) filed its interim result this time last week. The early...
Analysis Article Jun 19

Shareholders May Be More Conservative With Serko Limited's (NZSE:SKO) CEO Compensation For Now

Key Insights Serko's Annual General Meeting to take place on 26th of June CEO Darrin Grafton's total compensation...
Analysis Article May 22

Serko Limited (NZSE:SKO) Consensus Forecasts Have Become A Little Darker Since Its Latest Report

Shareholders might have noticed that Serko Limited ( NZSE:SKO ) filed its annual result this time last week. The early...
Analysis Article Nov 04

Investors Appear Satisfied With Serko Limited's (NZSE:SKO) Prospects As Shares Rocket 27%

Serko Limited ( NZSE:SKO ) shares have had a really impressive month, gaining 27% after a shaky period beforehand. Not...
Analysis Article Sep 26

Here's Why We're Not At All Concerned With Serko's (NZSE:SKO) Cash Burn Situation

Even when a business is losing money, it's possible for shareholders to make money if they buy a good business at the...
Analysis Article Jul 17

What Serko Limited's (NZSE:SKO) 26% Share Price Gain Is Not Telling You

Serko Limited ( NZSE:SKO ) shares have had a really impressive month, gaining 26% after a shaky period beforehand. The...
Analysis Article Jun 11

Serko Limited's (NZSE:SKO) CEO Will Probably Find It Hard To See A Huge Raise This Year

Key Insights Serko's Annual General Meeting to take place on 18th of June Total pay for CEO Darrin Grafton includes...
Analysis Article Apr 30

Are Investors Undervaluing Serko Limited (NZSE:SKO) By 23%?

Key Insights Using the 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity, Serko fair value estimate is NZ$4.83 Current share price of...
Analysis Article Jun 09

Is Serko Limited (NZSE:SKO) Trading At A 30% Discount?

Key Insights Using the 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity, Serko fair value estimate is NZ$4.96 Current share price of...
Analysis Article May 05

Companies Like Serko (NZSE:SKO) Are In A Position To Invest In Growth

Just because a business does not make any money, does not mean that the stock will go down. For example, although...
Analysis Article Jan 24

Here's Why We're Not Too Worried About Serko's (NZSE:SKO) Cash Burn Situation

Even when a business is losing money, it's possible for shareholders to make money if they buy a good business at the...
Analysis Article Sep 28

We're Hopeful That Serko (NZSE:SKO) Will Use Its Cash Wisely

Just because a business does not make any money, does not mean that the stock will go down. For example, although...
Analysis Article May 22

Serko Limited (NZSE:SKO) Just Reported And Analysts Have Been Cutting Their Estimates

It's been a mediocre week for Serko Limited ( NZSE:SKO ) shareholders, with the stock dropping 16% to NZ$4.05 in the...
Analysis Article May 19

The Consensus EPS Estimates For Serko Limited (NZSE:SKO) Just Fell Dramatically

Today is shaping up negative for Serko Limited ( NZSE:SKO ) shareholders, with the analysts delivering a substantial...
Analysis Article Nov 25

Here's Why We're Not Too Worried About Serko's (NZSE:SKO) Cash Burn Situation

We can readily understand why investors are attracted to unprofitable companies. For example, biotech and mining...
Analysis Article Nov 25

The Consensus EPS Estimates For Serko Limited (NZSE:SKO) Just Fell Dramatically

The analysts covering Serko Limited ( NZSE:SKO ) delivered a dose of negativity to shareholders today, by making a...
Analysis Article Aug 11

This Is Why Serko Limited's (NZSE:SKO) CEO Compensation Looks Appropriate

Serko Limited ( NZSE:SKO ) has exhibited strong share price growth in the past few years. However, its earnings growth...
Analysis Article Feb 22

Our Take On Serko's (NZSE:SKO) CEO Salary

The CEO of Serko Limited ( NZSE:SKO ) is Darrin Grafton, and this article examines the executive's compensation against...
Analysis Article Jan 24

Could The Serko Limited (NZSE:SKO) Ownership Structure Tell Us Something Useful?

If you want to know who really controls Serko Limited ( NZSE:SKO ), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share...

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Darrin Grafton's remuneration changed compared to Serko's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2025n/an/a

-NZ$26m

Jun 30 2025n/an/a

-NZ$24m

Mar 31 2025NZ$2mNZ$539k

-NZ$22m

Dec 31 2024n/an/a

-NZ$18m

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

-NZ$14m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

-NZ$15m

Mar 31 2024NZ$1mNZ$439k

-NZ$16m

Dec 31 2023n/an/a

-NZ$17m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

-NZ$18m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-NZ$24m

Mar 31 2023NZ$973kNZ$432k

-NZ$31m

Dec 31 2022n/an/a

-NZ$36m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-NZ$41m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-NZ$38m

Mar 31 2022NZ$789kNZ$412k

-NZ$36m

Dec 31 2021n/an/a

-NZ$35m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

-NZ$34m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

-NZ$32m

Mar 31 2021NZ$691kNZ$359k

-NZ$29m

Dec 31 2020n/an/a

-NZ$24m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

-NZ$19m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

-NZ$14m

Mar 31 2020NZ$527kNZ$371k

-NZ$9m

Compensation vs Market: Darrin's total compensation ($USD1.01M) is above average for companies of similar size in the NZ market ($USD397.40K).

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


CEO

Darrin Grafton

19.1yrs
Tenure
NZ$1,692,300
Compensation

Mr. Darrin John Grafton, N.Z.C.D.P. is a Co-Founder of Serko Limited and serves as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Grafton served as Development Manager at Serko Limited. He is a recognized industry innovator...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Darrin Grafton
Co-Founderno dataNZ$1.69m8.67%
NZ$ 17.0m
Robert Shaw
Co-Founderno dataNZ$709.08k7.58%
NZ$ 14.9m
Shane Sampson
Chief Financial Officer4.6yrsno data0.14%
NZ$ 277.5k
Matthew Gerrie
Chief Operating Officer1.2yrsno datano data
Simon Young
Chief Technology Officer2.1yrsno datano data
Jason Hawthorne
General Counsel3.1yrsno datano data
Nick Whitehead
Chief Marketing Officerno datano datano data
Rachael Satherley
Chief People Officer5yrsno datano data
Joanne Phipps
Senior Vice President of Product12.3yrsno datano data
Adam Northgrave
Head of Customer Successno datano datano data
Liz Fraser
Chief Revenue Officer2.3yrsno data0.033%
NZ$ 64.3k
Matt Weaver
Head of Data1.7yrsno datano data
2.7yrs
Average Tenure

Experienced Management: SKO's management team is considered experienced (2.7 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Darrin Grafton
Co-Founder19.1yrsNZ$1.69m8.67%
NZ$ 17.0m
Robert Shaw
Co-Founder19.1yrsNZ$709.08k7.58%
NZ$ 14.9m
Claudia Batten
Independent Non-Executive Chairperson12.1yrsNZ$214.21k0.11%
NZ$ 207.6k
Janice Dawson
Independent Non-Executive Director4.8yrsNZ$163.74k0.0050%
NZ$ 9.8k
Sean William Gourley
Independent Non-Executive Director2.3yrsNZ$139.24k0.0050%
NZ$ 9.8k
12.1yrs
Average Tenure

Experienced Board: SKO's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 12.1 years average tenure).


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/05/08 23:38
End of Day Share Price 2026/05/08 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2025/03/31

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

Serko Limited is covered by 11 analysts. 6 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Siraj AhmedCitigroup Inc
Siraj AhmedCitigroup Inc
Christopher ByrneDeutsche Bank