Comerica Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Comerica's CEO is Curt Farmer, appointed in Apr 2015, has a tenure of 9.67 years. total yearly compensation is $7.72M, comprised of 13.9% salary and 86.1% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.19% of the company’s shares, worth $15.23M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.7 years and 6.8 years respectively.

Key information

Curt Farmer

Chief executive officer

US$7.7m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage13.9%
CEO tenure9.7yrs
CEO ownership0.2%
Management average tenure3.7yrs
Board average tenure6.8yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Comerica: Too Much Optimism Given Deposit Headwinds (Downgrade)

Nov 15

Comerica's (NYSE:CMA) Dividend Will Be $0.71

Nov 09
Comerica's (NYSE:CMA) Dividend Will Be $0.71

Comerica: One Of The Banks To Own In Falling Interest Rate Environment

Sep 04

Comerica (NYSE:CMA) Will Pay A Dividend Of $0.71

Aug 19
Comerica (NYSE:CMA) Will Pay A Dividend Of $0.71

Comerica (NYSE:CMA) Is Paying Out A Dividend Of $0.71

Jul 28
Comerica (NYSE:CMA) Is Paying Out A Dividend Of $0.71

Comerica: Ongoing Deposit Pressure In Q2 Limits Upside

Jul 20

Comerica: High Dividend Yield Is Not Enough To Buy

Jun 27

Comerica's (NYSE:CMA) Dividend Will Be $0.71

May 13
Comerica's (NYSE:CMA) Dividend Will Be $0.71

Comerica (NYSE:CMA) Is Due To Pay A Dividend Of $0.71

Apr 26
Comerica (NYSE:CMA) Is Due To Pay A Dividend Of $0.71

Comerica: Higher For Longer Rates Are Challenging (Rating Downgrade)

Apr 02

Comerica's (NYSE:CMA) Dividend Will Be $0.71

Mar 02
Comerica's (NYSE:CMA) Dividend Will Be $0.71

Comerica Is Fairly Priced Relative To Peers

Jan 18

Comerica: Holding Strong And Highly Liquid With 5% Dividend Yield, Despite Earnings Declines

Jan 08

Comerica: Solid Yield, But No Longer A Bargain

Dec 01

Stabilizing Deposits Make Comerica Attractive (Rating Upgrade)

Nov 04

Comerica Incorporated: Macroeconomic Factors And Strategic Decisions Are Impacting Performance

Oct 25

Comerica: Unfair Scrutiny Signals Buy

Oct 04

Comerica: Maintain Strong Buy After Solid Q2 Results And Dividend Yield

Aug 30

Comerica: Undemanding Valuation, But Not A Lot Of Positive Catalysts

Jul 21

Comerica Bank Towering Above The Skyline, A Buying Potential

Jun 08

Differentiated Growth Not Enough To Push Comerica Ahead Of Peers

Feb 01

Comerica names Megan Crespi new chief operating officer

Jan 25

Comerica GAAP EPS of $2.58 beats by $0.03, revenue of $1.02B beats by $10M

Jan 19

Comerica: A Nice Yield At A Great Price

Jan 04

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Curt Farmer's remuneration changed compared to Comerica's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2024n/an/a

US$535m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

US$602m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$668m

Dec 31 2023US$8mUS$1m

US$854m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$1b

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

US$1b

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

US$1b

Dec 31 2022US$9mUS$1m

US$1b

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

US$1b

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

US$913m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

US$979m

Dec 31 2021US$8mUS$1m

US$1b

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

US$1b

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

US$1b

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

US$884m

Dec 31 2020US$5mUS$976k

US$482m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

US$534m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

US$615m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

US$795m

Dec 31 2019US$5mUS$875k

US$1b

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

US$1b

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

US$1b

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

US$1b

Dec 31 2018US$4mUS$765k

US$1b

Sep 30 2018n/an/a

US$1b

Jun 30 2018n/an/a

US$939m

Mar 31 2018n/an/a

US$817m

Dec 31 2017US$4mUS$719k

US$738m

Compensation vs Market: Curt's total compensation ($USD7.72M) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD8.00M).

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


CEO

Curt Farmer (61 yo)

9.7yrs

Tenure

US$7,719,674

Compensation

Mr. Curtis Chatman Farmer, also known as Curt, serves as an Independent Director of Texas Instruments Incorporated since April 1, 2023. Mr. Farmer has been Chief Executive Officer of Comerica Incorporated...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Curtis Farmer
Chairman9.7yrsUS$7.72m0.19%
$ 15.2m
James Herzog
CFO & Senior EVP5.3yrsUS$2.81m0.037%
$ 2.9m
Megan Crespi
Senior EVP & COO4.8yrsUS$1.96m0.030%
$ 2.4m
Megan Burkhart
Senior EVP & Chief Administrative Officer1.9yrsUS$2.06m0.034%
$ 2.7m
Peter Sefzik
Senior EVP & Chief Banking Officer6.4yrsUS$2.52m0.041%
$ 3.3m
Mauricio Ortiz
Executive VP6.9yrsno data0.0086%
$ 693.3k
Bruce Mitchell
Executive VP & Chief Information Officerless than a yearno data0.012%
$ 995.8k
Kelly Gage
Senior VP & Director of Investor Relations1.7yrsno datano data
Von Hays
Senior Executive VP2.6yrsno data0.014%
$ 1.1m
Kristina Janssens
Senior VP & Chief Compliance Officer1.3yrsno datano data
Susan Joseph
Executive VP & Financial Intelligence Corporate Compliance Directorno datano datano data
Jon Bilstrom
Executive Vice President of Legal Affairsno dataUS$1.51mno data

3.7yrs

Average Tenure

52yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: CMA's management team is considered experienced (3.7 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Curtis Farmer
Chairman6.4yrsUS$7.72m0.19%
$ 15.2m
Roger Cregg
Independent Director18yrsUS$302.57k0.0038%
$ 305.6k
Robert Taubman
Independent Director24.4yrsUS$225.07k0.011%
$ 898.4k
Derek Kerr
Independent Director1.8yrsUS$216.55kno data
Richard Lindner
Independent Director16.6yrsUS$235.07k0.013%
$ 1.1m
Michael Van de Ven
Independent Director8.3yrsUS$264.86k0.0038%
$ 305.6k
Jennifer Sampson
Independent Director1.8yrsUS$208.16kno data
Nina Vaca
Independent Director16.3yrsUS$225.07kno data
Barbara Smith
Independent Facilitating Director7.3yrsUS$272.57kno data
Arthur Angulo
Independent Director1.4yrsUS$188.23kno data
Nancy Avila
Independent Director2.9yrsUS$225.07kno data
M. Gardner
Independent Director1.4yrsUS$165.73kno data

6.8yrs

Average Tenure

61.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: CMA's board of directors are considered experienced (6.8 years average tenure).


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/23 23:28
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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Market Prices30 years
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Ownership10 years
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  • Insider trading
Management10 years
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  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

Comerica Incorporated is covered by 60 analysts. 19 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Kevin HealArgus Research Company
David GeorgeBaird
Jason GoldbergBarclays