Energy Focus Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Energy Focus' CEO is Jay Huang, appointed in Aug 2023, has a tenure of 1.33 years. total yearly compensation is $15.00, comprised of 20% salary and 80% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 13.75% of the company’s shares, worth $904.15K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.3 years and 1.8 years respectively.

Key information

Jay Huang

Chief executive officer

US$15.0

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage20.0%
CEO tenure1.3yrs
CEO ownership13.7%
Management average tenure2.3yrs
Board average tenure1.8yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Is Energy Focus (NASDAQ:EFOI) Using Debt Sensibly?

Sep 14
Is Energy Focus (NASDAQ:EFOI) Using Debt Sensibly?

Energy Focus names Lesley Matt as CEO

Sep 12

Energy Focus GAAP EPS of -$0.35 misses by $0.09, revenue of $1.5M misses by $0.91M

Aug 11

Is Energy Focus (NASDAQ:EFOI) A Risky Investment?

Dec 14
Is Energy Focus (NASDAQ:EFOI) A Risky Investment?

Bearish: This Analyst Is Revising Their Energy Focus, Inc. (NASDAQ:EFOI) Revenue and EPS Prognostications

Aug 15
Bearish: This Analyst Is Revising Their Energy Focus, Inc. (NASDAQ:EFOI) Revenue and EPS Prognostications

Would Energy Focus (NASDAQ:EFOI) Be Better Off With Less Debt?

Jul 17
Would Energy Focus (NASDAQ:EFOI) Be Better Off With Less Debt?

Energy Focus (NASDAQ:EFOI) Is Making Moderate Use Of Debt

Feb 13
Energy Focus (NASDAQ:EFOI) Is Making Moderate Use Of Debt

Energy Focus EPS misses by $0.15, misses on revenue

Nov 12

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Jay Huang's remuneration changed compared to Energy Focus's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2024n/an/a

-US$2m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

-US$3m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

-US$3m

Dec 31 2023US$15US$3

-US$4m

Compensation vs Market: Jay's total compensation ($USD15.00) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD645.36K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare Jay's compensation with company performance.


CEO

Jay Huang (49 yo)

1.3yrs

Tenure

US$15

Compensation

Mr. Chiao Chieh Huang, also known as Jay, wass Independent Chairman of Energy Focus, Inc. from January 23, 2023 until August 24, 2023 & serves as It's Chief Executive Officer & Director since August 24, 20...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Chiao Chieh Huang
CEO & Director1.3yrsUS$15.0013.75%
$ 904.2k
Randy Gianas
Senior Vice President1.9yrsUS$150.00kno data
Laszlo Takacs
Chief Technology Officer7.1yrsno datano data
Stephen Davis
Director of Government & Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Bob Smyles
Senior Director & Head of Government Sales2.6yrsno datano data
Edward Gilmore
CEO of Little Grapevineno datano datano data

2.3yrs

Average Tenure

Experienced Management: EFOI's management team is considered experienced (2.3 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Chiao Chieh Huang
CEO & Director1.9yrsUS$15.0013.75%
$ 904.2k
Bob Smyles
Senior Director & Head of Government Sales2.6yrsno datano data
Marc Byrnes
Member of Advisory Boardno datano datano data
Steven Fedrizzi
Member of Advisory Board8.3yrsno datano data
Wen-Jeng Chang
Independent Director1.8yrsUS$24.00kno data
Mei Huang
Independent Director4.9yrsUS$20.00k9.12%
$ 599.5k
Chao-Jen Huang
Independent Director1.4yrsUS$10.20kno data
Shou-Jang Lee
Independent Director1.4yrsUS$12.00kno data
Kin-Fu Chen
Chairman of the Board1.4yrsUS$9.00kno data
Wen-Cheng Chen
Independent Directorless than a yearno datano data

1.8yrs

Average Tenure

60yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: EFOI's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 1.8 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/29 04:12
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/27 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
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

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Energy Focus, Inc. is covered by 9 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Mark MillerBenchmark Company
Carter DriscollB. Riley Securities, Inc.
Jonathan DorsheimerCanaccord Genuity