Benson Hill Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Benson Hill's CEO is Deanie Elsner, appointed in Jun 2023, has a tenure of 1.5 years. total yearly compensation is $1.73M, comprised of 16% salary and 84% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.74% of the company’s shares, worth $121.65K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.1 years and 3.8 years respectively.

Key information

Deanie Elsner

Chief executive officer

US$1.7m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage16.0%
CEO tenure1.5yrs
CEO ownership0.7%
Management average tenure1.1yrs
Board average tenure3.8yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Benson Hill, Inc. (NYSE:BHIL) Shares Fly 38% But Investors Aren't Buying For Growth

Nov 26
Benson Hill, Inc. (NYSE:BHIL) Shares Fly 38% But Investors Aren't Buying For Growth

Benson Hill: A Speculative Buy

Aug 25

An Intrinsic Calculation For Benson Hill, Inc. (NYSE:BHIL) Suggests It's 40% Undervalued

Apr 10
An Intrinsic Calculation For Benson Hill, Inc. (NYSE:BHIL) Suggests It's 40% Undervalued

Benson Hill down marginally after giving 2023 outlook

Feb 03

Benson Hill disposes its Fresh business for $21M to IMG

Jan 03

Benson Hill: Innovating Food Through Data Science And Machine Learning

Oct 26

Earnings Update: Benson Hill, Inc. (NYSE:BHIL) Just Reported And Analysts Are Boosting Their Estimates

Aug 11
Earnings Update: Benson Hill, Inc. (NYSE:BHIL) Just Reported And Analysts Are Boosting Their Estimates

Benson Hill GAAP EPS of -$0.15 beats by $0.08, revenue of $110.75M beats by $26.37M

Aug 08

Benson Hill: The Best Plant-Based Foods Investment

Jun 21

A Look At The Intrinsic Value Of Benson Hill, Inc. (NYSE:BHIL)

May 17
A Look At The Intrinsic Value Of Benson Hill, Inc. (NYSE:BHIL)

Benson Hill, Inc. (NYSE:BHIL) Shares Could Be 25% Above Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

Jan 13
Benson Hill, Inc. (NYSE:BHIL) Shares Could Be 25% Above Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Deanie Elsner's remuneration changed compared to Benson Hill's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2024n/an/a

-US$117m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

-US$112m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

-US$131m

Dec 31 2023US$2mUS$277k

-US$111m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

-US$92m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-US$100m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

-US$89m

Dec 31 2022US$260kn/a

-US$100m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$107m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-US$115m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

-US$117m

Dec 31 2021US$526kn/a

-US$122m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

-US$109m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

-US$92m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

-US$77m

Dec 31 2020US$60kn/a

-US$65m

Compensation vs Market: Deanie's total compensation ($USD1.73M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD654.40K).

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


CEO

Deanie Elsner (61 yo)

1.5yrs

Tenure

US$1,733,345

Compensation

Ms. Adrienne Elsner, also known as Deanie, is Director of Benson Hill, Inc. from June 2023 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer since October 31, 2023 and served as its Interim Chief Executive Officer...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Adrienne Elsner
CEO & Director1.5yrsUS$1.73m0.74%
$ 121.6k
Jason Bull
Chief Technology Officer4.5yrsUS$978.99k0.034%
$ 5.7k
Susan Keefe
Chief Financial Officerless than a yearno datano data
Daniel Cosgrove
Chief Administrative Officer & General Counselless than a yearno datano data
Christi Dixon
Senior Director of Communications & Stakeholder Engagementno datano datano data
Allyson Pegues
Vice President of Peopleless than a yearno datano data
Kimberly Hurst
Chief Transformation Officer1.3yrsno datano data

1.1yrs

Average Tenure

57yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: BHIL's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.1 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Adrienne Elsner
CEO & Director5.8yrsUS$1.73m0.74%
$ 121.6k
Molly Montgomery
Independent Director3.3yrsUS$260.00k0.037%
$ 6.1k
Craig Rohr
Independent Director3.3yrsUS$255.00k0.27%
$ 44.0k
DeAnn Brunts
Director4.1yrsUS$300.00k0.031%
$ 5.1k
Linda Whitley-Taylor
Independent Director3.8yrsUS$260.00k0.031%
$ 5.1k
Daniel Jacobi
Independent Chairman of the Board8.8yrsUS$335.00k0.031%
$ 5.1k
Jonathan Lightner
Member of Scientific Advisory Boardno datano datano data
Mark Matlock
Member of Scientific Advisory Board3.8yrsno datano data
Gary Fogel
Member of Scientific Advisory Board3.8yrsno datano data
Julia Bailey-Serres
Member of Scientific Advisory Board3.8yrsno datano data
Chase Beisel
Member of Scientific Advisory Boardno datano datano data
Paul Stephens
Member of Scientific Advisory Board1.9yrsno datano data

3.8yrs

Average Tenure

61yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: BHIL's board of directors are considered experienced (3.8 years average tenure).


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 02:49
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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Market Prices30 years
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  • 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

Benson Hill, Inc. is covered by 6 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
Benjamin TheurerBarclays
Adam SamuelsonGoldman Sachs
Benjamin KlieveLake Street Capital Markets, LLC