Kartoon Studios Inc.

NYSEAM:TOON Stock Report

Market Cap: US$24.3m

Kartoon Studios Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Kartoon Studios' CEO is Andy Heyward, appointed in Nov 2013, has a tenure of 11.08 years. total yearly compensation is $1.48M, comprised of 29.8% salary and 70.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 4.73% of the company’s shares, worth $1.15M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.7 years and 10.3 years respectively.

Key information

Andy Heyward

Chief executive officer

US$1.5m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage29.8%
CEO tenure11.1yrs
CEO ownership4.7%
Management average tenure2.7yrs
Board average tenure10.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Genius Brands International (NASDAQ:GNUS) Is Using Debt Safely

Mar 13
Genius Brands International (NASDAQ:GNUS) Is Using Debt Safely

Genius Brands announces buyback of common shares

Oct 17

Genius Brands: It's All Down To You, Shaq

Aug 30

Genius Brands GAAP EPS of -$0.04, revenue of $22.12M

Aug 17

Class action lawsuit filed against Genius Brands gets dismissed

Jul 18

Genius Brands: Buy This Cheap Stock Before Shaq's Garage Cartoon Debut

Apr 13

Is Genius Brands Stock A Buy, Sell, Or Hold? In Any Normal Market, A Screaming Sell

Jun 22

Genius Brands rising as it's set to join Russell 3000 index

Jun 08

Genius Brands: The Smart Call

May 09

The Genius Brands International (NASDAQ:GNUS) Share Price Is Up 406% And Shareholders Are Delighted

Jan 25
The Genius Brands International (NASDAQ:GNUS) Share Price Is Up 406% And Shareholders Are Delighted

Genius Brands: Delight And Enrichment

Dec 17

Health Check: How Prudently Does Genius Brands International (NASDAQ:GNUS) Use Debt?

Dec 01
Health Check: How Prudently Does Genius Brands International (NASDAQ:GNUS) Use Debt?

Genius Brands: Same Story, Shareholders Draw The Short Straw

Nov 19

Genius Brands to strategically acquire ChizComm and ChizComm Beacon Media

Nov 16

Genius Brands slides on $58M equity offering

Oct 28

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Andy Heyward's remuneration changed compared to Kartoon Studios's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2024n/an/a

-US$40m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

-US$54m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

-US$60m

Dec 31 2023US$1mUS$440k

-US$77m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

-US$68m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-US$64m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

-US$65m

Dec 31 2022US$1mUS$440k

-US$46m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$62m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-US$61m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

-US$55m

Dec 31 2021US$1mUS$440k

-US$126m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

-US$103m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

-US$96m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

-US$472m

Dec 31 2020US$17mUS$312k

-US$402m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

-US$395m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

-US$397m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

-US$15m

Dec 31 2019US$412kUS$288k

-US$15m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

-US$15m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

-US$13m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

-US$13m

Dec 31 2018US$228kUS$213k

-US$9m

Sep 30 2018n/an/a

-US$7m

Jun 30 2018n/an/a

-US$6m

Mar 31 2018n/an/a

-US$5m

Dec 31 2017US$361kUS$200k

-US$5m

Compensation vs Market: Andy's total compensation ($USD1.48M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD650.40K).

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

CEO

Andy Heyward (75 yo)

11.1yrs

Tenure

US$1,476,984

Compensation

Mr. Andrew A. Heyward, also known as Andy, has been the Chief Executive Officer at Kartoon Studios Inc. (formerly known as Genius Brands International, Inc.) since November 15, 2013. Mr. Heyward has been t...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Andrew Heyward
Chairman of the Board & CEO11.1yrsUS$1.48m4.73%
$ 1.1m
Brian Parisi
Chief Financial Officer1.3yrsUS$305.05kno data
Michael Jaffa
COO, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary6.7yrsUS$478.19k0.13%
$ 30.6k
Lloyd Mintz
Senior VP & Head of Worldwide Consumer Productsno datano datano data
Jon Ollwerther
Executive Vice President4.8yrsno datano data
Todd Steinman
President of Toon Media Networks2.9yrsno datano data
Cindy Kelly
President of Beacon Media Group2.8yrsno datano data
Paul Robinson
President of Kartoon Channel Worldwide2.7yrsno datano data
Gregg Goldin
Senior Vice President of Development & Productionless than a yearno datano data
Kim Wilder
Executive Vice President of Mainframe Studiosless than a yearno datano data
Michael Riley
Head of Social & Environmental Initiativesless than a yearno datano data
Michael Hefferon
President & CCO of Mainframe Studiosless than a yearno datano data

2.7yrs

Average Tenure

59yo

Average Age

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

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Andrew Heyward
Chairman of the Board & CEO11.1yrsUS$1.48m4.73%
$ 1.1m
Anthony Thomopoulos
Independent Director10.8yrsUS$107.75k0.14%
$ 33.2k
Margaret Loesch
Independent Director9.8yrsUS$46.00k0.071%
$ 17.3k
Joseph Davis
Independent Director11yrsUS$56.00k0.081%
$ 19.5k
Stefan Piech
Director2.5yrsUS$137.50k0.88%
$ 213.4k
Lynne Segall
Independent Director11yrsUS$66.00k0.090%
$ 21.8k
Henry Sicignano
Independent Director1.6yrsUS$40.23k0.057%
$ 13.9k
Cynthia Turner-Graham
Independent Director3.5yrsUS$31.00k0.060%
$ 14.6k

10.3yrs

Average Tenure

73yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: TOON's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 10.3 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/27 16:10
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/27 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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Company Financials10 years
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  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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  • Analyst price targets
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

Kartoon Studios Inc. is covered by 1 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.

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James McIlreeChardan Capital Markets, LLC