Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc

NasdaqGS:CNTA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$2.2b

Centessa Pharmaceuticals Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Centessa Pharmaceuticals' CEO is Saurabh Saha, appointed in Jan 2021, has a tenure of 3.92 years. total yearly compensation is $2.71M, comprised of 24.1% salary and 75.9% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.14% of the company’s shares, worth $2.96M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.4 years and 3.9 years respectively.

Key information

Saurabh Saha

Chief executive officer

US$2.7m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage24.1%
CEO tenure3.9yrs
CEO ownership0.1%
Management average tenure1.4yrs
Board average tenure3.9yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Centessa Pharmaceuticals: Orexin Franchise Worth Monitoring

Dec 31

Is Centessa Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CNTA) Using Debt Sensibly?

Nov 14
Is Centessa Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CNTA) Using Debt Sensibly?

Centessa Pharmaceuticals: Progressing SerpinPC Through Registrational Trials In Hemophilia B

Sep 25

Centessa Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CNTA) Has Debt But No Earnings; Should You Worry?

Aug 15
Centessa Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CNTA) Has Debt But No Earnings; Should You Worry?

Centessa: Hemophilia B Data Readout In 2024 Is Major Turning Point

Apr 24

Health Check: How Prudently Does Centessa Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CNTA) Use Debt?

Mar 07
Health Check: How Prudently Does Centessa Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CNTA) Use Debt?

Centessa Pharmaceuticals snaps multi-day losing streak; up 10%

Oct 20

Centessa hemophilia B therapy SerpinPC gets FDA orphan drug status

Sep 14

Centessa Pharmaceuticals GAAP EPS of -$0.69

Aug 10

Checking In On Centessa Pharmaceuticals

Dec 23

Centessa Pharmaceuticals stock pops 20%+ intraday to post-IPO high

Jun 14

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Saurabh Saha's remuneration changed compared to Centessa Pharmaceuticals's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2024n/an/a

-US$161m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

-US$157m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

-US$138m

Dec 31 2023US$3mUS$652k

-US$151m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

-US$157m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-US$173m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

-US$212m

Dec 31 2022US$10mUS$621k

-US$216m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$234m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-US$220m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

-US$197m

Dec 31 2021US$16mUS$573k

-US$381m

Compensation vs Market: Saurabh's total compensation ($USD2.71M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD5.47M).

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


CEO

Saurabh Saha (48 yo)

3.9yrs

Tenure

US$2,705,874

Compensation

Dr. Saurabh Saha, M. D., Ph. D. serves as an Independent Director at Clarivate Plc since May 04, 2023. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc (formerly Centessa Pharmaceut...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Saurabh Saha
CEO & Director3.9yrsUS$2.71m0.14%
$ 3.0m
David Chao
Chief Administrative Officer3.7yrsUS$1.32m0.10%
$ 2.2m
John Crowley
CFO and Principal Financial & Accounting Officerless than a yearno datano data
Tia Bush
Chief Technology & Quality Officer1.4yrsno data0.052%
$ 1.1m
Kristen Sheppard
Senior Vice President of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications2.5yrsno datano data
Iqbal Hussain
General Counsel3.8yrsno data0.017%
$ 367.3k
Karen Anderson
Chief People Officer2.1yrsno data0.054%
$ 1.2m
Gregory Weinhoff
Chief Business Officerless than a yearUS$3.31m0.079%
$ 1.7m
Mario Accardi
President of the Orexin Programless than a yearno datano data
Ellie Im
Senior Vice President of Clinical Development & Oncology1.2yrsno datano data
Charlene Stoudt
Senior Vice President of Clinical Development Operationsless than a yearno datano data

1.4yrs

Average Tenure

53yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: CNTA's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.4 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Saurabh Saha
CEO & Director3.9yrsUS$2.71m0.14%
$ 3.0m
Francesco de Rubertis
Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board4.1yrsno datano data
Mary Hedley
Independent Non-Executive Director3.8yrsUS$252.69k0%
$ 0
Brett I. Zbar
Independent Non-Executive Director3.9yrsUS$257.69k0%
$ 0
Arjun Goyal
Independent Non-Executive Director3.9yrsUS$260.19k0%
$ 0
Samarth Kulkarni
Independent Non-Executive Director3.8yrsUS$255.19k0%
$ 0
Carol Stuckley
Independent Non-Executive Director3.6yrsUS$262.69k0%
$ 0
Mathias Hukkelhoven
Independent Non-Executive Director2.4yrsUS$247.69k0%
$ 0

3.9yrs

Average Tenure

53yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: CNTA's board of directors are considered experienced (3.9 years average tenure).


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/31 00:36
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/31 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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Management10 years
  • Leadership team
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Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc is covered by 13 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
null nullBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Konstantinos BiliourisBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Mayank MamtaniB. Riley Securities, Inc.