BARK Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

BARK's CEO is Matt Meeker, appointed in Oct 2011, he has a tenure of 11.58 years. His total yearly compensation is $432.69K , comprised of 86.7% salary and 13.3% bonuses, including company stock and options. He directly owns 5.55% of the company’s shares, worth $10.85M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.6 years and 1.9 years respectively.

Key information

Matt Meeker

Chief executive officer

US$432.7k

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	86.7%
CEO tenure	11.6yrs
CEO ownership	5.6%
Management average tenure	1.6yrs
Board average tenure	1.9yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Earnings Update: BARK, Inc. (NYSE:BARK) Just Reported And Analysts Are Trimming Their Forecasts

Jun 03

Things Look Grim For BARK, Inc. (NYSE:BARK) After Today's Downgrade

Jun 02

BARK, Inc. - Volatile But Attractive Risk/Reward Profile

Mar 18

BARK: Cheap Valuation Levels Combined With A Strong Business Model

Mar 10

Bark: When Good Is Bad

Dec 01

Original BARK Stock: Growing At 35% And Priced At 2x Sales, Way Too Cheap

Sep 15

BarkBox: A Strong Buy With Tremendous Upside On Common Shares

Aug 25

BarkBox's Undervaluation Is A Prime Example Of The Fallacy Of Efficient Markets

Jul 24

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Matt Meeker's remuneration changed compared to BARK's earnings?
Date	Total Comp.	Salary	Company Earnings
Dec 31 2022	n/a	n/a	-US$84m
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	-US$76m
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	-US$59m
Mar 31 2022	US$433k	US$375k	-US$68m
Dec 31 2021	n/a	n/a	-US$39m
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	-US$50m
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	-US$57m
Mar 31 2021	US$445k	US$356k	-US$31m

Compensation vs Market: Matt's total compensation ($USD432.69K) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD1.81M).

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

CEO

Matt Meeker (48 yo)

11.6yrs

Tenure

US$432,692

Compensation

Mr. Matt Meeker co-founded BARK, Inc. (formerly known as Bark & Co). He serves as Chief Executive Officer of BARK, Inc. since January 10, 2022 and its Executive Chairman since September 2020 also Director...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Matt Meeker	Co-Founder	11.6yrs	US$432.69k	5.55% $ 10.9m
Henrik Werdelin	Co-Founder	11.6yrs	no data	6.58% $ 12.9m
Nari Sitaraman	Chief Technology Officer	1.8yrs	US$2.79m	0.32% $ 622.5k
Allison Koehler	General Counsel & Secretary	1.4yrs	US$1.24m	0.15% $ 284.3k
Michael Novotny	President of Food	1.6yrs	US$346.93k	0.0034% $ 6.7k
Carly Strife	Co-Founder	11.3yrs	no data	6.78% $ 13.2m
Zahir Ibrahim	Chief Financial Officer	less than a year	no data	0.056% $ 110.0k
Kevin Eyerman	VP of Accounting & Controller	less than a year	no data	no data
Michael Mougias	Vice President of Investor Relations	1.8yrs	no data	no data
Suzanne McDonnell	Chief Marketing Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Aarti Sharma	Chief People Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Anil Nair	Chief Supply Chain Officer	1.6yrs	no data	no data

1.6yrs

Average Tenure

50.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: BARK's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.6 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Matt Meeker	Co-Founder	11.6yrs	US$432.69k	5.55% $ 10.9m
Henrik Werdelin	Co-Founder	11.6yrs	no data	6.58% $ 12.9m
Elizabeth McLaughlin	Lead Independent Director	5.4yrs	US$396.84k	0.39% $ 763.3k
James McGinty	Independent Director	2.3yrs	US$381.84k	0.054% $ 106.0k
Jonathan Ledecky	Independent Director	1.9yrs	US$374.34k	0.077% $ 150.0k
David Kamenetzky	Independent Director	less than a year	no data	0.12% $ 224.8k
Michele Meyer	Independent Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Paulette Dodson	Independent Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Joanna Coles	Independent Director	1.9yrs	US$370.59k	0.020% $ 40.0k

1.9yrs

Average Tenure

58yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: BARK's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 1.9 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

BARK Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Key information

Recent management updates

BARK, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Aug 15, 2023

High number of new directors

BARK, Inc. Appoints Zahir Ibrahim as Chief Financial Officer

BARK, Inc. Appoints Aarti Sharma as Chief People Officer

BARK, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Nov 15, 2022

Bark, Inc. Announces Executive Changes

Recent updates

BARK, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Aug 15, 2023

BARK, Inc. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Jun 01, 2023

High number of new directors

Independent Director recently bought US$62k worth of stock

Chief Financial Officer recently bought US$155k worth of stock

Third quarter 2023 earnings: Revenues in line with analyst expectations

BARK, Inc. Updates Revenue Guidance for the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2023

BARK FQ3 results in-line, co says reducing workforce by about 12%

BARK, Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Feb 09, 2023

BARK: May Surprise To The Upside On Execution Of Strategy

BARK, Inc. Appoints Zahir Ibrahim as Chief Financial Officer

No longer forecast to breakeven

BARK, Inc. Appoints Aarti Sharma as Chief People Officer

BARK, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Third Quarter and Reaffirms Earnings Guidance for the Full Fiscal Year 2023

Forecast to breakeven in 2025

BARK, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Third Quarter and Reaffirms Earnings Guidance for the Full Fiscal Year 2023

BARK, Inc. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Nov 09, 2022

BARK: Continuing To Execute, Profitability Is Improving

Lead Independent Director exercised options to buy US$1.2m worth of stock.

BARK, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Nov 15, 2022

Bark, Inc. Announces Executive Changes

Independent Director recently bought US$227k worth of stock

First quarter 2023 earnings: Revenues in line with analyst expectations

BARK: End Of The Pain

BARK, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter and Full Year 2023

BARK, Inc. to Report Q1, 2023 Results on Aug 09, 2022

BARK's Valuation Is Cheap If The Company Can Become Profitable

Independent Director recently bought US$165k worth of stock

Consensus revenue estimates fall by 15%

Earnings Update: BARK, Inc. (NYSE:BARK) Just Reported And Analysts Are Trimming Their Forecasts

Things Look Grim For BARK, Inc. (NYSE:BARK) After Today's Downgrade

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

BARK, Inc. Appoints David Kamenetzky to Its Board of Directors and Member of Compensation Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

BARK, Inc. to Report Q4, 2022 Results on May 31, 2022

Cindy Gustafson Joins BARK, Inc. as Chief Marketing Officer

Price target decreased to US$13.00

Insufficient new directors

Forecast to breakeven in 2025

Co-Founder exercised options and sold US$608k worth of stock

BARK, Inc. - Volatile But Attractive Risk/Reward Profile

BARK: Cheap Valuation Levels Combined With A Strong Business Model

Price target decreased to US$13.00

Third quarter 2022 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

BARK, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year of 2022

Insufficient new directors

Bark: When Good Is Bad

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS US$0.038 (vs US$0.03 loss in 2Q 2021)

Original BARK Stock: Growing At 35% And Priced At 2x Sales, Way Too Cheap

BarkBox: A Strong Buy With Tremendous Upside On Common Shares

BarkBox's Undervaluation Is A Prime Example Of The Fallacy Of Efficient Markets

Full year 2021 earnings released: US$5.93 loss per share (vs US$6.08 loss in FY 2020)

Forecast to breakeven in 2024

Full year 2021 earnings released: US$5.93 loss per share (vs US$6.08 loss in FY 2020)

CEO Compensation Analysis

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