Absolute Software Corporation

NasdaqGS:ABST Stock Report

Market Cap: US$608.9m

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Absolute Software Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Absolute Software's CEO is Christy Wyatt, appointed in Nov 2018, has a tenure of 4.67 years. total yearly compensation is $3.32M, comprised of 14% salary and 86% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.66% of the company’s shares, worth $4.04M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3 years and 4.6 years respectively.

Key information

Christy Wyatt

Chief executive officer

US$3.3m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage14.0%
CEO tenure4.7yrs
CEO ownership0.7%
Management average tenure3yrs
Board average tenure4.6yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Absolute Software declares CAD 0.08 dividend

Oct 20

Absolute Software: Rising Star In The $240.27 Billion Cybersecurity Industry

Oct 04

Absolute Software: Blistering Growth With A $47B Remote Work Opportunity

Sep 16

Absolute Software Non-GAAP EPS of $0.08 beats by $0.01, revenue of $54M beats by $0.9M

Aug 23

Absolute Software Crosses Revenue Milestone In FQ3 Results

Jul 26

I Buy The Dip Of Absolute Software Because Of New Acquisition And Third-Party Tools

Feb 04

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Christy Wyatt's remuneration changed compared to Absolute Software's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Mar 31 2023n/an/a

-US$26m

Dec 31 2022n/an/a

-US$28m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$26m

Jun 30 2022US$3mUS$466k

-US$24m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

-US$22m

Dec 31 2021n/an/a

-US$13m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

-US$6m

Jun 30 2021US$2mUS$420k

US$4m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

US$9m

Dec 31 2020n/an/a

US$9m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

US$10m

Jun 30 2020US$1mUS$420k

US$11m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

US$10m

Dec 31 2019n/an/a

US$11m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

US$10m

Jun 30 2019US$3mUS$253k

US$8m

Compensation vs Market: Christy's total compensation ($USD3.32M) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD3.42M).

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

CEO

Christy Wyatt (51 yo)

4.7yrs

Tenure

US$3,319,924

Compensation

Ms. Christy Wyatt serves as Chief Executive Officer of Absolute Software Corporation and Absolute Software, Inc. since November 26, 2018. She serves as Director at Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) si...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Christy Wyatt
CEO, President & Director4.7yrsUS$3.32m0.66%
$ 4.0m
Peter Chess
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary1.3yrsUS$1.51m0.021%
$ 125.0k
Mark Grace
Chief Revenue Officerless than a yearUS$1.11m0.19%
$ 1.2m
James Lejeal
Chief Financial Officerless than a yearno datano data
Nicholas Van Someren
Chief Technology Officer4.3yrsUS$716.19k0.058%
$ 355.2k
Joo-Hun Kim
Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Alice Hansen
Chief Marketing Officerless than a yearno datano data
Robert Booker
Executive Vice President of Human Resources3yrsno datano data
Matt Meanchoff
Chief Customer Officer5.5yrsno datano data
Karen Reynolds
Chief Communications Officer4.3yrsno datano data
William Morris
Executive VP of Product Development & Engineering3.8yrsUS$1.20m0.16%
$ 995.2k
Edward Choi
Senior Vice President of Global Alliances2.1yrsno datano data

3.0yrs

Average Tenure

56.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: ABST's management team is considered experienced (3 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Christy Wyatt
CEO, President & Director4.6yrsUS$3.32m0.66%
$ 4.0m
Paul Deninger
Member of Advisory Board3.5yrsno datano data
Arthur Coviello
Member of Advisory Board8.2yrsno datano data
Rebecca Atchison
Independent Director3.9yrsUS$185.00kno data
Gerhard Watzinger
Independent Director8.6yrsUS$180.00kno data
Daniel Ryan
Independent Chairman12.1yrsUS$200.00k0.25%
$ 1.5m
Salvatore Visca
Independent Director9.4yrsUS$170.00k0.023%
$ 137.7k
Gregory Monahan
Independent Director10.6yrsUS$177.50k0.044%
$ 267.8k
Andre Mintz
Independent Director1.9yrsUS$164.13kno data
Charles Blauner
Industry Advisorno datano datano data
John Zangardi
Member of Advisory Board3.5yrsno datano data
Ann Johnson
Member of Advisory Board3.5yrsno datano data

4.6yrs

Average Tenure

62yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: ABST's board of directors are considered experienced (4.6 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2023/07/28 04:19
End of Day Share Price 2023/07/26 00:00
Earnings2023/03/31
Annual Earnings2022/06/30

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

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Analyst Sources

Absolute Software Corporation is covered by 22 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Thanos MoschopoulosBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Thomas WalkleyCanaccord Genuity
Ralph GarceaCantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation