BEST Inc.

NYSE:BEST Stock Report

Market Cap: US$52.4m

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BEST Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

BEST's CEO is Johnny Chou, appointed in Jan 2007, has a tenure of 18.17 years. directly owns 13.6% of the company’s shares, worth $7.12M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 7.9 years and 2.8 years respectively.

Key information

Johnny Chou

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentagen/a
CEO tenure18.2yrs
CEO ownership13.6%
Management average tenure7.9yrs
Board average tenure2.8yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Seeking Alpha • Nov 16

BEST Non-GAAP EPS of $0.59, revenue of $285.3M

BEST press release (NYSE:BEST): Q3 Non-GAAP EPS of $0.59. Revenue of $285.3M.
Seeking Alpha • Nov 08

China's Best gets non-compliance notice from NYSE

Best (NYSE:BEST) said it received a notice from the New York Stock Exchange for not being in compliance with the minimum $1 per American Depositary Share (ADS) rule for continued listing on the exchange. The Chinese smart supply chain solutions and logistics provider said it has six months to regain compliance with the minimum share price requirement. The NYSE notice does not affect the company's business operations, and its shares will continue to be listed, in the meantime, according to the company. Best said it was considering its options and intends to take reasonable measures to regain compliance.
Seeking Alpha • Sep 23

BEST notifies 2024 Notes holders of repurchase right

BEST (NYSE:BEST) has announced repurchase right notification for its 1.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024. Pursuant to the Indenture dated as of Sep 17, 2019, each holder of the notes has the right to require the company to repurchase all of such holder's notes or any portion thereof that is an integral multiple of US$1,000 principal amount for cash on Sep 30, 2022. The repurchase price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, Sep 30, 2022. Interest payment date under the terms of the Indenture and the notes will be Oct 1, 2022. The aggregate cash purchase price will be $105.16M if all outstanding notes are surrendered for repurchase through the exercise of the repurchase right. As of Aug 31, 2022, $105.16M in aggregate principal amount of the notes were outstanding. The repurchase right expires at 5:00 p.m on Sep 30, 2022.
Seeking Alpha • Aug 17

BEST Non-GAAP EPADS of -$0.54, revenue of $287.6M

BEST press release (NYSE:BEST): Q2 Non-GAAP EPADS of -$0.54. Revenue of $287.6M (-37.6% Y/Y). FINANCIAL GUIDANCE: Due to the uncertainties relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company is not providing any financial guidance or revenue outlook at this time. We are driving each of our business units toward a speedy recovery as the COVID-19 pandemic eases.
Analysis Article • Jan 20

Estimating The Fair Value Of BEST Inc. (NYSE:BEST)

Today we will run through one way of estimating the intrinsic value of BEST Inc. ( NYSE:BEST ) by projecting its future...
Analysis Article • Feb 19

BEST Inc. (NYSE:BEST) Is Expected To Breakeven In The Near Future

We feel now is a pretty good time to analyse BEST Inc.'s ( NYSE:BEST ) business as it appears the company may be on the...

CEO

Johnny Chou (61 yo)

18.2yrs
Tenure

Mr. Shao-Ning Chou, also known as Johnny has been Chief Executive Officer of BEST Inc. since 2007. Mr. Chou is the Founder of BEST Inc. He served as Chief Executive Officer of BEST Inc. He served as a Glob...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Shao-Ning Chou
Founder18.2yrsno data13.6%
$ 7.1m
Gloria Fan
Chief Financial Officer5.3yrsno datano data
George Chow
Chief Investment & Strategy Officer and Director7.9yrsno data1.82%
$ 952.6k
Jimei Liu
Senior Vice President of Human Resources & Administrationno datano data0.20%
$ 104.1k
Mangli Zhang
Senior VP & GM of Supply Chain Management Service Lineno datano data0.20%
$ 104.3k
Yanbing Zhang
Senior VP of Engineering & GM of Cloud Service Lineno datano data0.043%
$ 22.4k
Tao Liu
Senior VP & GM of Freight Service Lineno datano data0.0071%
$ 3.7k
7.9yrs
Average Tenure
56yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: BEST's management team is seasoned and experienced (7.9 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Shao-Ning Chou
Founder18.2yrsno data13.6%
$ 7.1m
George Chow
Chief Investment & Strategy Officer and Director7.5yrsno data1.82%
$ 952.6k
Ying Wu
Independent Director2.8yrsno datano data
Wenbiao Li
Independent Director7.5yrsno datano data
Klaus Anker Petersen
Independent Director2.8yrsno datano data
Chen Shen
Director2.2yrsno datano data
Jin Lei
Directorless than a yearno datano data
2.8yrs
Average Tenure
56.5yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: BEST's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.8 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/03/10 17:39
End of Day Share Price 2025/03/07 00:00
Earnings2024/03/31
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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

BEST Inc. is covered by 9 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
Cherry LeungBernstein
Sky HongDeutsche Bank
Ronald KeungGoldman Sachs