Evergy Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Evergy's CEO is David Campbell, appointed in Jan 2021, has a tenure of 3.92 years. total yearly compensation is $7.14M, comprised of 14.8% salary and 85.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.039% of the company’s shares, worth $5.48M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.6 years and 3.9 years respectively.

Key information

David Campbell

Chief executive officer

US$7.1m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage14.8%
CEO tenure3.9yrs
CEO ownership0.04%
Management average tenure2.6yrs
Board average tenure3.9yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Here's Why Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) Is Weighed Down By Its Debt Load

Dec 12
Here's Why Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) Is Weighed Down By Its Debt Load

Evergy: There's Still Time To Buy This Utility Now

Nov 17

Evergy's (NASDAQ:EVRG) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

Nov 15
Evergy's (NASDAQ:EVRG) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

Investors Met With Slowing Returns on Capital At Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG)

Oct 18
Investors Met With Slowing Returns on Capital At Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG)

Is Evergy, Inc. (NASDAQ:EVRG) Trading At A 28% Discount?

Sep 15
Is Evergy, Inc. (NASDAQ:EVRG) Trading At A 28% Discount?

Evergy: This Utility Remains An Intriguing Buy Now

Sep 06

Evergy, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:EVRG) Price In Tune With Earnings

Aug 16
Evergy, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:EVRG) Price In Tune With Earnings

These 4 Measures Indicate That Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) Is Using Debt In A Risky Way

Jul 29
These 4 Measures Indicate That Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) Is Using Debt In A Risky Way

Evergy: Buy This High-Yielding Stock And Cash In On Tech Innovation

Jun 29

Here's What To Make Of Evergy's (NASDAQ:EVRG) Decelerating Rates Of Return

Jun 28
Here's What To Make Of Evergy's (NASDAQ:EVRG) Decelerating Rates Of Return

Are Investors Undervaluing Evergy, Inc. (NASDAQ:EVRG) By 29%?

May 06
Are Investors Undervaluing Evergy, Inc. (NASDAQ:EVRG) By 29%?

Is Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) Using Too Much Debt?

Apr 20
Is Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) Using Too Much Debt?

Evergy: Attractive Valuation With Potential For Stronger Load Growth

Apr 15

Evergy, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:EVRG) Price In Tune With Earnings

Mar 21
Evergy, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:EVRG) Price In Tune With Earnings

Evergy, Inc. Just Missed Earnings - But Analysts Have Updated Their Models

Mar 03
Evergy, Inc. Just Missed Earnings - But Analysts Have Updated Their Models

Here's What To Make Of Evergy's (NASDAQ:EVRG) Decelerating Rates Of Return

Feb 16
Here's What To Make Of Evergy's (NASDAQ:EVRG) Decelerating Rates Of Return

Evergy: FCF Per Share Clamped With $9B Equity Holding Up $30B In Assets

Jan 30

Are Investors Undervaluing Evergy, Inc. (NASDAQ:EVRG) By 25%?

Jan 17
Are Investors Undervaluing Evergy, Inc. (NASDAQ:EVRG) By 25%?

With Evergy, Inc. (NASDAQ:EVRG) It Looks Like You'll Get What You Pay For

Dec 20
With Evergy, Inc. (NASDAQ:EVRG) It Looks Like You'll Get What You Pay For

Evergy to transfer listing to Nasdaq from NYSE

Dec 15

Evergy raises dividend by 7% to $0.6125

Nov 04

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has David Campbell's remuneration changed compared to Evergy's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2024n/an/a

US$853m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

US$739m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$711m

Dec 31 2023US$7mUS$1m

US$731m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$681m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

US$757m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

US$773m

Dec 31 2022US$7mUS$1m

US$753m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

US$799m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

US$820m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

US$811m

Dec 31 2021US$11mUS$981k

US$880m

Compensation vs Market: David's total compensation ($USD7.14M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD12.67M).

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


CEO

David Campbell (56 yo)

3.9yrs

Tenure

US$7,138,724

Compensation

Mr. David A. Campbell, JD is Independent Director of ESCO Technologies Inc. from September 2024. He has been President, Chief Executive Officer and Director at Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. Evergy Kansas Sou...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
David Campbell
CEO, President & Chairman of the Board3.9yrsUS$7.14m0.039%
$ 5.5m
Heather Humphrey
Senior VP6.5yrsUS$2.00m0.032%
$ 4.5m
Charles Caisley
Executive VP of Public Affairs & Chief Customer Officer6.5yrsUS$2.00m0.015%
$ 2.1m
Kevin Bryant
Executive Vice President of Corporate Initiativesless than a yearUS$2.80m0%
$ 0
W. Buckler
Executive VP & Chief Financial Officerless than a yearno datano data
Matthew Gummig
Interim Controller & CAOno datano datano data
Charles King
Senior VP & CTO4.8yrsno data0.0064%
$ 898.4k
Peter Flynn
Director of Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Lesley Elwell
Senior VP3.3yrsno data0.0020%
$ 282.5k
Cleveland Reasoner
VP & Chief Nuclear Officerno datano datano data
Kara Larson
VP, Chief Ethics Officer and Assistant General Counsel1.9yrsno datano data
Geoffrey Ley
VP of Corporate Planning & Treasurer1.9yrsno data0.0036%
$ 507.1k

2.6yrs

Average Tenure

52yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: EVRG's management team is considered experienced (2.6 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
David Campbell
CEO, President & Chairman of the Board3.9yrsUS$7.14m0.039%
$ 5.5m
Charles Wilder
Independent Director3.8yrsUS$288.93k0.057%
$ 8.0m
Ann Murtlow
Independent Director11.9yrsUS$288.93k0.0012%
$ 175.2k
Sandra A. Lawrence
Independent Director20.9yrsUS$304.77k0.00021%
$ 29.7k
B. Isaac
Lead Independent Director21.9yrsUS$278.19k0.023%
$ 3.2m
James Scarola
Independent Director2.6yrsUS$288.93k0.0033%
$ 461.9k
Sandra Price
Independent Director8.9yrsUS$293.93k0%
$ 0
Paul Keglevic
Independent Director4.8yrsUS$291.74k0%
$ 0
Mary Landrieu
Independent Director3.8yrsUS$270.62k0.0031%
$ 433.6k
Dean Newton
Independent Directorless than a yearno datano data
Neal Sharma
Independent Director1.5yrsUS$64.45k0.0013%
$ 176.6k

3.9yrs

Average Tenure

66yo

Average Age

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


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/17 23:31
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/17 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
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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

Evergy, Inc. is covered by 32 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Gary HovisArgus Research Company
Nicholas CampanellaBarclays
Daniel FordBarclays