Huge Group Limited

JSE:HUG Stock Report

Market Cap: R336.5m

Huge Group Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Huge Group's CEO is James Herbst, appointed in Jan 2008, has a tenure of 16.25 years. total yearly compensation is ZAR5.00M, comprised of 88.4% salary and 11.6% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 8.42% of the company’s shares, worth ZAR28.33M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.8 years and 1.5 years respectively.

Key information

James Herbst

Chief executive officer

R5.0m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage88.4%
CEO tenure16.3yrs
CEO ownership8.4%
Management average tenure3.8yrs
Board average tenure1.5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Does Huge Group (JSE:HUG) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

Jun 05
Does Huge Group (JSE:HUG) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

Huge Group's (JSE:HUG) Sluggish Earnings Might Be Just The Beginning Of Its Problems

Jul 22
Huge Group's (JSE:HUG) Sluggish Earnings Might Be Just The Beginning Of Its Problems

Is Huge Group (JSE:HUG) Using Too Much Debt?

Jul 13
Is Huge Group (JSE:HUG) Using Too Much Debt?

If You Had Bought Huge Group (JSE:HUG) Shares Five Years Ago You'd Have Earned 35% Returns

Feb 01
If You Had Bought Huge Group (JSE:HUG) Shares Five Years Ago You'd Have Earned 35% Returns

Do Its Financials Have Any Role To Play In Driving Huge Group Limited's (JSE:HUG) Stock Up Recently?

Jan 05
Do Its Financials Have Any Role To Play In Driving Huge Group Limited's (JSE:HUG) Stock Up Recently?

Huge Group (JSE:HUG) Takes On Some Risk With Its Use Of Debt

Dec 09
Huge Group (JSE:HUG) Takes On Some Risk With Its Use Of Debt

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has James Herbst's remuneration changed compared to Huge Group's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Aug 31 2023n/an/a

R35m

May 31 2023n/an/a

R58m

Feb 28 2023R5mR4m

R80m

Nov 30 2022n/an/a

R97m

Aug 31 2022n/an/a

R114m

May 31 2022n/an/a

R316m

Feb 28 2022R5mR4m

R518m

Nov 30 2021n/an/a

R511m

Aug 31 2021n/an/a

R504m

May 31 2021n/an/a

R271m

Feb 28 2021R4mR4m

R39m

Nov 30 2020n/an/a

R48m

Aug 31 2020n/an/a

R58m

May 31 2020n/an/a

R76m

Feb 29 2020R8mR4m

R95m

Nov 30 2019n/an/a

R88m

Aug 31 2019n/an/a

R81m

May 31 2019n/an/a

R80m

Feb 28 2019R4mR4m

R79m

Nov 30 2018n/an/a

R90m

Aug 31 2018n/an/a

R100m

May 31 2018n/an/a

R89m

Feb 28 2018R4mR3m

R77m

Compensation vs Market: James's total compensation ($USD262.66K) is about average for companies of similar size in the ZA market ($USD319.38K).

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

CEO

James Herbst (52 yo)

16.3yrs

Tenure

R4,995,322

Compensation

Mr. James Charles Herbst, BComm, BAcc, CFA, CA (SA), serves as an Executive Director of Huge Group Limited since September 01, 2006 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer since 2008. He served as the Ch...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
James Herbst
CEO & Executive Director16.3yrsR5.00m8.42%
ZAR 28.3m
Izak D. van de Merwe
Executive Director & COO1.5yrsR393.75kno data
Stephanus Oberholzer
Managing Director of Huge Networksno dataR2.60m0.046%
ZAR 154.1k
R. Burger
Managing Director of Huge Telecom5.3yrsR2.75mno data
Keven Sinclair
Managing Director of Huge Connectno dataR2.80mno data
M. Granville
Managing Director of Huge Softwareno dataR781.63kno data
Don Cameron
Managing Director of Huge Distributionno dataR660.00k0.35%
ZAR 1.2m
S. Morony
Commercial Director of Huge Telecom3.8yrsR2.06mno data
Maria Heraty
CFO & Director1.1yrsno datano data

3.8yrs

Average Tenure

Experienced Management: HUG's management team is considered experienced (3.8 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
James Herbst
CEO & Executive Director17.6yrsR5.00m8.42%
ZAR 28.3m
Izak D. van de Merwe
Executive Director & COOno dataR393.75kno data
Maria Heraty
CFO & Directorless than a yearno datano data
Dennis Gammie
Independent Non-Executive Director11.8yrsR648.00kno data
Vincent Mokholo
Non-Executive Director16.8yrsR490.00kno data
Michael Beamish
Non-Executive Director1.5yrsR176.00k2.75%
ZAR 9.3m
Conway I. Williams
Independent Non-Executive Director1.5yrsR160.00kno data
Veran H. Kathan
Independent Non-Executive Chairman1.5yrsR356.91kno data
Mary-Ann Boakye
Independent Non-Executive Directorless than a yearno datano data

1.5yrs

Average Tenure

53yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: HUG's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 1.5 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

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