How Much is Digital Turbine, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:APPS) CEO Getting Paid?
Bill Stone became the CEO of Digital Turbine, Inc. (NASDAQ:APPS) in 2014. This analysis aims first to contrast CEO compensation with other companies that have similar market capitalization. Next, we’ll consider growth that the business demonstrates. Third, we’ll reflect on the total return to shareholders over three years, as a second measure of business performance. This process should give us an idea about how appropriately the CEO is paid.
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How Does Bill Stone’s Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?
Our data indicates that Digital Turbine, Inc. is worth US$158m, and total annual CEO compensation is US$967k. (This number is for the twelve months until 2018). While we always look at total compensation first, we note that the salary component is less, at US$500k. We looked at a group of companies with market capitalizations from US$100m to US$400m, and the median CEO compensation was US$956k.
So Bill Stone is paid around the average of the companies we looked at. While this data point isn’t particularly informative alone, it gains more meaning when considered with business performance.
The graphic below shows how CEO compensation at Digital Turbine has changed from year to year.
Is Digital Turbine, Inc. Growing?
On average over the last three years, Digital Turbine, Inc. has grown earnings per share (EPS) by 45% each year. It achieved revenue growth of 268% over the last year.
This demonstrates that the company has been improving recently. A good result. Most shareholders would be pleased to see strong revenue growth combined with EPS growth. This combo suggests a fast growing business.
It could be important to check this free visual depiction of what analysts expect for the future.
Has Digital Turbine, Inc. Been A Good Investment?
Most shareholders would probably be pleased with Digital Turbine, Inc. for providing a total return of 37% over three years. As a result, some may believe the CEO should be paid more than is normal for companies of similar size.
In Summary…
Bill Stone is paid around the same as most CEOs of similar size companies.
Few would be critical of the leadership, since returns have been juicy and earnings per share are moving in the right direction. So one could argue the CEO compensation is quite modest, if you consider company performance! So you may want to check if insiders are buying Digital Turbine shares with their own money (free access).
Or you might prefer gaze upon this detailed graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow .
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