Jianguang Shang is the CEO of Citychamp Watch & Jewellery Group Limited (HKG:256). This report will, first, examine the CEO compensation levels in comparison to CEO compensation at companies of similar size. Next, we'll consider growth that the business demonstrates. And finally - as a second measure of performance - we will look at the returns shareholders have received over the last few years. This method should give us information to assess how appropriately the company pays the CEO.

Check out our latest analysis for Citychamp Watch & Jewellery Group

How Does Jianguang Shang's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?

At the time of writing our data says that Citychamp Watch & Jewellery Group Limited has a market cap of HK$7.2b, and is paying total annual CEO compensation of HK$14m. (This figure is for the year to December 2018). Notably, the salary of HK$14m is the vast majority of the CEO compensation. As part of our analysis we looked at companies in the same jurisdiction, with market capitalizations of HK$3.1b to HK$13b. The median total CEO compensation was HK$3.8m.

Thus we can conclude that Jianguang Shang receives more in total compensation than the median of a group of companies in the same market, and of similar size to Citychamp Watch & Jewellery Group Limited. However, this doesn't necessarily mean the pay is too high. We can get a better idea of how generous the pay is by looking at the performance of the underlying business.

You can see, below, how CEO compensation at Citychamp Watch & Jewellery Group has changed over time.

Is Citychamp Watch & Jewellery Group Limited Growing?

Over the last three years Citychamp Watch & Jewellery Group Limited has grown its earnings per share (EPS) by an average of 57% per year (using a line of best fit). Its revenue is down -1.1% over last year.

Overall this is a positive result for shareholders, showing that the company has improved in recent years. Revenue growth is a real positive for growth, but ultimately profits are more important. Although we don't have analyst forecasts, you might want to assess this data-rich visualization of earnings, revenue and cash flow.

Has Citychamp Watch & Jewellery Group Limited Been A Good Investment?

Citychamp Watch & Jewellery Group Limited has served shareholders reasonably well, with a total return of 11% over three years. But they probably don't want to see the CEO paid more than is normal for companies around the same size.

In Summary...

We examined the amount Citychamp Watch & Jewellery Group Limited pays its CEO, and compared it to the amount paid by similar sized companies. We found that it pays well over the median amount paid in the benchmark group.