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As government officials weigh how to limit executive pay at financial firms looking for a handout from the bailout, proxy advisor Glass Lewis & Co. has released its report on executive pay in 2007.
Using its own pay-for-performance formula, Glass Lewis, reveals the 25 S&P 500 CEOs it considers to be the most overpaid, and the 25 it sees as the most underpaid. (The report also takes a look at Russell 3000 CEOs as well.)
The formula takes annual compensation into account. It also includes the company's performance, using metrics that include the firm's 2007 net income, its share price performance and its return on equity. What the formula excludes is a CEO's deferred compensation, which is included in a CEO's total compensation as disclosed in SEC filings.
What companies overpaid their CEOs? According to the report, SprintNextel [S
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]. It is interesting to note, the CEOs of the failed brokerages Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers weren't included on the list. But remember, their troubles, while apparent last year, accelerated in 2008.
As far as the best values, Apple [AAPL
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Top 25 Underpaid CEOs - S&P 500 |
| Rank | Company Name |
| 1 | Apple Inc. |
| 2 | MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. |
| 3 | Leucadia National Corp. |
| 4 | Titanium Metals Corp. |
| 5 | Amazon.com Inc. |
| 6 | Stryker Corp. |
| 7 | Allegheny Energy Inc. |
| 8 | Schlumberger Ltd. |
| 9 | Waters Corp. |
| 10 | Microsoft Corp. |
| 11 | Questar Corp. |
| 12 | Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. |
| 13 | Windstream Corp. |
| 14 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. |
| 15 | NYSE EURONEXT |
| 16 | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. |
| 17 | CME Group Inc. |
| 18 | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. |
| 19 | National Oilwell Varco Inc. |
| 20 | Apache Corp. |
| 21 | Google Inc. |
| 22 | TECO Energy Inc. |
| 23 | Sigma-Aldrich Corp. |
| 24 | AutoZone Inc. |
| 25 | PPL Corp. |
Source: Glass Lewis & Co. |
Top 25 Overpaid CEOs - S&P500 |
| Rank | Company Name |
| 1 | Sprint Nextel Corp. |
| 2 | KB Home |
| 3 | Jones Apparel Group Inc. |
| 4 | E*TRADE Financial Corp. |
| 5 | Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. |
| 6 | Masco Corp. |
| 7 | Liz Claiborne Inc. |
| 8 | Pulte Homes Inc. |
| 9 | CBS Corp |
| 10 | McKesson Corp. |
| 11 | Electronic Arts Inc. |
| 12 | General Motors Corp. |
| 13 | Dynegy Inc. |
| 14 | Computer Sciences Corp. |
| 15 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc. |
| 16 | Regions Financial Corp. |
| 17 | Nabors Industries Ltd. |
| 18 | Ashland Inc. |
| 19 | Office Depot Inc. |
| 20 | Ford Motor Co. |
| 21 | Tenet Healthcare Corp. |
| 22 | XL Capital Ltd. |
| 23 | King Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
| 24 | MGIC Investment Corp. |
| 25 | Tyson Foods Inc. |
Source: Glass Lewis & Co. |
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