Liberum Research continues to see positive signs for increasing executive turnover which typically translates into growth for the economy. Just as Liberum registered in the previous month of October, November has also shown positive signs for continued executive turnover but with a few caveats. Unlike October, executive turnover totals were positive in the year to year November 2014 to the month of November 2014 comparison. The same, however, was not completely the case when Liberum compared October 2014′s executive turnover results with those of November 2014. Liberum anticipates executive turnover will continue to grow as we move into the winter and the early spring which, if true, will continue to bode well for the overall North American economies.
As for Liberum’s latest figures, all four key categories experienced increases in November 2014 over the same month of November 2013, however, Liberum registered more mixed results when November 2014′s turnover figures were compared to the totals for the previous month of October.
Liberum Comparison Breakdown of Key November Executive Turnover Figures
Below is a breakdown of Liberum’s key executive category percentage changes for November 2014 compared with November a year earlier and the previous month of October 2014.
November 2013 Compared to November 2014
For November 2014 increases in turnover occured in all four key categories. CEO changes increased 5% from November a year earlier, CFO changes increased 23%, C-level changes increased 5%, and board of director changes increased 2%.
October 2014 Compared to November 2014
The month to month changes in executive turnover, October 2014 to November 2014, however, were not nearly as positive. CEO changes saw no change, CFO changes increased 10%, while C-level changes and board of director changes declined 7% and 15% respectively.
Below are the overall turnover totals for November 2014. The information is just illustrative of how institutional investors could view executive turnover and its possible relationship with a company’s performance. Using Liberum’s database could offer a totally new perspective on investment and is a potential way to come up with unique special situation opportunities. Executive search firms on the other hand can use the information to generate new leads and new clients.
KEY CEO CHANGES – NOVEMBER 2014
35 COMPANIES WITH CEO CHANGES WORTH RE-EXAMINING
According to Liberum’s Management Change Database, a total of 212 CEO related changes occurred during November 2014. Here are 35 from the time period that caught my eye. By significant, I’m looking for situations where I think a particularly strong or weak choice has been made – given the apparent current state of the company – or where there is an interesting special situation. (Anyone using Liberum’s database could do the same kind of analysis for other key titles, e.g., CFOs, COOs, CMOs Presidents, etc.)
DATE COMPANY TICKER EXCHANGE MARKET CAP $ MILLIONS
11-03 Cesca Therapeutics Inc KOOL NASDAQ 43
11-04 Lpath Inc LPTN NASDAQ 45
11-05 Acelrx Pharmaceut ACRX NASDAQ 244
11-05 Jive Software, In JIVE NASDAQ 461
11-06 Americn Transn Hl ATHI OTC 92
11-06 Financial Engines FNGN NASDAQ 1635
11-06 Fuelstream Inc FLST OTC 64
11-06 Goldspan Resource GSPND 168
11-06 Osram Licht Ag OSAGF OTC 3668
11-10 Aaron’s, Inc. Com AAN NYSE 1883
11-10 Bsd Medical Corpo BSDM NASDAQ 18
11-12 Northstar Hlthcr NRTSF OTC 63
11-12 Unitedhealth Group, Inc. UNH NYSE 91660
11-13 Alchemia Ltd AEMAF OTC 23
11-13 Calzada Ltd CALZF OTC 31
11-13 Willis Group Holdings Limited WSH NYSE 7377
11-14 Arctic Cat, Inc. ACAT NASDAQ 432
11-14 Ashland Inc. ASH NYSE 7992
11-14 Biocorrx Inc BICX OTC 15
11-14 Carpenter Technology Corporation CRS NYSE 2742
11-17 Genuine Parts Company GPC NYSE 15307
11-17 Kennametal Inc. KMT NYSE 3205
11-17 Servicesource Int SREV NASDAQ 356
11-18 Concurrent Computer Corp CCUR NASDAQ 60
11-19 Air Industries Gr AIRI NYSE 74
11-20 First Titan Corp FTTN OTC 870
11-20 Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. HTZ NYSE 10185
11-20 Rhino Resource Pa RNO NYSE 84
11-21 Evertec, Inc. Com EVTC NYSE 1737
11-21 Intrawest Resorts SNOW NYSE 478
11-21 Sotheby’s BID NYSE 2908
11-24 Banco Santander S BCDRF OTC 108000
11-24 Infoblox Inc. Com BLOX NYSE 980
11-24 Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. JEC NYSE 6321
11-26 Highvista Gold In HVV CVE 399
NOVEMBER 2014 MANAGEMENT CHANGE STATISTICS
C-LEVEL MANAGEMENT CHANGE STATISTICS
GRAND TOTAL – 1323
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS
– Drugs/Biotech – 158
– Banking – 76
– Energy – 72
NOVEMBER 2014 CEO CHANGE STATISTICS
GRAND TOTAL – 212
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS
– Drugs/Biotech – 19
– Metals/Mining – 13
– Banking- 11
NOVEMBER 2014 CFO CHANGE STATISTICS
GRAND TOTAL – 210
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS
– Drugs/Biotech – 19
– Metals/Mining – 16
– Food – 10
NOVEMBER 2014 BOARD OF DIRECTOR CHANGE STATISTICS
GRAND TOTAL – 382
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS
– Drugs/Biotech – 56
– Energy – 28
– Banking – 21
Investors need to diligently monitor key management changes. Certain management changes should be viewed as a “special situation” that can have a direct and major impact on a company’s performance and share price.
Liberum Research, the independent research firm focused on corporate management change, has developed an online relational database designed to assist institutional investors develop special situation investment ideas related to executive management change. While special situation investing traditionally revolves around corporate restructuring, spin-offs and acquisitions, executive management changes, depending on the circumstances, can represent a short or long-term investment opportunity.
Liberum’s ten year old database offers institutional investors the ability to examine:
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