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Sherlock — Management and Governance Methodology
This section evaluates whether management and governance deserve trust. It draws primarily on the company’s proxy or annual governance disclosures, remuneration materials, insider trading records where available, recent transcripts, executive background information, and any downloaded research on management reputation. Peer pay data is used only when it helps put incentives or governance quality in context.
The methodology is practical and investor-focused: identify the people who truly matter, assess whether they appear capable and credible, examine how they are paid, and determine whether their incentives line up with outside shareholders. The analysis looks for real alignment and real risk by testing ownership and control, insider buying or selling, dilution, option grants, related-party behavior, and capital allocation decisions.
It also asks whether the board is genuinely independent and equipped to challenge management, or merely looks acceptable on paper. Rather than dwelling on biographies or minor compliance trivia, the section concentrates on the issues that affect judgment, oversight, succession, and the probability of shareholder-friendly decision-making.
Sherlock therefore answers a straightforward set of questions: who is really running the company, whether they are paid sensibly, whether they are aligned with investors, whether the board adds meaningful oversight, and ultimately what governance grade the company deserves.