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About the company
Ascential plc is a United Kingdom-based company, which provides events, intelligence and advisory services for the marketing and financial technology industries. Its segments include Marketing and Financial Technology. Marketing segment includes events, intelligence and advisory that champion creative marketing that matters through improving creative impact and marketing effectiveness. Marketing segment includes Lions, Contagious and Acuity. Lions, through its awards and festival, as well as its subscription and advisory products, is the global benchmark for creativity in the branded communications industry. Contagious is a creative and strategic intelligence firm that helps agencies and brands improve their marketing by learning from the world's most creative and effective companies and campaigns. Financial Technology segment includes events and intelligence that improve performance for the global money ecosystem. Its Money20/20 division serves the financial technology industry.
- Revenue in GBP (TTM)206.40m
- Net income in GBP4.20m
- Incorporated2016
- Employees703.00
- LocationAscential PLC2nd Floor, 81-87 High HolbornLONDON WC1V 6DFUnited KingdomGBR
- Phone+44 203 657 8950
- Websitehttps://www.ascential.com/
Mergers & acquisitions
| Acquired company | ASCL:LSE since announced | Transaction value |
|---|---|---|
| Contagious Communications Ltd | 53.58% | -- |
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| Company | Revenue (TTM) | Net income (TTM) | Market cap | Employees | Price/earnings (TTM) | Price/book value (MRQ) | Price/cash flow (TTM) | Price/sales (TTM) | EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM) | EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM) | Revenue per share (TTM) | Book value per share (MRQ) | Asset turnover (TTM) | Inventory turnover (TTM) | Receivables turnover (TTM) | Revenues per employee (TTM) | Return on avg assets (TTM) | Return on avg assets (5 yr avg) | Return on investment (TTM) | Return on investment (5 yr avg) | Gross margin (TTM) | Gross margin (5 yr avg) | Net profit margin (TTM) | Net Profit margin (5 yr avg) | Quick ratio (MRQ) | Interest coverage (TTM) | Total debt to capital (MRQ) | Payout ratio (5 yr avg) | Revenue (YOY change %) | Revenue (5 yr growth rate) | Net income (YOY change %) | Net income (5 yr growth rate) | Capital expenditure (5 yr growth rate) | Dividend (5 yr growth rate) |
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| Mears Group PLC | 1.09bn | 35.20m | 350.32m | 5.50k | 11.37 | 1.84 | 3.62 | 0.3216 | 0.3206 | 0.3206 | 9.88 | 1.98 | 1.64 | 208.72 | 10.41 | 198,059.50 | 5.51 | 2.56 | 8.99 | 4.11 | 20.08 | 20.75 | 3.37 | 1.81 | 0.9505 | 12.57 | 0.5922 | 46.53 | 13.52 | 7.13 | 26.57 | 9.00 | 19.16 | 0.9495 |
| Marlowe PLC | 494.10m | -14.10m | 421.74m | 4.97k | -- | 0.9576 | 12.37 | 0.8535 | -0.1469 | -0.1469 | 5.15 | 4.54 | 0.5705 | 30.61 | 5.12 | 99,376.51 | -1.63 | -0.1851 | -1.93 | -0.2269 | 41.45 | 41.44 | -2.85 | -0.2874 | 1.22 | 1.79 | 0.3684 | -- | 47.42 | 42.02 | -642.86 | -- | 100.99 | -- |
| Alpha Financial Markets Consulting PLC | 234.90m | 14.91m | 440.66m | 909.00 | 31.56 | 3.28 | 20.32 | 1.88 | 0.122 | 0.122 | 1.92 | 1.17 | 1.06 | -- | 6.40 | 258,414.70 | 6.75 | 6.01 | 9.58 | 7.99 | 34.21 | 36.74 | 6.35 | 7.36 | -- | 21.79 | 0.0895 | 92.80 | 43.94 | 28.04 | 111.01 | -- | 37.15 | 22.39 |
| SThree Plc | 1.66bn | 56.05m | 555.65m | 2.65k | 9.91 | 2.49 | 7.72 | 0.3341 | 0.4152 | 0.4152 | 12.32 | 1.65 | 3.53 | -- | 4.69 | 628,321.50 | 11.89 | 11.03 | 23.88 | 24.87 | 25.18 | 25.86 | 3.37 | 2.97 | -- | 262.36 | 0.1152 | 33.30 | 1.45 | 5.74 | 3.41 | 10.34 | 9.55 | 14.23 |
| Ascential PLC | 206.40m | 4.20m | 679.04m | 703.00 | 203.26 | 1.62 | 34.47 | 3.29 | 0.0163 | -0.7405 | 0.798 | 2.04 | 0.1286 | 41.22 | 1.12 | 293,598.90 | 0.3613 | -2.62 | 0.5559 | -3.70 | 64.05 | 63.25 | 2.81 | -12.86 | 2.08 | 1.32 | 0.4347 | -- | 7.95 | -9.95 | -83.91 | -26.81 | 17.11 | -- |
| Auction Technology Group PLC | 134.93m | 10.27m | 693.53m | 396.00 | 68.60 | 1.33 | 16.79 | 5.14 | 0.083 | 0.083 | 1.09 | 4.29 | 0.1932 | -- | 7.94 | 340,722.30 | 1.47 | -2.20 | 1.53 | -2.32 | 67.39 | 66.33 | 7.61 | -11.15 | -- | 1.93 | 0.1856 | -- | 8.49 | 40.93 | 362.80 | -- | 67.70 | -- |
| RWS Holdings plc | 717.80m | -37.50m | 726.37m | 7.81k | -- | 0.7991 | 19.79 | 1.01 | -0.0959 | -0.0959 | 1.89 | 2.47 | 0.5426 | -- | 3.39 | 90,745.89 | -2.83 | 3.41 | -3.31 | 3.96 | 46.31 | 44.48 | -5.22 | 5.81 | -- | 16.84 | 0.1279 | 113.13 | -2.06 | 19.11 | -144.18 | -- | 50.66 | 10.22 |
| Trustpilot Group PLC | 139.07m | 5.61m | 882.63m | 889.00 | 182.15 | 17.91 | 69.60 | 6.35 | 0.0117 | 0.0117 | 0.3163 | 0.1186 | 1.25 | -- | 15.98 | 156,428.50 | 5.06 | -14.29 | 9.11 | -29.28 | 82.47 | 81.85 | 4.03 | -10.67 | -- | -0.2272 | 0.2659 | -- | 18.42 | 22.36 | 148.55 | -- | 67.39 | -- |
| Next 15 Group PLC | 734.67m | 52.91m | 920.58m | 4.34k | 18.63 | 5.83 | 10.16 | 1.25 | 0.4906 | 0.4906 | 6.98 | 1.57 | 1.24 | -- | 4.40 | 169,279.50 | 9.10 | -0.4683 | 15.24 | -0.7488 | 78.65 | 79.19 | 7.34 | -0.3861 | -- | 19.73 | 0.332 | -- | 1.97 | 21.95 | 3,159.83 | 30.67 | -2.31 | 15.22 |
| YouGov Plc | 270.00m | 22.60m | 968.74m | 1.82k | 41.67 | 5.17 | 19.81 | 3.59 | 0.2006 | 0.2006 | 2.35 | 1.62 | 0.6525 | -- | 4.04 | 148,351.60 | 5.53 | 8.53 | 8.04 | 12.54 | 85.63 | 84.54 | 8.48 | 9.31 | -- | -- | 0.551 | 39.07 | 16.82 | 17.25 | 101.75 | 33.43 | 16.28 | 23.87 |
| Holder | Shares | % Held |
|---|---|---|
| UBS AG (London Branch)as of 01 May 2024 | 21.66m | 6.18% |
| JPMorgan Securities Plc (Market-Maker)as of 25 Mar 2024 | 16.12m | 4.60% |
| Liontrust Portfolio Management Ltd.as of 20 Mar 2024 | 13.21m | 3.77% |
| Ninety One UK Ltd.as of 20 Mar 2024 | 12.95m | 3.69% |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd.as of 20 Mar 2024 | 12.85m | 3.66% |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd.as of 20 Mar 2024 | 12.82m | 3.66% |
| Blacksheep Fund Management Ltdas of 10 May 2024 | 12.79m | 3.65% |
| AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd.as of 20 Mar 2024 | 12.68m | 3.62% |
| FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Ltd.as of 09 May 2024 | 12.56m | 3.58% |
| JNE Partners LLPas of 03 Jun 2024 | 12.29m | 3.51% |
