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Ascential plc is a United Kingdom-based specialist information, analytics, and e-commerce optimization company. The Company is principally engaged in the provision of industry-specific business intelligence, insights and forecasting through data and digital subscription tools and events. The Company’s segments include Product Design, Marketing, and Retail & Financial Services. The Product Design segment offers consumer product trend forecasting, data, and insight. The Product Design segment also includes trend products for SMEs in the fashion market (WGSN Start) and the advanced color system Coloro. The Company’s Marketing segment includes events, services and tools to measure and optimize marketing creativity, media and platform effectiveness and efficiency. Its Retail & Financial Services segment includes events, data, and tools to improve performance in retail and financial services.
- Revenue in GBP (TTM)206.40m
- Net income in GBP4.20m
- Incorporated2016
- Employees703.00
- LocationAscential PLC33 KingswayLONDON WC2B 6UFUnited KingdomGBR
- Phone+44 207 516 5000
- Websitehttps://www.ascential.com/
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Mergers & acquisitions
| Acquired company | ASCL:LSE since announced | Transaction value |
|---|---|---|
| Contagious Communications Ltd | 45.63% | -- |
Data delayed at least 20 minutes, as of Apr 24 2024 16:35 BST.
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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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| Wincanton plc | 1.40bn | 25.90m | 748.51m | 20.30k | 28.59 | 24.62 | 10.01 | 0.5335 | 0.2102 | 0.2102 | 11.39 | 0.2441 | 2.15 | -- | 6.90 | 69,118.23 | 3.96 | 8.25 | 9.18 | 24.40 | -- | -- | 1.85 | 3.16 | 0.5608 | 5.05 | 0.8779 | 29.80 | 2.86 | 4.52 | -30.69 | 1.25 | 0.2744 | 5.92 |
| Trustpilot Group PLC | 141.68m | 5.71m | 800.83m | 889.00 | 164.23 | 16.15 | 61.98 | 5.65 | 0.0119 | 0.0119 | 0.3222 | 0.1208 | 1.25 | -- | 15.98 | 159,368.60 | 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 | 902.24m | 4.08k | 18.49 | 5.78 | 9.96 | 1.23 | 0.4906 | 0.4906 | 6.98 | 1.57 | 1.24 | -- | 4.40 | -- | 9.10 | -0.4683 | 15.24 | -0.7488 | 78.65 | 79.19 | 7.34 | -0.3861 | -- | 23.25 | 0.332 | -- | 1.97 | 21.95 | 3,159.83 | 30.67 | -2.31 | 15.22 |
| YouGov Plc | 270.00m | 22.60m | 1.01bn | 1.82k | 43.36 | 5.38 | 20.61 | 3.73 | 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 |
| Baltic Classifieds Group PLC | 57.44m | 23.23m | 1.12bn | 131.00 | 48.55 | 3.94 | 29.59 | 19.47 | 0.0471 | 0.0471 | 0.1164 | 0.5806 | 0.1622 | -- | 19.67 | 438,451.70 | 6.56 | -- | 6.75 | -- | -- | -- | 40.45 | -- | -- | 9.72 | 0.1412 | -- | 19.34 | -- | 2,025.92 | -- | -- | -- |
| Moneysupermarket.Com Group PLC | 432.10m | 72.70m | 1.16bn | 736.00 | 16.03 | 5.26 | 10.86 | 2.69 | 0.1349 | 0.1349 | 0.8015 | 0.4107 | 1.06 | -- | 6.05 | 587,092.40 | 17.76 | 20.01 | 26.26 | 26.92 | 67.67 | 68.12 | 16.73 | 19.14 | -- | 19.46 | 0.1324 | 88.35 | 11.48 | 3.97 | 6.44 | -3.44 | -10.73 | 1.83 |
| Ascential PLC | 206.40m | 4.20m | 1.40bn | 703.00 | 328.87 | 2.62 | 71.13 | 6.79 | 0.0096 | -0.4356 | 0.4694 | 1.20 | 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 | -- |
| Pagegroup PLC | 2.01bn | 77.07m | 1.44bn | 7.86k | 18.03 | 4.70 | 10.01 | 0.716 | 0.243 | 0.243 | 6.34 | 0.9327 | 2.68 | -- | 5.36 | 255,796.30 | 10.28 | 12.40 | 18.00 | 20.60 | 50.10 | 51.46 | 3.83 | 5.02 | -- | 94.45 | 0.2658 | 39.04 | 1.01 | 5.34 | -44.56 | -5.76 | 4.15 | 4.56 |
| Hays plc | 7.28bn | 83.90m | 1.44bn | 12.30k | 17.47 | 2.37 | 9.49 | 0.1979 | 0.052 | 0.052 | 4.54 | 0.3844 | 3.97 | -- | 6.49 | 558,042.80 | 4.58 | 6.19 | 9.47 | 12.33 | -- | 17.37 | 1.15 | 1.77 | -- | 25.41 | 0.3147 | 99.49 | 15.09 | 5.68 | -10.31 | -3.56 | 1.89 | -4.67 |
| Mitie Group PLC | 4.15bn | 98.70m | 1.60bn | 64.00k | 17.49 | 3.91 | 9.21 | 0.3855 | 0.0686 | 0.0686 | 2.89 | 0.3072 | 2.35 | 267.31 | 6.21 | 64,906.25 | 5.58 | 2.50 | 14.52 | 6.31 | 10.87 | 11.87 | 2.38 | 1.17 | 0.9133 | -- | 0.4104 | 48.13 | 1.07 | 14.20 | 191.05 | -- | 0.3205 | 7.06 |
| Serco Group plc | 4.87bn | 202.40m | 1.99bn | 46.21k | 10.19 | 1.94 | 5.23 | 0.4074 | 0.1786 | 0.1786 | 4.32 | 0.937 | 1.82 | 188.31 | 7.25 | 105,482.10 | 7.55 | 7.02 | 11.78 | 10.96 | 10.17 | 10.30 | 4.15 | 4.03 | 0.8451 | -- | 0.3896 | 14.06 | 7.49 | 11.43 | 30.24 | 24.60 | -6.89 | -- |
Data as of Apr 24 2024. Currency figures normalised to Ascential PLC's reporting currency: UK Pound GBX
46.94%Per cent of shares held by top holders
| Holder | Shares | % Held |
|---|---|---|
| JPMorgan Securities Plc (Market-Maker)as of 25 Mar 2024 | 27.41m | 6.15% |
| Liontrust Portfolio Management Ltd.as of 27 Mar 2023 | 22.45m | 5.04% |
| Ninety One UK Ltd.as of 27 Mar 2023 | 22.01m | 4.94% |
| Franklin Templeton Institutional LLCas of 27 Mar 2023 | 22.01m | 4.94% |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd.as of 02 Nov 2023 | 21.84m | 4.90% |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd.as of 14 Nov 2023 | 21.76m | 4.88% |
| AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd.as of 27 Mar 2023 | 20.70m | 4.65% |
| Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd.as of 20 Nov 2023 | 18.37m | 4.12% |
| T. Rowe Price International Ltd.as of 05 Apr 2024 | 18.22m | 4.09% |
| Janus Henderson Investors UK Ltd.as of 03 Nov 2023 | 14.39m | 3.23% |
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Data from 31 Dec 2023 - 02 Apr 2024Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
