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Keywords Studios Plc is an international technical services provider to the global video games industry. The Company provides integrated Art Creation, Marketing, Game Development, Audio, Functional Testing, Localization, Localization Testing and Player Support services. The Art Creation service creates graphical art assets for video games. Marketing services include brand campaign strategies, game trailers and marketing art and materials. Game Development provides external development services to game developers and publishers. Audio service provides multi language voice-over, original voice recording, music and sound design service. Functional Testing provides discovery and documentation of game defects and testing services. Localization service provides translation of in game text, audio scripts, cultural and local adaptation, accreditation, packaging and marketing materials over 50 languages. Player Support service provides multi-lingual services across all forms of social media.
- Revenue in GBP (TTM)532.60m
- Net income in GBP41.81m
- Incorporated2013
- Employees9.49k
- LocationKeywords Studios PLCSouth County Business ParkWhelan House, LeopardstownDUBLIN D18 T9P8IrelandIRL
- Phone+353 19022730
- Fax+353 19022774
- Websitehttps://www.keywordsstudios.com/
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Mergers & acquisitions
| Acquired company | KWS:LSE since announced | Transaction value |
|---|---|---|
| 47 Communications LLC | 3.10% | -- |
| Helpshift Inc | -0.68% | 75.00m |
| Smoking Gun Interactive Inc | 24.60% | 29.94m |
| Mighty Games Group Pty Ltd | 19.41% | 6.92m |
| Forgotten Empires LLC | 23.03% | 32.50m |
Data delayed at least 20 minutes, as of Feb 03 2023 16:45 GMT.
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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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| Paradox Interactive AB (publ) | 140.41m | 49.63m | 1.57bn | 654.00 | 31.74 | 9.53 | 18.71 | 11.21 | 5.96 | 5.96 | 16.87 | 19.87 | 0.6782 | -- | 11.64 | 2,473,524.00 | 23.97 | 21.66 | 29.85 | 27.64 | 56.29 | 61.42 | 35.35 | 26.75 | -- | 263.13 | 0.0666 | 30.50 | -19.31 | 17.23 | -49.49 | 0.6025 | 41.97 | 0.00 |
| Nagarro SE | 705.16m | 62.93m | 1.66bn | 13.68k | 28.15 | 10.39 | 18.15 | 2.35 | 4.77 | 4.77 | 56.81 | 12.92 | 1.44 | 572.91 | 5.23 | 57,541.43 | 12.88 | -- | 18.25 | -- | 90.32 | -- | 8.92 | -- | 1.72 | 8.53 | 0.6092 | -- | 26.88 | -- | 62.64 | -- | -- | -- |
| Netcompany Group A/S | 667.13m | 72.60m | 1.69bn | 6.91k | 23.10 | 3.92 | 16.06 | 2.54 | 12.17 | 12.17 | 111.96 | 71.71 | 0.7801 | -- | 5.17 | 802,873.80 | 8.48 | 8.76 | 10.57 | 10.44 | 31.97 | 36.76 | 10.87 | 12.52 | -- | 12.11 | 0.3826 | 2.37 | 52.66 | 31.39 | 4.73 | 33.63 | 43.64 | -- |
| Darktrace PLC | 344.77m | 1.21m | 1.77bn | 2.00k | 4,571.40 | 6.61 | 59.53 | 5.13 | 0.0005 | 0.0005 | 0.5268 | 0.3732 | 0.6468 | -- | 5.40 | 172,385.60 | 0.2268 | -- | 0.402 | -- | 89.21 | -- | 0.3507 | -- | -- | 1.60 | 0.1687 | -- | 45.73 | -- | 101.00 | -- | -- | -- |
| Plus500 Ltd | 733.47m | 323.29m | 1.79bn | 461.00 | 5.99 | 2.83 | 5.49 | 2.44 | 3.21 | 3.21 | 7.27 | 6.79 | 0.9595 | -- | 29.37 | 1,591,039.00 | 42.29 | 75.90 | 54.97 | 87.62 | 92.93 | -- | 44.08 | 49.66 | -- | -- | 0.0062 | 53.33 | -17.63 | 16.99 | -37.89 | 21.51 | -16.34 | 9.63 |
| Kainos Group PLC | 340.15m | 37.64m | 1.97bn | 2.69k | 52.85 | 16.73 | 44.30 | 5.79 | 0.2992 | 0.2992 | 2.70 | 0.9451 | 1.60 | -- | 4.73 | 126,357.40 | 17.69 | 21.75 | 34.22 | 39.24 | 46.05 | 47.53 | 11.07 | 12.71 | -- | -- | 0.0218 | 63.47 | 28.95 | 29.37 | -9.68 | 27.98 | 48.24 | 28.65 |
| TeamViewer AG | 490.43m | 63.86m | 2.07bn | 1.36k | 32.87 | 24.55 | 18.51 | 4.21 | 0.3765 | 0.3765 | 2.93 | 0.5041 | 0.4158 | -- | 45.90 | 370,765.10 | 5.41 | 3.38 | 7.60 | 5.14 | 85.81 | 84.33 | 13.02 | 10.06 | -- | 4.83 | 0.8768 | -- | 9.98 | 40.46 | -51.42 | -- | 22.58 | -- |
| Softwareone Holding AG | -2.59bn | 18.89m | 2.14bn | 8.89k | 111.61 | 3.12 | 30.63 | -- | 0.1348 | 0.1348 | -18.63 | 4.82 | -0.8278 | -- | -- | -331,481.00 | 0.6104 | 5.12 | 2.21 | 17.68 | -- | 18.54 | -- | 3.28 | -- | 14.21 | 0.2919 | 24.40 | 15.85 | -20.52 | -32.11 | 46.95 | 25.54 | -- |
| CompuGroup Medical SE & Co KgaA | 968.36m | 64.52m | 2.20bn | 9.32k | 32.83 | 3.52 | 13.20 | 2.27 | 1.39 | 1.39 | 20.93 | 12.98 | 0.5802 | 25.31 | 5.66 | 125,761.30 | 3.88 | 6.01 | 4.76 | 7.62 | 35.53 | 39.06 | 6.68 | 8.62 | 1.07 | -- | 0.5424 | 35.54 | 22.46 | 12.85 | -5.77 | 9.14 | 12.52 | 7.39 |
| Keywords Studios PLC | 532.60m | 41.81m | 2.29bn | 9.49k | 55.72 | 4.76 | 29.25 | 4.31 | 0.5272 | 0.5272 | 6.71 | 6.17 | 0.8678 | -- | 6.65 | 56,104.30 | 6.80 | 4.94 | 8.61 | 6.28 | 39.26 | 37.97 | 7.84 | 5.43 | -- | -- | 0.0635 | 5.11 | 37.12 | 39.61 | 58.57 | 40.36 | 53.54 | 10.39 |
| Ubisoft Entertainment SA | 1.89bn | -100.21m | 2.37bn | 20.73k | -- | 1.47 | 3.81 | 1.25 | -0.9879 | -0.9879 | 16.76 | 14.29 | 0.4301 | 4.93 | 6.94 | 101,867.90 | -2.29 | 1.63 | -3.13 | 2.31 | 88.24 | 84.52 | -5.33 | 3.15 | 1.27 | 10.38 | 0.5502 | 0.00 | -4.43 | 7.80 | -23.28 | -6.01 | 7.59 | -- |
| SimCorp A/S | 461.21m | 80.00m | 2.45bn | 2.17k | 30.49 | 8.35 | 26.24 | 5.31 | 16.50 | 16.50 | 95.96 | 60.26 | 1.01 | -- | 1.72 | 1,918,539.00 | 17.46 | 25.12 | 23.92 | 35.85 | 57.12 | 61.89 | 17.35 | 20.57 | -- | -- | 0.1325 | -- | 8.84 | 9.92 | 24.63 | 12.51 | -22.89 | -- |
| Softcat PLC | 1.08bn | 110.41m | 2.60bn | 1.92k | 23.58 | 12.31 | 22.64 | 2.41 | 0.5531 | 0.5531 | 5.40 | 1.06 | 1.84 | 34.50 | 2.67 | 561,137.90 | 18.88 | 19.63 | 54.23 | 57.18 | 30.35 | 25.92 | 10.24 | 8.58 | 1.41 | 136,145.00 | 0.0306 | 79.44 | 37.48 | 5.30 | 14.78 | 22.45 | 29.02 | 21.57 |
| Ovh Groupe SA | 705.70m | -25.57m | 2.62bn | 2.66k | -- | 6.25 | 12.18 | 3.71 | -0.1516 | -0.1516 | 4.14 | 2.46 | 0.5848 | -- | 21.23 | 296,574.30 | -2.12 | -- | -2.96 | -- | 80.32 | -- | -3.62 | -- | -- | 2.29 | 0.5632 | -- | 18.80 | -- | 11.72 | -- | -- | -- |
| Fortnox AB | 93.34m | 24.73m | 2.77bn | 657.00 | 111.97 | 29.64 | 80.65 | 29.66 | 0.5152 | 0.5152 | 1.94 | 1.95 | 0.6643 | -- | 18.67 | 1,989,252.00 | 17.61 | 21.06 | 23.20 | 34.98 | 99.41 | 91.89 | 26.51 | 25.29 | -- | 32.77 | 0.2379 | 22.53 | 34.34 | 37.69 | 17.37 | 49.25 | 34.09 | 31.95 |
| CD Projekt SA | 170.20m | 56.95m | 2.81bn | 1.24k | 49.45 | 7.40 | 34.56 | 16.50 | 2.97 | 2.97 | 8.86 | 19.84 | 0.4095 | 13.89 | 9.43 | 749,640.40 | 13.70 | 23.28 | 15.43 | 27.38 | 75.94 | 75.05 | 33.46 | 42.15 | 5.71 | -- | 0.0303 | 38.23 | -58.47 | 8.75 | -81.84 | -3.57 | -16.19 | -0.9711 |
Data as of Feb 03 2023. Currency figures normalised to Keywords Studios PLC's reporting currency: UK Pound GBX
36.13%Per cent of shares held by top holders
| Holder | Shares | % Held |
|---|---|---|
| Octopus Investments Ltd.as of 28 Feb 2022 | 3.85m | 4.94% |
| Liontrust Investment Partners LLPas of 10 Jun 2022 | 3.81m | 4.90% |
| Franklin Templeton Institutional LLCas of 17 May 2022 | 3.77m | 4.84% |
| Capital Research & Management Co. (World Investors)as of 11 Feb 2021 | 3.39m | 4.36% |
| T. Rowe Price International Ltd.as of 28 Feb 2022 | 2.67m | 3.42% |
| Swedbank Robur Fonder ABas of 12 Jan 2023 | 2.36m | 3.03% |
| TimesSquare Capital Management LLCas of 31 Dec 2020 | 2.29m | 2.94% |
| Kabouter Management LLCas of 17 Dec 2021 | 2.21m | 2.83% |
| abrdn Investment Management Ltd.as of 28 Feb 2022 | 2.06m | 2.65% |
| Comgest SAas of 31 Oct 2022 | 1.72m | 2.21% |
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Data from 30 Sep 2022 - 31 Jan 2023Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
