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Ascential DB:A040 Stock Report

Last Price

€6.70

Market Cap

€1.4b

7D

0%

1Y

56.4%

Updated

09 Oct, 2024

Data

Company Financials +

Ascential plc

DB:A040 Stock Report

Market Cap: €1.4b

A040 Stock Overview

Provides specialist information, analytics, and e-commerce optimization platforms in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the United States, Canada, China, rest of the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. More details

A040 fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation0/6
Future Growth1/6
Past Performance2/6
Financial Health5/6
Dividends0/6

Risk Analysis

Highly volatile share price over the past 3 months compared to the German market

Profit margins (17.4%) are lower than last year

Significant insider selling over the past 3 months


My Notes

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Ascential plc Competitors

Ströer SE KGaA

XTRA:SAX

€3.1b

Verve Group

XTRA:M8G

€497.9m

ad pepper media International

XTRA:APM

€43.0m

SYZYGY

XTRA:SYZ

€39.2m

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Ascential
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUK£6.70
52 Week HighUK£6.90
52 Week LowUK£3.68
Beta1.22
1 Month Change0.75%
3 Month Change61.84%
1 Year Change56.40%
3 Year Change-13.38%
5 Year Change-5.03%
Change since IPO41.01%

Recent News & Updates

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

A040DE MediaDE Market
7D0%4.5%-0.7%
1Y56.4%-7.7%10.1%

Return vs Industry: A040 exceeded the German Media industry which returned 8.3% over the past year.

Return vs Market: A040 exceeded the German Market which returned 10.8% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is A040's price volatile compared to industry and market?
A040 volatility
A040 Average Weekly Movement11.3%
Media Industry Average Movement5.5%
Market Average Movement4.8%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market11.6%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market2.4%

Stable Share Price: A040's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: A040's weekly volatility (11%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of German stocks.

About the Company

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
1887700Phil Thomaswww.ascential.com

Ascential plc provides specialist information, analytics, and e-commerce optimization platforms in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the United States, Canada, China, rest of the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. The company operates in two segments, Marketing and Financial Technology. The Marketing segment conducts events, as well as offers intelligence and advisory services for marketing champion activities.

Ascential plc Fundamentals Summary

How do Ascential's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
A040 fundamental statistics
Market cap€1.42b
Earnings (TTM)€47.52m
Revenue (TTM)€272.32m

29.9x

P/E Ratio

5.2x

P/S Ratio

Is A040 overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
A040 income statement (TTM)
RevenueUK£228.10m
Cost of RevenueUK£86.20m
Gross ProfitUK£141.90m
Other ExpensesUK£102.10m
EarningsUK£39.80m

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)0.19
Gross Margin62.21%
Net Profit Margin17.45%
Debt/Equity Ratio0%

How did A040 perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/10/09 13:58
End of Day Share Price 2024/10/09 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

Analysis Model and Snowflake

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Ascential plc is covered by 14 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jeffrey MeulerBaird
Nicholas Michael DempseyBarclays
Nicholas Michael DempseyBarclays