IZH Stock Overview

Provides advertising and marketing communications services in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and the Americas. More details

IZH fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	4/6
Past Performance	3/6
Financial Health	5/6
Dividends	2/6

Rewards

Trading at 63.5% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 27.36% per year

Became profitable this year

Analysts in good agreement that stock price will rise by 37.8%

Risk Analysis

Large one-off items impacting financial results

My Notes

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M&C Saatchi plc Competitors

Verve Group

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€593.1m

SYZYGY

XTRA:SYZ

€35.6m

ad pepper media International

XTRA:APM

€43.7m

Ströer SE KGaA

XTRA:SAX

€2.6b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for M&C Saatchi
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£2.18
52 Week High	UK£2.52
52 Week Low	UK£1.77
Beta	1.27
1 Month Change	-2.68%
3 Month Change	-0.91%
1 Year Change	23.16%
3 Year Change	11.22%
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	17.84%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	IZH	DE Media	DE Market
7D	-0.9%	-1.5%	-0.2%
1Y	23.2%	-12.5%	7.0%

Return vs Industry: IZH exceeded the German Media industry which returned -12.5% over the past year.

Return vs Market: IZH exceeded the German Market which returned 7% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is IZH's price volatile compared to industry and market?
IZH volatility
IZH Average Weekly Movement	3.1%
Media Industry Average Movement	4.9%
Market Average Movement	4.9%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	11.7%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	2.4%

Stable Share Price: IZH has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: IZH's weekly volatility (3%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1995	2,706	Zaid Al-Qassab	www.mcsaatchiplc.com

M&C Saatchi plc provides advertising and marketing communications services in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and the Americas. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

M&C Saatchi plc Fundamentals Summary

How do M&C Saatchi's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
IZH fundamental statistics
Market cap	€262.42m
Earnings (TTM)	€13.22m
Revenue (TTM)	€543.59m

19.9x

P/E Ratio

0.5x

P/S Ratio

Is IZH overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
IZH income statement (TTM)
Revenue	UK£450.80m
Cost of Revenue	UK£365.41m
Gross Profit	UK£85.39m
Other Expenses	UK£74.43m
Earnings	UK£10.96m

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.09
Gross Margin	18.94%
Net Profit Margin	2.43%
Debt/Equity Ratio	54.1%

How did IZH perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

0.9%

Current Dividend Yield

18%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/26 08:35
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings	2024/06/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* 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.

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Analyst Sources

M&C Saatchi plc is covered by 6 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Richard Nunn	Charles Stanley Securities
Steven Craig Liechti	Numis Securities Ltd.
Ciaran Donnelly	Panmure Liberum