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Ascential plcLSE:ASCL Stock Report

Market Cap UK£1.2b
Share Price
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1Y157.0%
7D0.3%
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Ascential plc

LSE:ASCL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£1.2b

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Ascential (ASCL) 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

ASCL fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation0/6
Future Growth4/6
Past Performance2/6
Financial Health5/6
Dividends0/6

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Ascential
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUK£5.67
52 Week HighUK£5.87
52 Week LowUK£2.09
Beta1.22
1 Month Change-0.35%
3 Month Change60.26%
1 Year Change157.03%
3 Year Change44.57%
5 Year Change56.98%
Change since IPO183.50%

Recent News & Updates

Recent updates

Analysis Article Jul 24

Revenues Tell The Story For Ascential plc (LON:ASCL) As Its Stock Soars 33%

Those holding Ascential plc ( LON:ASCL ) shares would be relieved that the share price has rebounded 33% in the last...
Analysis Article Jul 21

Returns On Capital Signal Difficult Times Ahead For Ascential (LON:ASCL)

When we're researching a company, it's sometimes hard to find the warning signs, but there are some financial metrics...
Analysis Article Mar 29

We Think Ascential's (LON:ASCL) Healthy Earnings Might Be Conservative

Ascential plc's ( LON:ASCL ) solid earnings announcement recently didn't do much to the stock price. Our analysis...
Analysis Article Mar 22

Ascential plc's (LON:ASCL) Share Price Matching Investor Opinion

When you see that almost half of the companies in the Media industry in the United Kingdom have price-to-sales ratios...
Analysis Article Dec 21

Is There Now An Opportunity In Ascential plc (LON:ASCL)?

Ascential plc ( LON:ASCL ), is not the largest company out there, but it led the LSE gainers with a relatively large...
Analysis Article Nov 18

Does Ascential (LON:ASCL) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

Legendary fund manager Li Lu (who Charlie Munger backed) once said, 'The biggest investment risk is not the volatility...
Analysis Article Oct 31

Are Investors Undervaluing Ascential plc (LON:ASCL) By 41%?

Key Insights Ascential's estimated fair value is UK£4.52 based on 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity Ascential is...
Analysis Article Oct 02

Returns On Capital At Ascential (LON:ASCL) Paint A Concerning Picture

If you're looking for a multi-bagger, there's a few things to keep an eye out for. In a perfect world, we'd like to see...
Analysis Article Jul 12

Ascential plc's (LON:ASCL) Intrinsic Value Is Potentially 87% Above Its Share Price

Key Insights Using the 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity, Ascential fair value estimate is UK£4.08 Ascential's UK£2.18...
Analysis Article Apr 27

At UK£2.59, Is It Time To Put Ascential plc (LON:ASCL) On Your Watch List?

While Ascential plc ( LON:ASCL ) might not be the most widely known stock at the moment, it saw a significant share...
Analysis Article Apr 02

Analysts Have Made A Financial Statement On Ascential plc's (LON:ASCL) Full-Year Report

Shareholders might have noticed that Ascential plc ( LON:ASCL ) filed its annual result this time last week. The early...
Analysis Article Dec 08

Ascential plc (LON:ASCL) Shares Could Be 49% Below Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

Today we'll do a simple run through of a valuation method used to estimate the attractiveness of Ascential plc...
Analysis Article Oct 06

Ascential (LON:ASCL) Has A Pretty Healthy Balance Sheet

Some say volatility, rather than debt, is the best way to think about risk as an investor, but Warren Buffett famously...
Analysis Article Jun 02

Ascential (LON:ASCL) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly

David Iben put it well when he said, 'Volatility is not a risk we care about. What we care about is avoiding the...
Analysis Article Jan 06

Is There An Opportunity With Ascential plc's (LON:ASCL) 44% Undervaluation?

Today we will run through one way of estimating the intrinsic value of Ascential plc ( LON:ASCL ) by taking the...

Shareholder Returns

ASCLGB MediaGB Market
7D0.3%1.4%-0.6%
1Y157.0%-9.0%17.3%

Return vs Industry: ASCL exceeded the UK Media industry which returned 10.2% over the past year.

Return vs Market: ASCL exceeded the UK Market which returned 9.5% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is ASCL's price volatile compared to industry and market?
ASCL volatility
ASCL Average Weekly Movement9.1%
Media Industry Average Movement5.6%
Market Average Movement5.7%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market11.8%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market3.2%

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

Volatility Over Time: ASCL's weekly volatility (9%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of UK 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?
ASCL fundamental statistics
Market capUK£1.16b
Earnings (TTM)UK£39.80m
Revenue (TTM)UK£228.10m
29.1x
P/E Ratio
5.1x
P/S Ratio

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
ASCL 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 ASCL perform over the long term?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/10/08 05:07
End of Day Share Price 2024/10/08 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.

Analysis Model and Snowflake

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Ascential plc is covered by 12 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.

AnalystInstitution
Jeffrey MeulerBaird
Nicholas Michael DempseyBarclays
Charles BedouelleBNP Paribas