ASCL — Ascential Share Price
Last trade - 00:00- £1.41bn
- £1.81bn
- £206.40m
- 28
- 11
- 91
- 36
Growth & Value
| 12m Forecast Rolling | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE Ratio (f) | 21.49 | ||
| PEG Ratio (f) | 0.3 | ||
| EPS Growth (f) | 249.26% | ||
| Dividend Yield (f) | n/a | ||
| Valuation (ttm) | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price to Book Value | 2.66 | ||
| Price to Tang. Book | 4.33 | ||
| Price to Free Cashflow | n/a | ||
| Price to Sales | 6.82 | ||
| EV to EBITDA | 40.62 | ||
Shareholder Activity
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Quality
| Name | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on Capital | 3.13% | ||
| Return on Equity | 0.67% | ||
| Operating Margin | 14.87% | ||
Financial Summary
| Year End 31st Dec | Unit | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024E | 2025E | CAGR / Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue | £m | 380.3 | 229.9 | 349.3 | 191.2 | 206.4 | 316.94 | 336.38 | -9.95% |
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| EPS Growth | % | +25.27 | -56.33 | +14.27 | -12.72 | -87.77 | +1742.21 | +45.89 | n/a |
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Other Ratios
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Recent History
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Profile Summary
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.
Directors
- Scott Forbes NEC (63)
- Duncan Painter CEO
- Mandy Gradden CFO
- Natasha Christie-Miller CEX
- Philip Thomas CEX
- Paul Harrison COO (55)
- Louise Meads SEC
- Suzanne Baxter NID
- Rita Clifton NID (60)
- Joanne Harris NID
- Funke Ighodaro NID
- Gillian Kent NID
- Charles Song NID
- Judy Vezmar NID
- Last Annual
- December 31st, 2023
- Last Interim
- December 31st, 2023
- Incorporated
- January 4th, 2016
- Public Since
- February 9th, 2016
- No. of Employees
- 703
- Sector
- Media & Publishing
- Industry
- Consumer Cyclicals
- Exchange
- London Stock Exchange
- Shares in Issue
- 445,693,558
- Address
- 33 Kingsway, LONDON, WC2B 6UF
- Web
- https://www.ascential.com/
- Phone
- +44 2075165000
- Contact
- Rory Elliott
- Auditors
- KPMG LLP
Latest News for ASCL
Upcoming Events for ASCL
Ascential PLC Annual Shareholders Meeting
Ascential PLC Annual Shareholders Meeting
Half Year 2024 Ascential PLC Earnings Release
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FAQ
As of Today at 19:02 UTC, shares in Ascential are trading at 316.00p. This share price information is delayed by 15 minutes.
Shares in Ascential last closed at 316.00p and the price had moved by +32% over the past 365 days. In terms of relative price strength the Ascential share price has outperformed the FTSE All Share Index by +29.72% over the past year.
The overall consensus recommendation for Ascential is Buy. You can view the full broker recommendation list by unlocking its StockReport.
Ascential does not currently pay a dividend.
Ascential does not currently pay a dividend.
Ascential does not currently pay a dividend.
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As of the previous close price of 316.00p, shares in Ascential had a market capitalisation of £1.41bn.
Here are the trading details for Ascential:
- Country of listing: United Kingdom
- Exchange: LSE
- Ticker Symbol: ASCL
Based on an overall assessment of its quality, value and momentum Ascential is currently classified as a Momentum Trap. The classification is based on a composite score that examines a wide range of fundamental and technical measures. Stock are classified on the the following spectrum: Super Stocks, High Flyers, Contrarians, Turnarounds, Neutral, Value Traps, Momentum Traps, Falling Stars, and Sucker Stocks. For more information, learn about our StockRank Styles.
The analyst consensus target price for shares in Ascential is 327.50p. That is 3.64% above the last closing price of 316.00p.
Analysts covering Ascential currently have a consensus Earnings Per Share (EPS) forecast of £0.13 for the next financial year.
An important predictor of whether a stock price will go up is its track record of momentum. Price trends tend to persist, so it's worth looking at them when it comes to a share like Ascential. Over the past six months, its share price has outperformed the FTSE All Share Index by +33.81%.
As of the last closing price of 316.00p, shares in Ascential were trading +22.62% higher than their 200 day moving average. You can read more about the power of momentum in assessing share price movements on Stockopedia.
The Ascential PE ratio based on its reported earnings over the past 12 months is 21.49. The shares last closed at 316.00p.
The PE ratio (or price-to-earnings ratio) is the one of the most popular valuation measures used by stock market investors. It is calculated by dividing a company's price per share by its earnings per share.
The PE ratio can be seen as being expressed in years, in the sense that it shows the number of years of earnings which would be required to pay back the purchase price, ignoring inflation. So in general terms, the higher the PE, the more expensive the stock is.
Ascential's management team is headed by:
- Scott Forbes - NEC
- Duncan Painter - CEO
- Mandy Gradden - CFO
- Natasha Christie-Miller - CEX
- Philip Thomas - CEX
- Paul Harrison - COO
- Louise Meads - SEC
- Suzanne Baxter - NID
- Rita Clifton - NID
- Joanne Harris - NID
- Funke Ighodaro - NID
- Gillian Kent - NID
- Charles Song - NID
- Judy Vezmar - NID