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Ascential plc is a United Kingdom-based company, which provides events, intelligence and advisory services for the marketing and financial technology industries. Its segments include Marketing and Financial Technology. Marketing segment includes events, intelligence and advisory that champion creative marketing that matters through improving creative impact and marketing effectiveness. Marketing segment includes Lions, Contagious and Acuity. Lions, through its awards and festival, as well as its subscription and advisory products, is the global benchmark for creativity in the branded communications industry. Contagious is a creative and strategic intelligence firm that helps agencies and brands improve their marketing by learning from the world's most creative and effective companies and campaigns. Financial Technology segment includes events and intelligence that improve performance for the global money ecosystem. Its Money20/20 division serves the financial technology industry.
- Revenue in GBP (TTM)228.10m
- Net income in GBP39.80m
- Incorporated2016
- Employees703.00
- LocationAscential PLC2nd Floor, 81-87 High HolbornLONDON WC1V 6DFUnited KingdomGBR
- Phone+44 203 657 8950
- Websitehttps://www.ascential.com/
Mergers & acquisitions
| Acquired company | ASCL:LSE since announced | Transaction value |
|---|---|---|
| Effie Worldwide Inc | -0.53% | -- |
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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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| M&C Saatchi Plc | 450.80m | 10.96m | 232.29m | 2.71k | 21.78 | 6.71 | 11.28 | 0.5153 | 0.0873 | 0.0873 | 3.62 | 0.2832 | 1.73 | -- | 3.50 | 166,590.90 | 4.44 | -0.762 | 11.86 | -2.26 | 56.07 | 62.28 | 2.57 | -0.5523 | -- | 5.42 | 0.652 | -- | -1.86 | 1.69 | -4,021.11 | -- | -20.03 | -31.94 |
| S4 Capital PLC | 916.90m | 0.00 | 258.09m | 7.71k | 1,621.54 | 0.2948 | 3.46 | 0.2815 | 0.0003 | 0.0003 | 1.37 | 1.43 | 0.5345 | -- | 2.51 | 118,969.80 | 0.00 | -3.52 | 0.00 | -4.85 | 87.66 | 83.95 | 0.00 | -7.11 | -- | 1.00 | 0.2898 | -- | -5.42 | 79.13 | 96.24 | -- | 40.22 | -- |
| Nexxen International Ltd | 254.50m | -1.45m | 397.29m | 895.00 | -- | 1.05 | 7.27 | 1.56 | -0.0118 | -0.0118 | 1.90 | 2.80 | 0.4066 | -- | 1.84 | 284,355.50 | -0.2311 | 2.52 | -0.3147 | 3.53 | 81.81 | 71.44 | -0.5684 | 5.36 | -- | 2.87 | 0.0619 | 0.00 | -0.9715 | 3.70 | -194.50 | -- | 46.53 | -- |
| Next 15 Group PLC | 733.84m | 60.78m | 437.99m | 4.34k | 7.79 | 2.59 | 4.44 | 0.5969 | 0.557 | 0.557 | 6.78 | 1.67 | 1.28 | -- | 4.01 | 169,086.60 | 10.87 | -0.4683 | 18.50 | -0.7488 | 78.79 | 79.19 | 8.49 | -0.3861 | -- | 15.54 | 0.4396 | -- | 1.97 | 21.95 | 3,159.83 | 30.67 | -2.31 | 15.22 |
| YouGov Plc | 270.00m | 22.60m | 534.79m | 1.82k | 22.83 | 2.83 | 10.94 | 1.98 | 0.2006 | 0.2006 | 2.35 | 1.62 | 0.6525 | -- | 4.04 | 148,351.60 | 5.53 | 8.53 | 8.04 | 12.54 | 85.63 | 84.54 | 8.48 | 9.31 | -- | -- | 0.551 | 39.07 | 16.82 | 17.25 | 101.75 | 33.43 | 16.28 | 23.87 |
| Ascential PLC | 228.10m | 39.80m | 1.16bn | 703.00 | 30.75 | 4.95 | 56.38 | 5.07 | 0.1836 | 1.45 | 0.9363 | 1.14 | 0.2445 | 40.09 | 3.34 | 324,466.60 | 4.47 | -2.62 | 6.47 | -3.70 | 62.21 | 63.25 | 18.28 | -12.86 | 0.8957 | 3.43 | 0.0408 | -- | 7.95 | -9.95 | -83.91 | -26.81 | 17.11 | -- |
| 4imprint Group plc | 1.02bn | 83.65m | 1.47bn | 1.59k | 17.58 | 13.25 | 16.63 | 1.44 | 2.97 | 2.97 | 36.19 | 3.94 | 5.42 | -- | 17.41 | 640,167.50 | 44.48 | 29.87 | 84.47 | 50.01 | -- | 35.94 | 8.20 | 5.45 | 1.64 | -- | 0.0751 | 100.24 | 16.33 | 12.43 | 32.51 | 24.72 | 28.21 | 25.90 |
| Holder | Shares | % Held |
|---|---|---|
| JNE Partners LLPas of 23 Jul 2024 | 12.29m | 6.03% |
| FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Ltd.as of 25 Jul 2024 | 11.23m | 5.51% |
| Morgan Stanley Investment Management Ltd.as of 11 Sep 2024 | 10.52m | 5.16% |
| BNP Paribas Financial Marketsas of 19 Sep 2024 | 8.63m | 4.24% |
| The Vanguard Group, Inc.as of 18 Sep 2024 | 8.22m | 4.04% |
| Barclays Investment Solutions Ltd.as of 18 Sep 2024 | 7.84m | 3.85% |
| Soci�t� G�n�rale Gestion SAas of 19 Sep 2024 | 6.50m | 3.19% |
| Janus Henderson Investors UK Ltd.as of 19 Sep 2024 | 6.29m | 3.09% |
| M&G Investment Management Ltd.as of 17 Sep 2024 | 6.06m | 2.97% |
| Blacksheep Fund Management Ltdas of 24 Jul 2024 | 5.89m | 2.89% |
