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ASCL.LSE Ascential plc
LSE GBP Communication Services
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As of 29 Dec 2024
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Market facts
- Market cap
- 1B
- P/E ratio
- 47.25
- Analyst target
- 414.36
- Dividend yield
- 0.0%
- Beta
- 0.8
Profile
Instrument facts
- Exchange
- LSE
- Currency
- GBP
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Advertising Agencies
- ISIN
- GB00BYM8GJ06
- Market cap
- 1B
- P/E ratio
- 47.25
- Analyst target
- 414.36
- Dividend yield
- 0.0%
- Beta
- 0.8
About
About Ascential plc
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. The Financial Technology segment provides events and intelligence that improves performance and innovation for various customers, including payments, banks, technology companies, venture capitalists, startups, and regulators, as well as merchants, retailers, and brands. It offers data, analytics, and insights platforms, which provide actionable intelligence to drive informed strategic decisions; and advisory and training services that help customers in industry trends and best practices. The company was formerly known as Trident Floatco PLC and changed its name to Ascential plc in January 2016. Ascential plc was founded in 1887 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.
Research context
Ascential plc appears in PyInvesting’s London Stock catalogue. The price history above describes this recorded instrument; it does not by itself identify a company’s business or establish a continuous investment return.
- Currency
- GBP
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Advertising Agencies
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5 years, 6 months ago
Ascential plc is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 16.3% above its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 49.2% cheaper than other stocks from the Communication Services sector with a price to sales ratio of 5.2.
Ascential plc's total revenue sank by 0.0% to $90M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has dropped by 0.0% to $-7M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow fell by 240.5% to $-14M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, Ascential plc gets an overall score of 2/5.