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Ascential plc

Ascential plc

ASCL.L
Ascential plcGB flagLondon Stock Exchange
567.50
GBp
+0.50
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1.17BMarket Cap
Ascential plc
ASCL.L
(London Stock Exchange)

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price

567.50

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2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
FRC
1.07
1.15
1.33
1.09
1.4
1.24
1.48
1.61
0.98
1.42
0.74
0.47
Revenue per Share
0.32
0.01
0.08
-0.11
0.07
0.08
0.89
0.03
-0.6
0.91
-0.37
-0.44
Basic EPS, GAAP
0.22
0.24
0.28
0.29
0.37
0.37
0.23
0.29
-0.07
0.03
0.07
-0.11
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
- -
- -
- -
- -
0.03
0.08
0.1
0.1
- -
- -
- -
- -
Dividend per Share
0.51
0.51
0.6
-1.15
0.99
0.91
1.72
1.69
1.04
1.94
1.51
0.49
Book Value per Share
-2.15
-2.33
-2.32
-3.94
-1.36
-1.82
-1.02
-0.97
-1.25
-0.3
-0.78
0.79
Tangible Book Value per Share
235
235
235
235
213
235
235
236
236
245
259
439
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
252
271
313
257
300
293
348
380
230
349
191
206
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
0.36
6.52
7.23
13.13
17.62
21.78
15.9
11.36
-12.4
8.85
16.11
17.01
Operating Margin (%)
38
38
44
47
46
37
50
58
57
54
60
50
Depreciation Expense
75
2
20
-25
16
18
209
8
-140
223
-96
-191
Net Income, GAAP
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
40.2
30.8
- -
- -
- -
32.26
45.28
Effective Tax Rate (%)
29.88
0.55
6.33
-9.86
5.21
6.15
60.03
2.08
-61.03
63.87
-50.42
-92.68
Profit Margin (%)
38
-106
-120
-56
5
-87
80
-5
-53
-6
-22
675
Working Capital
496
408
410
860
286
317
312
300
323
176
321
420
LT Debt
114
113
136
-269
361
343
546
532
371
806
752
550
Total Equity
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
5.72
4.95
- -
- -
- -
1.99
1.85
Return on Invested Capital (%)
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
4.67
34.59
- -
- -
- -
-11.48
-25.93
Return on Capital (%)
- -
1.25
15.15
- -
- -
8.46
67.63
1.97
-43.6
61.83
-22.24
-63.24
Return on Common Equity (%)

Capital Structure

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Working Capital

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Growth Rates

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in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
-40.56%
10.15%
-26.92%
Free Cash Flow
-45.29%
-91.87%
-385.55%
Net Income, GAAP
-36.78%
-455.19%
98.44%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
1.5%
-3.16%
7.95%
Total Cash Common Dividend
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Revenue

FRC

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in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2021
- -
- -
- -
- -
349
2022
- -
- -
- -
- -
191
2023
- -
- -
- -
- -
206

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

FRC

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in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2021
- -
- -
- -
- -
0.91
2022
- -
- -
- -
- -
-0.37
2023
- -
- -
- -
- -
-0.44

Quarterly Dividends Per Share

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in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2021
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2022
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2023
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Business
Ascential Ltd, formerly Ascential plc, provides events, intelligence, and advisory services for the marketing and financial technology industries; its core offerings include the Marketing segment with Lions, featuring awards, festivals, subscriptions, and advisory products as the global benchmark for creativity in branded communications; Contagious, a creative and strategic intelligence firm aiding agencies and brands; Acuity, focused on improving creative impact and marketing effectiveness; and the Financial Technology segment with Money20/20 events and intelligence serving the global money ecosystem; supplemented by WARC for effectiveness strategies, subscription tools, and industry-specific insights. The company, founded in 2016 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, previously operated additional segments including Digital Commerce, Product Design, and Retail & Financial Services providing specialist information, analytics, and e-commerce optimization platforms across the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the United States, Canada, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. In recent major changes, Ascential completed a strategic transformation into a premium events-led business by divesting its Digital Commerce and Product Design divisions; received a recommended cash offer from Informa plc valuing the company at approximately 1.2 billion pounds, leading to acquisition and delisting from the London Stock Exchange in October 2024; acquired the commercial assets of Effie in August 2024 to bolster its marketing portfolio; and secured a 225 million pounds revolving credit facility with an option for 75 million pounds more to support growth and potential M&A.