Ascential (ASCL)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 250

333.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      3.50p
  • 52 Week High: 548.08
  • 52 Week Low: 317.50
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 206.01m
  • Volume: 1,307,397
  • Market Cap: £686.02m
  • RiskGrade: 204

Cash Flow

  £ (Millions) £ (Millions) £ (Millions) £ (Millions) £ (Millions)
Cash Flow Statement 31-Dec-23 31-Dec-22 31-Dec-21 31-Dec-20 31-Dec-19
           
Net Cash Flow From Operating Activities (8.20) 53.20 29.90 1.20 87.20
ROI, Servicing of Finance          
Assocs/JV Dividends Received bn/a bn/a bn/a bn/a bn/a
Interests & Other Dividends Received n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Interest Paid bn/a bn/a bn/a bn/a bn/a
Minorities & Non-Equity Divs Paid bn/a bn/a bn/a bn/a bn/a
  n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
           
Taxation Paid bn/a bn/a bn/a bn/a bn/a
           
Gross Cash Flow bn/a bn/a bn/a bn/a bn/a
           
Capital Expd & Financial Inv          
Interests & Other Dividends Received n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Disposal of Property, Plant & Equipment n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Disposal of Investments 24.90 5.90 342.40 55.10 n/a
Purchase of Property, Plant & Equipment n/a n/a n/a (17.40) n/a
Purchase of Investments (10.40) (64.80) (239.30) n/a (64.50)
Net Purchase of Intangible Assets (41.20) (35.90) (23.30) n/a (18.50)
Other Investing Cash Flow (46.60) (68.50) (94.90) (65.50) (39.40)
  (73.30) (163.30) (15.10) (27.80) (122.40)
Financing Activities          
Dividends Paid n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Repayments of Borrowings (55.60) (53.80) (336.90) (294.70) (9.00)
Borrowings 170.10 169.50 180.70 311.50 n/a
Other Financing Cash Flow (20.90) (12.40) 144.30 (19.90) (5.00)
  93.60 103.30 (11.90) (3.10) (14.00)
Net Increase/Decrease In Cash 9.90 (9.60) 2.40 (29.70) (72.10)


Key Financials 31-Dec-23 31-Dec-22 31-Dec-21 31-Dec-20 31-Dec-19
           
Shares in Issue - Year End 444.77 440.21 439.21 402.79 403.27
           
Financial Data          
Cash Incr/Decr per Share 2.25p (2.18p) 0.006p (7.41p) (17.96p)
Operating Cash Flow per Share (1.87p) 12.09p 7.17p n/a 21.72p
Gross Cash Flow per Share bn/a bn/a bn/a bn/a bn/a
           
Market Data          
Price/Operating Cash Flow (267.2) 28.3 95.5 216,004.2 30.7

Key

* GAAP

a. Operating activities before tax

b. Not disclosed under IFRS

c. Not previously included in financing activities

d. Based on operating cash flow before tax

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

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