Ascential (ASCL)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 250

 312.60p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.000p
  • 52 Week High: 316.40
  • 52 Week Low: 188.30
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 445.69m
  • Volume: 1,180,172
  • Market Cap: £1,393.24m
  • RiskGrade: 204

Ascential Overview

Ascential is a business-to-business media business specialising in exhibitions & festivals and information services. It organises large scale exhibitions, congresses and festivals where customers come together to form business relationships and transact. In Information Services, it provides high quality, industry-specific business intelligence and forecasting via digital subscription products.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 0.0% 0.0%
Div Cover n/a n/a
Op Mrgn 14.9% 24.5%
ROCE 4.0%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 61.3 24.3
PEG n/a 0.2
Pr/Revenue 6.8 4.4
Pr/Book 2.5  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 7.9% 53.6%
PBT -57.3% 631.6%
EPS -30.1% 155.0%
DPS n/a n/a

Ascential Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-19 380.30 (7.90) 15.10p 25.9 n/a -3% 1.80p 0.5%
31-Dec-20 229.90 (189.10) (3.10)p n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-21 349.30 (39.60) 9.50p 42.4 n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-22 191.20 24.80 7.30p 27.6 n/a -23% n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-23 206.40 10.60 5.10p 57.5 n/a -30% n/a 0.0%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Ascential Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-24 316.94 77.55 13.01p 24.0 0.2 +155% n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-25 336.38 69.84 18.97p 16.5 0.4 +46% 4.08p 0.0%
31-Dec-26 234.50 74.52 20.90p 15.0 1.5 +10% 7.36p 0.0%

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Ascential Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 11-Apr-2024 10:12 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 10-Apr-2024 13:48 RNS
Notice of AGM 10-Apr-2024 10:32 RNS

Ascential ShareCast News

London close: Stocks manage gains ahead of US pa... 04-Apr-2024 ShareCast
FTSE 250 movers: Media stocks Future and Ascenti... 04-Apr-2024 ShareCast
Ascential lays out plans to return £850m to shar... 04-Apr-2024 ShareCast

Latest Ascential Director Deals

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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: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Ascential Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 312.60p
Change Today 0.000p
% Change 0.00 %
52 Week High 316.40
52 Week Low 188.30
Volume 1,180,172
Shares Issued 445.69m
Market Cap £1,393.24m
RiskGrade 204

Ascential Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
37.3% below the market average37.3% below the market average37.3% below the market average37.3% below the market average37.3% below the market average
20.93% below the sector average20.93% below the sector average20.93% below the sector average20.93% below the sector average20.93% below the sector average
Price Trend
73.52% above the market average73.52% above the market average73.52% above the market average73.52% above the market average73.52% above the market average
82.98% above the sector average82.98% above the sector average82.98% above the sector average82.98% above the sector average82.98% above the sector average
Income
52.76% below the market average52.76% below the market average52.76% below the market average52.76% below the market average52.76% below the market average
60% below the sector average60% below the sector average60% below the sector average60% below the sector average60% below the sector average
Growth
95.59% below the market average95.59% below the market average95.59% below the market average95.59% below the market average95.59% below the market average
95.45% below the sector average95.45% below the sector average95.45% below the sector average95.45% below the sector average95.45% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 2
Buy 2
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 5
buy
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Ascential Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 29-Aug-19 16-May-19
Paid 27-Sep-19 14-Jun-19
Amount 1.80p 3.90p

Trades for 16-Apr-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 261,542 @ 312.60p
16:35 492 @ 312.60p
16:35 98 @ 312.60p
16:35 1,402 @ 312.60p
16:35 1,016 @ 312.60p

Ascential Key Personnel

Chair Scott Forbes
CEO Duncan Painter
CFO Mandy Gradden

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