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Ascential PLC
LSE:ASCL

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Ascential PLC
LSE:ASCL
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Price: 242.4 GBX +0.17% Market Closed
Updated: Mar 30, 2023

Intrinsic Value

The intrinsic value of one ASCL stock under the Base Case scenario is 516.96 GBX. Compared to the current market price of 242.4 GBX, Ascential PLC is Undervalued by 53%.

The Intrinsic Value is calculated as the average of the two valuation methods:

ASCL Intrinsic Value
Base Case
516.96 GBX
Undervaluation 53%
Intrinsic Value
Price
Worst Case
Base Case
Best Case

Fundamental Analysis

ASCL Profitability Score
Profitability Due Diligence

Ascential PLC's profitability score is 52/100. The higher the profitability score, the more profitable the company is.

Low 3-Year Average ROIC
Negative ROE
Declining ROE
Low ROIC
52/100
Profitability
Score

Ascential PLC's profitability score is 52/100. The higher the profitability score, the more profitable the company is.

ASCL Solvency Score
Solvency Due Diligence

Ascential PLC's solvency score is 50/100. The higher the solvency score, the more solvent the company is.

Low Altman Z-Score
Positive Net Debt
Average Interest Coverage
Short-Term Liabilities
50/100
Solvency
Score

Ascential PLC's solvency score is 50/100. The higher the solvency score, the more solvent the company is.

Financials

Balance Sheet Decomposition
Ascential PLC

Current Assets 395M
Cash & Short-Term Investments 88.4M
Receivables 279M
Other Current Assets 27.5M
Non-Current Assets 1.2B
Long-Term Investments 93.4M
PP&E 27.4M
Intangibles 980M
Other Non-Current Assets 65.3M
Current Liabilities 398M
Accounts Payable 12.9M
Accrued Liabilities 71.7M
Other Current Liabilities 313M
Non-Current Liabilities 365M
Long-Term Debt 283M
Other Non-Current Liabilities 82.2M
Efficiency
63%
Gross Margin
9%
Operating Margin
-8%
Net Margin
3%
FCF Margin
Other

ASCL Capital Structure
Ascential PLC

Market Capitalization 1.1B GBX
Total Debt 283M GBX
Minority Interest 28.6M GBX
Preferred Equity 0 GBX
Cash and Equivalents 88.4M GBX
Short-Term Investments 0 GBX
Enterprise Value 1.3B GBX

Wall St
Price Targets

ASCL Price Targets Summary
Ascential PLC

Wall Street analysts forecast ASCL stock price to rise over the next 12 months.

According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for ASCL is 318.75 GBX with a low forecast of 232.3 GBX and a high forecast of 420 GBX.

Lowest
Price Target
232.3 GBX
4% Downside
Average
Price Target
318.75 GBX
31% Upside
Highest
Price Target
420 GBX
73% Upside
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Competitive Landscape

ASCL Competitors
Ascential PLC

ASCL Suppliers & Customers
Ascential PLC

Suppliers Map
Customers Map

Shareholder Return

ASCL Return Decomposition
Main factors of price return

Price Return Decomposition
is not available

It is impossible to break down the market cap return as the net margin for the past 12 months is negative.

What is price return decomposition?

ASCL Price
Ascential PLC

1M 1M
-10%
6M 6M
+18%
1Y 1Y
-27%
3Y 3Y
+2%
5Y 5Y
-39%
Annual Price Range
242.4
52w Low
176.2
52w High
346.6
Price Metrics
Average Annual Return 1.04%
Standard Deviation of Annual Returns 6.93%
Max Drawdown -61%
Shares Statistics
Market Capitalization 1.1B GBX
Shares Outstanding 439 356 538
Percentage of Shares Shorted
N/A

Company Profile

Ascential PLC Logo
Ascential PLC

Country

United Kingdom

Industry

Media

Market Cap

1.1B GBP

Dividend Yield

0%

Description

Ascential Plc engages in the provision of specialist information, analytics and e-commerce optimisation platforms. The firm is engaged in delivering optimization platforms to consumer brands and their ecosystems. Its business units include digital commerce, product design, marketing, and retail & financial services. Digital commerce is focused on measuring, optimizing and executing digital commerce growth. Product design offers consumer product trend forecasting, data and insight. Marketing unite provides services and tools to measure and optimize marketing creativity, media and platform effectiveness and efficiency. Its retail & financial services provide data and tools to improve performance in retail and financial services. The firm's brands include flywheel, EDGE, YIMIAN, WGSN, WARC, RetailWeek, LIONS, use fashion, World Retail Congress, Intellibrand, Perpetua, OneSpace and Duozhun. The firm serve customers in over 120 countries.

Contact

London
The Prow, 1 Wilder Walk
+442075165000.0
https://www.ascential.com/

IPO

2016-02-09

Employees

2 401

Officers

CEO & Director
Mr. Duncan Anthony Painter
CFO & Director
Ms. Amanda Jane Gradden
COO & Exec. Director
Mr. Paul Scott Harrison
Chief Information Officer & Pres of Siberia
Mr. Sean Harley
Head of Investor Relations
Rory Elliott
Chief People Officer
Ms. Tracey Gray
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Pres of Retail & Financial Services
Ms. Natasha Christie-Miller
Chief Exec. of Futures, Intelligence & Events
Mr. Philip Thomas
Managing Director of WGSN
Mr. Kevin M. Silk
Chief Content Officer
Mr. David Davies
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What is the Intrinsic Value of one ASCL stock?

The intrinsic value of one ASCL stock under the Base Case scenario is 516.96 GBX.

Is ASCL stock undervalued or overvalued?

Compared to the current market price of 242.4 GBX, Ascential PLC is Undervalued by 53%.