LON:ASCLAscential Share Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Ascential PLC Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add GBX 273.60 -4.40 (-1.58 %) (As of 05/29/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range 269.40Now: GBX 273.60▼ 285.6050-Day Range 195.60MA: GBX 235.22▼ 288.6052-Week Range 173.80Now: GBX 273.60▼ 426.40Volume905,655 shsAverage Volume1.06 million shsMarket Capitalization£1.10 billionP/E Ratio144.00Dividend Yield2.31%BetaN/A ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendInsider TradesHeadlines Ascential plc provides business-to-business information services for product design, marketing, sales, and built environment and policy in the United Kingdom and internationally. It offers industry-specific business intelligence, insights, and forecasting through data and digital subscription tools. The company was formerly known as Trident Floatco PLC and changed its name to Ascential plc in January 2016. Ascential plc was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 4.3 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingAscential has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.62, and is based on 8 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of GBX 350.90, Ascential has a potential upside of 28.3% from its current price of GBX 273.60.Amount of Analyst CoverageAscential has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock. Previous Next 3.3 Community Rank Outperform VotesAscential has received 446 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesAscential has received 231 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentAscential has received 65.88% “outperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Ascential and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe ASCL will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe ASCL will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 2.5 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipAscential is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 2.31%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthAscential does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Ascential is 3.16 %. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Previous Next 3.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Ascential insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £99,216.81 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock. Previous Next 0.0 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Ascential are expected to decrease by -100.00% in the coming year, from GBX 1,899 to GBX 0 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Ascential is 144.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 14.77.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Ascential is 144.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 13.56.Price to Book Value per Share RatioAscential has a P/B Ratio of 2.07. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 4.3Community Rank: 3.3Dividend Strength: 2.5Insider Behavior: 3.0Valuation: 0.0 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™2.62 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange LON Industry Marketing Services Sub-IndustryN/A SectorConsumer Cyclical Current SymbolLON:ASCL Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webwww.ascential.com Phone+44-20-75165000Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio58.15 Current Ratio0.98 Quick Ratio0.92Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio144.00 Forward P/E Ratio0.14 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£416.20 million Price / Sales2.65 Cash FlowGBX 28.12 per share Price / Cash Flow9.73 Book ValueGBX 132.10 per share Price / Book2.07Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Net IncomeN/A Net MarginsN/A Return on EquityN/A Return on AssetsN/AMiscellaneous Employees1,644 Outstanding Shares402,713,984Market Cap£1.10 billion Next Earnings DateN/A OptionableNot Optionable LSE:ASCL Rates by TradingView Receive ASCL News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for ASCL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Ascential (LON:ASCL) Frequently Asked Questions How has Ascential's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Ascential's stock was trading at GBX 272 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ASCL shares have increased by 0.6% and is now trading at GBX 273.60. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Ascential? 13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ascential in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Ascential. How often does Ascential pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Ascential? Ascential announced a dividend on Monday, February 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 14th will be paid a dividend of GBX 4 per share on Thursday, June 11th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.09%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 14th. This is an increase from Ascential's previous dividend of GBX 1.80. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View Ascential's dividend history. What price target have analysts set for ASCL? 13 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Ascential's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 240 to GBX 540. On average, they anticipate Ascential's stock price to reach GBX 350.90 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 28.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ascential. Has Ascential been receiving favorable news coverage? News headlines about ASCL stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ascential earned a daily sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutAscential. Who are some of Ascential's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Ascential include S4 Capital (SFOR), YouGov (YOU), oOh!Media (OML), QMS Media (QMS), Wellcom Group (WLL), Tremor International (TRMR), Taptica International (TAP), Salmat (SLM), IVE Group (IGL), Cello Health (CLL), GTN (GTN), Trimantium Growthops (TGO), I Synergy Group (IS3), cbdMD (YCBD) and Inuvo (INUV). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Ascential own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Ascential investors own include KAZ Minerals (KAZ), Standard Chartered (STAN), Intelsat (I), Associated British Foods (ABF), Chaarat Gold (CGH), Fossil Group (FOSL), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), AMC Entertainment (AMC), AorTech International (AOR) and Bank of America (BAC). Who are Ascential's key executives? Ascential's management team includes the following people: Mr. Duncan Anthony Painter, CEO & Director (Age 49)Ms. Amanda Jane Gradden, CFO & Director (Age 51)Mr. Michael Lisowski, COO & Pres of Edge by AscentialMr. Stephen Martincic, Chief Brand & Marketing OfficerMr. Ralph Tribe, Chief People Officer What is Ascential's stock symbol? Ascential trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "ASCL." How do I buy shares of Ascential? Shares of ASCL and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock. What is Ascential's stock price today? One share of ASCL stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 273.60. How big of a company is Ascential? Ascential has a market capitalization of £1.10 billion and generates £416.20 million in revenue each year. Ascential employs 1,644 workers across the globe. What is Ascential's official website? The official website for Ascential is www.ascential.com. How can I contact Ascential? Ascential's mailing address is The Prow, 1 Wilder Walk, LONDON, W1B 5AP, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-20-75165000. This page was last updated on 5/31/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff
