LON:ASCLAscential Share Price, Forecast & News

Ascential's stock was trading at GBX 272 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ASCL stock has increased by 4.3% and is now trading at GBX 283.60. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ascential in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Ascential.

Ascential announced a dividend on Monday, February 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 14th will be given a dividend of GBX 4 per share on Thursday, June 11th. This represents a yield of 1.09%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 14th. This is a positive change from Ascential's previous dividend of GBX 1.80. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View Ascential's dividend history.

11 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Ascential's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 240 to GBX 440. On average, they expect Ascential's share price to reach GBX 318.78 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ascential.

Media headlines about ASCL stock have trended very negative on Thursday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ascential earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Ascential.

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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).

Ascential trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "ASCL."

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.

One share of ASCL stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 283.60.

Ascential has a market capitalization of £1.14 billion and generates £416.20 million in revenue each year. Ascential employs 1,644 workers across the globe.

The official website for Ascential is www.ascential.com.

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.