GlobalData (DATA) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

GlobalData Plc is a leading data, insights, and analytics platform for the world's largest industries. Our mission is to help our clients decode the future, make better decisions, and reach more customers. One Platform Model GlobalData's One Platform model is the foundation of our business and is the result of years of continuous investment, targeted acquisitions, and organic development. This model governs everything we do, from how we develop and manage our products, to our approach to sales and customer success, and supporting business operations. At its core, this approach integrates our unique data, expert analysis, and innovative solutions into an integrated suite of client solutions and digital community platforms, designed to serve a broad range of industry markets and customer needs on a global basis. The operational leverage this provides means we can respond rapidly to changing customer needs and market opportunities, and continuously manage and develop products quickly, at scale, with limited capital investment as well as providing unique integration opportunities for M&A. Strategic Priorities GlobalData's four strategic priorities are: Customer Obsession, World Class Product, Sales Excellence and Operational Agility. Growth Optimisation Plan GlobalData's Growth Optimisation Plan is a set of initiatives designed to drive revenue growth and profitability. The Plan's initiatives operate across all of GlobalData's operations but are organised around the strategic priorities noted above.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 188 to 197
• 50-Day Range: 132 to 194
• 52-Week Range: 128 to 244
• Volume: 4.81 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.16 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.57 billion
• P/E Ratio: 46.69
• Dividend Yield: 2.56%
• Price Target: GBX 300
• Consensus Rating: Buy

GlobalData Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

GlobalData scored higher than 42% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

GlobalData has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

GlobalData has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of GlobalData is 46.69, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.95.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of GlobalData is 46.69, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 21.19.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

GlobalData has a PEG Ratio of 1.52. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

GlobalData has a P/B Ratio of 3.47. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for DATA.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

GlobalData pays a meaningful dividend of 2.39%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

GlobalData does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of GlobalData is 119.48%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for DATA.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.14

News Sentiment

GlobalData has a news sentiment score of 0.14. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.52 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 15 news articles for GlobalData this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, GlobalData insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £3,900,000 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

66.45% of the stock of GlobalData is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 23.77% of the stock of GlobalData is held by institutions.

DATA Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have DATA shares performed this year?

GlobalData's stock was trading at GBX 189 at the beginning of the year. Since then, DATA stock has increased by 3.4% and is now trading at GBX 195.40.
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How were GlobalData's earnings last quarter?

GlobalData Plc (LON:DATA) issued its earnings results on Monday, March, 10th. The company reported $7.50 EPS for the quarter. GlobalData had a net margin of 11.96% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.99%.

How do I buy shares of GlobalData?

Shares of DATA stock 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 other stocks do shareholders of GlobalData own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that GlobalData investors own include Bushveld Minerals (BMN), IQE (IQE), B&M European Value Retail (BME), Coats Group (COA), 4D pharma (DDDD), genedrive (GDR) and Greencore Group (GNC).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/10/2025
• Record date for 5/2 Dividend: 3/20/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 5/2 Dividend: 3/20/2025
• Today: 5/02/2025
• Dividend Payable: 5/02/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Consulting Services
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:DATA
• Previous Symbol: LON:PRO
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.progressivedigitalmedia.com
• Phone: +44-20-79366400
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,532
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 300
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 300
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 300
• Potential Upside/Downside: +53.5%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 4.18
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 46.69
• Forward P/E Ratio: 20.21
• P/E Growth: 1.52
• Net Income: £33.17 million
• Net Margins: 11.96%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 12.99%
• Return on Assets: 7.91%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 5.16
• Current Ratio: 1.25
• Quick Ratio: 0.61

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £277.36 million
• Price / Sales: 5.68
• Cash Flow: GBX 6.29 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 31.08
• Book Value: GBX 56.28 per share
• Price / Book: 3.47

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 805,621,573
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.57 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.58