GlobalData (DATA) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

GlobalData operates an intelligence platform that empowers leaders to act decisively in a world of complexity and change. By uniting proprietary data, human expertise, and purpose-built AI into a single, connected platform, we help organizations see what’s coming, move faster, and lead with confidence. Our solutions are used by over 5,000 organizations across the world’s largest industries, delivering tailored intelligence that supports strategic planning, innovation, risk management, and sustainable growth. 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: 80.30 to 81.58
• 50-Day Range: 72.70 to 110.40
• 52-Week Range: 60.60 to 154
• Volume: 179,006 shs
• Average Volume: 2.64 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £557.50 million
• P/E Ratio: 18.25
• Dividend Yield: 1.79%
• Price Target: GBX 173.75
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

GlobalData Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

GlobalData scored higher than 64% 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: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

GlobalData has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.80, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

GlobalData has a consensus price target of GBX 173.75, representing about 119.1% upside from its current price of GBX 79.30.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of GlobalData is 18.02, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.18.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of GlobalData is 18.02, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 27.52.

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 1.41. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued 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: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

GlobalData pays a meaningful dividend of 1.79%, 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 29.55%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.59

News Sentiment

GlobalData has a news sentiment score of 0.59. 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 0.69 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for GlobalData this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for DATA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, GlobalData insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

66.25% 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

21.97% of the stock of GlobalData is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/02/2026
• Today: 8/03/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Professional 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 Price Target for GlobalData: GBX 173.75
• High Price Target: GBX 245
• Low Price Target: GBX 110
• Potential Upside/Downside: +116.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.80
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 4.40
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.25
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.31
• P/E Growth: 1.52
• Net Income: £33.17 million
• Net Margins: 10.28%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 9.94%
• Return on Assets: 7.91%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 62.52
• Current Ratio: 0.90
• Quick Ratio: 0.61

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £322.10 million
• Price / Sales: 1.73
• Cash Flow: GBX 2.58 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 31.08
• Book Value: GBX 56.28 per share
• Price / Book: 1.43

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 694,269,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £557.50 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.71