NYSE:NLSN

Nielsen (NLSN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Notice: This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading.
Today's Range
$27.97
$28.00
50-Day Range
$27.72
$27.98
52-Week Range
$16.02
$28.00
Volume
22.43 million shs
Average Volume
6.16 million shs
Market Capitalization
$10.07 billion
P/E Ratio
19.03
Dividend Yield
0.86%
Price Target
N/A

Nielsen MarketRank™ Stock Analysis

Analyst Rating
N/A
Upside/​Downside
N/A
Short Interest
N/A
Dividend Strength
Weak
Based on Four Factors
Sustainability
-0.49
Upright™ Environmental Score
News Sentiment
N/A
Insider Trading
N/A
Proj. Earnings Growth
3.89%
From $1.80 to $1.87 Per Share

Overall MarketRank

New Rank-Based ScoringMarketRank is calculated by averaging available category scores (with extra weight given to analysis and valuation), then ranking the company's weighted average against that of other companies.

1.57 out of 5 stars

Business Services Sector

259th out of 305 stocks

Business Services Industry

2nd out of 4 stocks

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About Nielsen Stock (NYSE:NLSN)

Nielsen Holdings plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a measurement and data analytics company worldwide. The company provides viewership and listening data, and analytics principally to media publishers and marketers, and advertising agencies for television, computer, mobile, CTV, digital, and listening platforms. It also offers television audience measurement services; digital audience measurement services; video advertising services; and independent measurement and consumer research primarily servicing radio, advertisers, and advertising agencies in the audio industry. In addition, it offers consumer behavioral and transactional data. Nielsen Holdings plc provides marketing solutions. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

NLSN Stock News Headlines

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Company Calendar

Last Earnings
10/28/2021
Today
4/23/2024
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Business Services
Sub-Industry
Research & Consulting Services
CUSIP
N6321810
Employees
15,000
Year Founded
N/A

Profitability

Net Income
$963 million
Pretax Margin
15.56%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$3.50 billion
Cash Flow
$3.28 per share
Book Value
$9.74 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
357,567,000
Market Cap
$10.07 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.17
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Key Executives

  • Mr. David W. Kenny (Age 60)
    CEO & Exec. Director
    Comp: $3.6M
  • Ms. Linda K. Zukauckas (Age 60)
    Chief Financial Officer
    Comp: $1.91M
  • Mr. Karthik Rao (Age 48)
    Chief Operating Officer
    Comp: $1.36M
  • Mr. George D. Callard (Age 58)
    Chief Legal & Corp. Affairs Officer
    Comp: $1.33M
  • Ms. Laurie Lovett (Age 54)
    Chief People Officer
    Comp: $1.19M
  • Mr. Henry Iglesias (Age 49)
    Principal Accounting Officer & Corp. Controller
  • Mr. Srini Varadarajan
    Chief Technology Officer
  • Ms. Sara Rebecca Gubins
    Sr. VP of Investor Relations & Treasury
  • Ms. Emily Tabak Epstein (Age 44)
    Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel of Corp. & Compliance and Corp. Sec.
  • Ms. Jamie Moldafsky (Age 61)
    Chief Marketing & Communications Officer

NLSN Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How were Nielsen's earnings last quarter?

Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE:NLSN) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 28th. The business services provider reported $0.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.36 by $0.09. The business services provider earned $882 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $869.24 million. Nielsen had a net margin of 14.99% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.69%. Nielsen's revenue for the quarter was up 5.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.39 earnings per share.
Read the conference call transcript
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Is Nielsen a good dividend stock?

Nielsen (NYSE:NLSN) pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.86%. The dividend payout ratio is 16.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, NLSN will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.83% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
Read our dividend analysis for NLSN.

What is David Kenny's approval rating as Nielsen's CEO?

524 employees have rated Nielsen Chief Executive Officer David Kenny on Glassdoor.com. David Kenny has an approval rating of 82% among the company's employees.

What other stocks do shareholders of Nielsen own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Nielsen investors own include Goldcorp (GG), AT&T (T), International Business Machines (IBM), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Bank of America (BAC), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Verizon Communications (VZ), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Boeing (BA).

This page (NYSE:NLSN) was last updated on 4/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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