FTSE Factsheet
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FTSE COMPANY REPORT Share price analysis relative to sector and index performance Data as at: 27 March 2020 Ascential ASCL Media — GBP 2.424 at close 27 March 2020 Absolute Relative to FTSE UK All-Share Sector Relative to FTSE UK All-Share Index PERFORMANCE 21-Apr-2015 1D WTD MTD YTD Absolute - - - - Rel.Sector - - - - Rel.Market - - - - VALUATION Data unavailable Trailing PE 6.6 EV/EBITDA 15.0 PB 2.5 PCF 23.9 Div Yield 1.7 Price/Sales 4.0 Net Debt/Equity 0.5 Div Payout 11.1 ROE 47.0 DESCRIPTION Data unavailable The Company is an International Business-to- Business Media Company with a focused portfolio of market-leading Events and Information Services Products. See final page and http://www.londonstockexchange.com/prices-and-markets/stocks/services-stock/ftse-note.htm for further details. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Please see the final page for important legal disclosures. 1 of 4 FTSE COMPANY REPORT: Ascential 27 March 2020 Valuation Metrics Price to Earnings (PE) EV to EBITDA Price to Book (PB) 28-Feb-2020 28-Feb-2020 28-Feb-2020 100 28 8 ‖ +1SD 90 26 7 80 70 24 6 +1SD Avg 60 22 50 5 40 20 Avg +1SD 4 30 -1SD 18 20 Avg 16 3 -1SD 10 -1SD 0 14 2 Mar-2015 Mar-2016 Mar-2017 Mar-2018 Mar-2019 Mar-2015 Mar-2016 Mar-2017 Mar-2018 Mar-2019 Mar-2015 Mar-2016 Mar-2017 Mar-2018 Mar-2019 Hyve Group 120.0 Rightmove 26.6 Rightmove 25.0 Future 120.0 Future 24.6 Auto Trader Group 25.0 STV Group 102.9 4imprint Group 21.0 4imprint Group 22.9 Informa 41.1 Euromoney Institutional Investor 20.8 RELX 16.8 Auto Trader Group Moneysupermarket.com Group Rightmove 34.0 20.3 8.4 Ascential 15.0 Media 3.2 Media 19.5 Media 11.5 Ascential 2.5 Goco Group 12.7 Goco Group 8.9 WPP 1.0 ITV 10.1 Pearson 7.4 Pearson 1.0 WPP 9.0 ITV 6.9 Reach 0.8 Ascential 6.6 WPP 6.1 STV Group 0.0 Reach -3.7 Reach 3.2 Goco Group 0.0 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Price to Cash Flow (PCF) Dividend Yield % Price to Sales (PS) 28-Feb-2020 28-Feb-2020 28-Feb-2020 30 2 5.5 +1SD 28 5 1.5 +1SD 26 +1SD 4.5 Avg 24 Avg 1 4 22 Avg -1SD 3.5 -1SD 20 0.5 18 -1SD 3 16 0 2.5 Mar-2015 Mar-2016 Mar-2017 Mar-2018 Mar-2019 Mar-2015 Mar-2016 Mar-2017 Mar-2018 Mar-2019 Mar-2015 Mar-2016 Mar-2017 Mar-2018 Mar-2019 Rightmove 32.5 WPP 8.0 Rightmove 15.0 4imprint Group 30.4 ITV 6.9 Auto Trader Group 13.6 Hyve Group 24.4 STV Group 4.8 Future 4.9 Ascential 23.9 Reach 4.3 RELX 4.6 Euromoney Institutional Investor Auto Trader Group 23.0 Moneysupermarket.com Group 3.8 4.6 Ascential 4.0 Media 13.7 Media 3.3 Media 2.2 Bloomsbury Publishing 4imprint Group 12.2 1.9 Huntsworth 1.2 ITV 11.1 Ascential 1.7 Bloomsbury Publishing 1.1 Goco Group 10.4 Auto Trader Group 1.3 Pearson 1.1 Pearson 9.6 Rightmove 1.1 WPP 0.6 WPP 5.6 Future 0.1 Reach 0.6 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Note: bar chart reflects the top and bottom five current values for the valuation ratio in question for FTSE All Shares stocks in the same sector as the stock concerned. All valuation metrics are trailing. 2 of 4 FTSE COMPANY REPORT: Ascential 27 March 2020 Valuation Metrics Net Debt to Equity Dividend Payout (DP) Return on Equity (RoE) 28-Feb-2020 28-Feb-2020 28-Feb-2020 3.5 100 ‖ ‖ ‖ ‖ 50 3 80 40 +1SD 2.5 60 30 +1SD 2 +1SD 40 20 1.5 Avg Avg 20 10 1 Avg 0.5 0 0 -1SD Mar-2015 Mar-2016 Mar-2017 Mar-2018 Mar-2019 Mar-2015 Mar-2016 Mar-2017 Mar-2018 Mar-2019 Mar-2015 Mar-2016 Mar-2017 Mar-2018 Mar-2019 Auto Trader Group 5.5 Hyve Group 100.0 Rightmove 50.0 RELX 3.0 STV Group 100.0 Auto Trader Group 50.0 ITV 1.3 Informa 100.0 4imprint Group 50.0 Rightmove 1.0 Moneysupermarket.com Group 100.0 RELX 50.0 Media 0.8 4imprint Group 100.0 ITV 50.0 WPP 0.7 Ascential 47.0 Media 64.1 Ascential 0.5 Media 17.6 Auto Trader Group Reach 0.1 31.6 Pearson 6.0 Moneysupermarket.com Group 0.0 Goco Group 23.3 Informa 5.1 Euromoney Institutional Investor 0.0 Ascential 11.1 Future 4.2 Bloomsbury Publishing 0.0 Future 4.9 Hyve Group 1.0 4imprint Group 0.0 Reach 0.0 Reach -19.5 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 ROE vs. PB — sector Du Pont Analysis 30 7 50 45 6 25 AUTORMV 40 FOUR 5 35 20 30 4 REL 25 PB 15 3 20 15 10 2 MONY 10 1 ITV 5 FUTR 5 Media ERM ASCL 0 0 HYVE INF HNT RCH PSONBMY WPP 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Net Margin Asset Turnover Gearing ROE (rhs) ‖ ROE Note: bar chart reflects the top and bottom five current values for the valuation ratio in question for FTSE All Shares stocks in the same sector as the stock concerned. All valuation metrics are trailing. 3 of 4 FTSE COMPANY REPORT: Ascential 27 March 2020 Brief description Brief description Price to Earnings Price to Earnings (PE) is price over earnings per share. Earnings are based on the latest Gearing Gearing is Total Assets divided by Common Equity. Total Assets and Common Equity are (PE) available fiscal year earnings. each averaged over two years, that is, t and (t-1). Price to Sales (PS) Price to Sales (PS) is price divided by sales per share. It is based on sales from continuing Asset Turnover Asset turnover is Sales divided by Total Assets. Total Assets is averaged over two years, operations for the fiscal year. that is, t and (t-1). Price to Book (PB) Price to Book (PB) is price at the indicated date divided by common equity per share. Dupont Breakdown Return on Equity (RoE) = Net Margin * Gearing * Asset Turnover Common/ordinary equity is generally as reported at the most recent fiscal year-end but is Analysis adjusted to exclude minority interest, preferred stock and selected items as appropriate. RoE vs PB Plot of RoE versus PB at last month end for all FTSE UK All Share stocks in the sector Price to Cash Flow Price to Cash Flow (PCF) is price at the indicated date divided by cash flow per share. relative to the stock in question. Data may be limited to the stock in question if there are (PCF) currently no stocks in the corresponding FTSE UK All Share sector. Net Debt Equity Net Debt Equity is Net Debt as a percentage of common equity. Not calculated if Absolute Absolute graphs reflect performance for the stock in question for up to 366 days adjusted denominator (common equity) is negative for intervening corporate actions. EV to EBITDA EV to EBITDA is Enterprise Value divided by EBITDA (Earnings before Interest and Taxes, Relative Relative charts reflect the performance for the stock in question relative to the depreciation and amortisation). EV is full company Market Capitalisation at the data date corresponding sector of the FTSE All Share Index for up to 366 days, rebased to the start plus last annual net debt and Preferred Stock. Net Debt is total financial debt less cash date. Note that the stock itself may not be a FTSE All share constituent. Relative Chart and short-term investments. EBITDA is operating income plus depreciation and may be null if there are no stocks in the corresponding FTSE UK All Share sector. amortisation. RSI Relative Strength Index. Calculated as 100 minus (100 divided by (1+ratio of positive Dividend Yield % Dividend Yield reflects the dividend declared per share and/or paid for the security in versus negative time weighted returns)). Reflects 14 day average gains/losses question for the most recent fiscal year, divided by the share price. Valuation History Outlier valuation data is not shown to scale as these would distort the chart. Instead, ∥ Return on Equity Return on Equity is net income over average common equity. Not calculated if Charts denotes valuation data which falls outside display truncation limits. (RoE) denominator (average common equity) is negative Top/Bottom Reflect data for up to five top and five bottom performers for the valuation metric in Dividend Payout Total dividends divided by Net Income expressed as a percentage. Valuation Bar question. Note data may be limited to the stock in question if there are currently no Charts stocks in the corresponding FTSE UK All Share sector. Net Margin Net Margin is Net Income divided by sales. A guide to the report is available at http://www.londonstockexchange.com/prices-and-markets/stocks/services-stock/ftse-note.htm.