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  Nielsen Holdings PLC ( NLSN ) |
2011 - 2021 (11 years)

Net Revenue (Sales) is 
$4.9B (1Y -23.9% )

NLSN Stock Price & Net Revenue (Sales)

Net Revenue (Sales) for NLSN competitors.
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Historical (All-Time) Stats for Net Revenue (Sales)

chevron_right 2021 $1.7B -0.6x
( -7.9% / year avg)
chevron_left 2011 $4.1B
vertical_align_top Peak $6.6B +2.96x
vertical_align_bottom Bottom $1.7B
arrow_drop_up # Up Years 7 7 of 11
years up.
arrow_drop_down # Down Years 4
Up Years = Positive (0%+) YoY change
Down Years = Zero or Negative (0% or less) YoY change

Key Points (Stonk Price Comparison)

  • NLSN's stock price has drop -24.9% from $20.44 in 2011 , or +2.08x faster than it's net revenue (sales) over the same period.
  • If NLSN shrinks it's stock at the same rate as it's net revenue (sales) (-7.9%/year) , it's stock price will shrink +43.9% and hit $6.75 over the next 10 years.
  • NLSN's stock price has gone up 3 of the 7 years (+42%) it's net revenue (sales) were also up.
5-Year Change 🚀
-100.0%$1.1MCost of Revenue (Sales)
-99.9%$2.3MGross Profit Margin
+19.4%2.72Gross Profit Margin Ratio
-100.0%$824.0KSelling, General, and Administrative (SG&A)
-100.0%$824.0KTotal Operating Expenses
-100.0%$1.9MCost & Expenses
-99.9%$320.0KInterest Expense/Income, Net
-99.9%$652.0KDepreciation & Amortization (D&A)
-99.9%$1.7MEBITDA
-99.9%$1.0MOperating Income
-99.9%$676.0KPretax Income (Earnings)
-99.8%0.0Pretax Income (Earnings) Margin
-100.1%-$240.0 TProvision For Income Taxes
-99.8%$916.0KNet Income (Earnings)
-99.8%0.0Earnings Per Share (EPS)
-99.8%0.0Earnings Per Share (EPS) Diluted
-1.14%$1.4BShares Outstanding
-1.54%$1.4BShares Outstanding (Diluted)
  • Line Item (in $M) FY 2020 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2017 FY 2016 FY 2015 FY 2014 FY 2013 FY 2012
    1 Revenue 6290000000 6498000000 6515000000 6572000000 6309000000 6172000000 6288000000 5703000000 5612000000
    2 Cost of Revenue 2760000000 2822000000 2805000000 2765000000 2607000000 2539000000 2620000000 2398000000 2278000000
    3 Gross Profit (Income) 3530000000 3676000000 3710000000 3807000000 3702000000 3633000000 3668000000 3305000000 3334000000
    4 R&D 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
    5 SG&A 1872000000 1929000000 1958000000 1862000000 1851000000 1915000000 1917000000 1815000000 1778000000
    6 Other Expenses -14000000.00 -169000000.00 -5000000.00 -17000000.00 8000000.00 206000000.00 -100000000.00 -9000000.00 -118000000.00
    7 Operating Expenses 2736000000 2685000000 2633000000 2502000000 2454000000 2489000000 2490000000 2325000000 2298000000
    8 Interest Expense 371000000 397000000 394000000 374000000 333000000 311000000 300000000 309000000 413000000
    9 D&A 864000000 756000000 675000000 640000000 603000000 574000000 573000000 510000000 520000000
    10 EBITDA 1658000000 1747000000 1752000000 1945000000 1851000000 1718000000 1751000000 1490000000 1556000000
    11 Operating Income 794000000 991000000 1077000000 1305000000 1248000000 1144000000 1178000000 980000000 1036000000
    12 Other Income Expenses (Net) -351000000 -1263000000 -1573000000 -107000000 -103000000 124000000 -260000000 -153000000 -219000000
    13 Pre-Income Tax 74000000 -663000000 -882000000 828000000 816000000 961000000 621000000 520000000 408000000
    14 Income Tax Expense 67000000 -260000000 -182000000 388000000 309000000 383000000 236000000 91000000 140000000
    15 Net Income -6000000.00 -415000000.00 -712000000.00 429000000.00 502000000.00 570000000.00 384000000.00 740000000.00 273000000.00
    16 EPS -0.02 -1.17 -2.00 1.20 1.40 1.55 1.01 1.97 0.75
    17 EPS Diluted -0.02 -1.17 -2.00 1.20 1.39 1.54 1.00 1.94 0.75
    18 Shares Outstanding 357449688 355731862 355601564 356714940 358830080 366996788 379333037 375797629 361787868
    19 Shares Outstanding (Diluted) 359579863 355731862 355601564 358052433 362167129 370957804 384371452 380927966 366310984
  • Line Item (in $M) FY 2020 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2017 FY 2016 FY 2015 FY 2014 FY 2013 FY 2012
    1 Cash & Cash Equivalents 610000000 454000000 524000000 656000000 754000000 357000000 273000000 564000000 288000000
    2 Short Term Investments 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
    3 Cash & S-T Investments 610000000 454000000 524000000 656000000 754000000 357000000 273000000 564000000 288000000
    4 Accounts Receivables 1154000000 1103000000 1118000000 1280000000 1171000000 1235000000 1241000000 1196000000 1110000000
    5 Inventory 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
    6 Other Current Assets 460000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
    7 Total Current Assets 2224000000 1977000000 2003000000 2282000000 2222000000 1908000000 2019000000 2134000000 1676000000
    8 PP&E 825000000 859000000 468000000 482000000 471000000 490000000 533000000 560000000 560000000
    9 Goodwill 6040000000 5993000000 6987000000 8495000000 7845000000 7783000000 7671000000 7684000000 7352000000
    10 Intangible Assets 4470000000 4881000000 5024000000 5077000000 4736000000 4772000000 4715000000 4781000000 4555000000
    11 Goodwill & Intangible Assets 10510000000 10874000000 12011000000 13572000000 12581000000 12555000000 12386000000 12465000000 11907000000
    12 L-T Investments 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
    13 Tax Assets 281000000 276000000 333000000 170000000 127000000 78000000 83000000 115000000 170000000
    14 Other Non-Current Assets 295000000 333000000 364000000 360000000 329000000 272000000 355000000 256000000 272000000
    15 Total Non-Current Assets 11911000000 12342000000 13176000000 14584000000 13508000000 13395000000 13357000000 13396000000 12909000000
    16 Other Assets 954000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
    17 Total Assets 14135000000 14319000000 15179000000 16866000000 15730000000 15303000000 15376000000 15530000000 14585000000
    18 Accounts Payables 232000000 230000000 288000000 296000000 238000000 216000000 223000000 143000000 150000000
    19 S-T Debt 293000000 914000000 107000000 84000000 188000000 310000000 397000000 148000000 355000000
    20 Income Tax Payables 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
    21 Deferred Revenue 370000000 345000000 355000000 361000000 297000000 322000000 304000000 306000000 373000000
    22 Other Current Liabilities 460000000 277000000 321000000 290000000 283000000 259000000 292000000 329000000 275000000
    23 Total Current Liabilities 1914000000 2501000000 1657000000 1697000000 1594000000 1687000000 1798000000 1535000000 1751000000
    24 L-T Debt 8014000000 7395000000 8280000000 8357000000 7738000000 7028000000 6465000000 6492000000 6229000000
  • Line Item (in $M) FY 2020 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2017 FY 2016 FY 2015 FY 2014 FY 2013 FY 2012
    1 Net Income (Earnings) -6000000.00 -415000000.00 -712000000.00 429000000.00 502000000.00 570000000.00 384000000.00 740000000.00 273000000.00
    2 D&A 864000000 756000000 675000000 640000000 603000000 574000000 573000000 521000000 520000000
    3 Deferred Income Tax -69000000.00 5000000.00 -514000000.00 162000000.00 88000000.00 213000000.00 105000000.00 -107000000.00 47000000.00
    4 Stock-Based Compensation (SBC) 53000000 50000000 35000000 45000000 51000000 48000000 47000000 47000000 34000000
    5 Change in Working Capital 834000000.00 -870000000.00 -239000000.00 -43000000.00 407000000.00 0.00 -378000000.00 674000000.00 -48000000.00
    6 Accounts Receivables -28000000.00 4000000.00 95000000.00 10000000.00 53000000.00 -35000000.00 -93000000.00 -84000000.00 -13000000.00
    7 Inventory 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
    8 Accounts Payables -38000000.00 -20000000.00 -21000000.00 31000000.00 -63000000.00 36000000.00 -4000000.00 -55000000.00 -190000000.00
    9 Other Working Capital 310000000 -524000000 346000000 585000000 628000000 221000000 221000000 599000000 -75000000
    10 Other Non-Cash Items 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 47000000.00 0.00
    11 Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities 999000000 1066000000 1058000000 1310000000 1296000000 1179000000 1093000000 901000000 784000000
    12 Investments in PP&E -86000000 -116000000 -106000000 -119000000 -109000000 -134000000 -163000000 -130000000 -132000000
    13 Acquisitions (Net) -17000000.00 -44000000.00 8000000.00 -776000000.00 -251000000.00 -216000000.00 -320000000.00 -314000000.00 -164000000.00
    14 Purchase of Investments 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
    15 Sales/Maturities of Investments 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
    16 Other Investing Activities -1000000.00 -19000000.00 2000000.00 -13000000.00 0.00 36000000.00 0.00 1000000.00 0.00
    17 Net Cash used for Investing Activities -537000000 -582000000 -506000000 -1236000000 -642000000 -581000000 -732000000 -687000000 -522000000
    18 Debt Repayment -3152000000 -117000000 -895000000 -2351000000 -1969000000 -214000000 -4598000000 -2171000000 -2230000000
    19 Common Stock Issued 0.00 0.00 0.00 21000000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
    20 Common Stock Repurchased 0.00 0.00 -70000000.00 -140000000.00 -418000000.00 -667000000.00 -466000000.00 -11000000.00 0.00
    21 Dividends Paid -86000000.00 -395000000.00 -494000000.00 -474000000.00 -434000000.00 -408000000.00 -356000000.00 -265000000.00 0.00
    22 Other Financing Activities -31000000.00 -28000000.00 -18000000.00 -17000000.00 -14000000.00 9000000.00 -92000000.00 -35000000.00 -98000000.00
    23 Net Cash Used Provided by Financing Activities -307000000 -544000000 -676000000 -215000000 -248000000 -462000000 -585000000 83000000 -298000000
    24 Net Change in Cash 156000000 -70000000 -132000000 -98000000 397000000 84000000 -291000000 276000000 -31000000
  • About
    Industry: Consulting Services
    Sector: Industrials
    Country: US
    IPO Date: 8/31/2015
    Stonk Exchange: NYSE
    • Nielsen Holdings Plc engages in the provision of global marketing data collection and analytics services.
    • The company is headquartered in New York, New York and currently employs 46,000 full-time employees.
    • The firm provides to clients an understanding of what consumers watch and what they buy and how those choices intersect.
    • The firm's segments include what consumers buy (Buy), consisting principally of market research information and analytical services, and what consumers watch and listen to (Watch), consisting principally of television, radio, online and mobile audience and advertising measurement services and corresponding analytics.
    • The Buy segment provides measurement services, which include its core tracking and scan data (primarily transactional measurement data and consumer behavior information), and analytical services to businesses in the consumer packaged goods industry.
    • Its Watch data is used by its media clients to understand their audiences, establish the value of their advertising inventory and maximize the value of their content, and by its advertising clients to plan and optimize their spending.



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