YouGov plc

YouGov plc

YOU · LSE · Industrials / Consulting Services

277.20GBX-2.80 (-1.00%)

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Market Stats

Previous Close280.00
Open279.00
Day Range271.00 – 280.55
52-Week Range135.40 – 293.40
Volume1.54M
Market Cap311.18M
P/E (TTM)26.56
Forward P/E7.94
EPS0.10
Dividend Yield3.54%
Beta1.41
50-Day Avg264.80
200-Day Avg224.21

About

YouGov plc provides online market research services in the United Kingdom, the Americas, the Middle East, Mainland Europe, India, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through three divisions: Data Products, Research, and Shopper. The Data Products division offers syndicated data products, which are available to clients on a subscription basis such as YouGov BrandIndex, that allows users to continuously monitor 16 fundamental metrics; YouGov Profiles, offers the detailed and real-time portrait of consumer segments. The Research division provides a range of quantitative and qualitative services, including YouGov RealTime Omnibus, a fast-turnaround, multi-client omnibus survey service; YouGov Surveys, a panel-powered and self-service survey building platform; and Custom Research, that provides full end-to-end service, including sample framing, questionnaire design, analysis, presentations and more. The CPS division offers household consumer purchasing data, such as Shopper Consumer Tracking, provides regular tracking of purchasing trends for FMCG categories, consumer segments, brands, products and retail channels; and Shopper Advanced Analytics, provides standardized and bespoke solutions based on consumer panel data to help clients understand consumer motivations, opinions and behaviours. It is also involved in the software development and finance services. YouGov plc was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Company Details

  • SectorIndustrials
  • IndustryConsulting Services
  • CEOMr. Stephan Shakespeare
  • Employees3.12K
  • Headquarters50 Featherstone Street, London, United Kingdom, EC1Y 8RT, UK
  • Websitehttps://www.yougov.com

Leadership

  • Mr. Stephan ShakespeareCo-Founder, CEO & Executive Director · b. 1957
  • Mr. James R. DaviesChief Financial Officer · b. 1973
  • Dr. Richard Douglas Rivers Ph.D.Chief Scientist · b. 1956
  • Ms. Hannah JethwaniHead of IR & Corporate Strategy
  • Mr. Ray MartinCEO of Americas
  • Mr. Jonathan Van ParysChief Platform Officer
  • Tom FisherChief Commercial Officer
  • Mr. William UllsteinChief Executive Officer - UK
  • Ms. Laura RobbieCEO of APAC & MENAI
  • Matthias GrossCEO of ROOF

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: GBP2002-07-312003-07-312004-07-312005-07-312006-07-312007-07-312008-07-312009-07-312010-07-312011-07-312012-07-312013-07-312014-07-312015-07-312016-07-312017-07-312018-07-312019-07-312020-07-312021-07-312022-07-312023-07-312024-07-312025-07-31
Total Revenue746.00K1.89M1.99M2.94M9.47M14.30M40.39M44.32M44.23M56.14M58.15M62.55M67.38M76.11M88.20M107.05M116.56M136.49M152.44M169.00M221.10M258.30M335.30M388.90M
Growth (%)-+152.95%+5.56%+47.69%+221.96%+51.00%+182.39%+9.74%-0.20%+26.92%+3.57%+7.58%+7.71%+12.96%+15.89%+21.37%+8.88%+17.10%+11.69%+10.86%+30.83%+16.82%+29.81%+15.99%
Cost of Revenue62.00K64.00K221.00K476.00K2.15M2.65M7.04M10.56M9.88M14.66M13.40M15.44M15.81M17.47M19.48M21.34M21.50M24.21M34.16M41.50M54.10M58.40M64.20M105.60M
Gross Profit684.00K1.82M1.77M2.47M7.32M11.66M33.35M33.77M34.36M41.48M44.75M47.11M51.56M58.64M68.73M85.71M95.06M112.28M118.28M127.50M167.00M199.90M271.10M283.30M
Gross Margin91.69%96.61%88.91%83.82%77.27%81.49%82.58%76.18%77.67%73.88%76.96%75.32%76.53%77.04%77.92%80.07%81.56%82.26%77.59%75.44%75.53%77.39%80.85%72.85%
Operating Expense680.00K706.00K1.10M1.45M3.27M6.03M28.10M33.68M35.20M39.57M43.52M44.41M48.14M54.70M63.29M77.57M82.41M93.79M96.73M102.20M127.00M152.30M260.20M238.40M
Operating Income4.00K1.12M668.00K1.01M4.05M5.63M5.25M89.00K-848.00K1.91M1.22M2.70M3.42M3.94M5.44M8.14M12.65M18.49M21.56M25.30M40.00M47.60M10.90M44.90M
Operating Margin0.54%59.19%33.53%34.47%42.80%39.36%13.00%0.20%-1.92%3.40%2.10%4.32%5.08%5.17%6.17%7.60%10.85%13.55%14.14%14.97%18.09%18.43%3.25%11.55%
EBITDA22.00K1.13M767.00K1.03M4.09M5.89M7.37M3.13M-6.19M4.96M5.47M4.48M5.55M6.52M11.92M15.49M19.97M32.94M30.77M39.70M51.50M70.50M49.40M74.00M
EBITDA Margin2.95%59.72%38.50%34.98%43.20%41.16%18.25%7.06%-13.99%8.83%9.41%7.16%8.24%8.57%13.51%14.47%17.13%24.14%20.19%23.49%23.29%27.29%14.73%19.03%
Net Income3.00K1.07M474.00K691.00K2.99M4.20M5.28M-544.00K-8.50M286.00K333.00K2.04M433.00K3.24M3.40M4.67M8.16M14.97M9.60M12.50M17.10M34.50M-2.40M13.40M
Net Income Margin0.40%56.49%23.80%23.49%31.57%29.35%13.08%-1.23%-19.21%0.51%0.57%3.26%0.64%4.26%3.86%4.36%7.00%10.97%6.30%7.40%7.73%13.36%-0.72%3.45%
R&D------433.00K310.00K--1.34M1.32M1.59M1.86M2.66M2.79M3.52M4.59M4.60M4.90M9.10M9.30M--
R&D as % of Total Revenue------1.07%0.70%--2.31%2.11%2.36%2.44%3.01%2.60%3.02%3.36%3.02%2.90%4.12%3.60%--
Interest Expense1.00K9.00K10.00K16.00K1.00K2.00K392.00K650.00K201.00K219.00K334.00K89.00K463.00K48.00K29.00K22.00K81.00K550.00K400.00K500.00K1.00M700.00K8.70M12.20M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue0.13%0.48%0.50%0.54%0.01%0.01%0.97%1.47%0.45%0.39%0.57%0.14%0.69%0.06%0.03%0.02%0.07%0.40%0.26%0.30%0.45%0.27%2.59%3.14%

Balance Sheet

Currency: GBP2002-07-312003-07-312004-07-312005-07-312006-07-312007-07-312008-07-312009-07-312010-07-312011-07-312012-07-312013-07-312014-07-312015-07-312016-07-312017-07-312018-07-312019-07-312020-07-312021-07-312022-07-312023-07-312024-07-312025-07-31
Total Assets357.00K1.11M1.54M4.63M10.68M16.25M86.21M84.26M77.12M80.30M76.93M84.19M82.13M87.06M107.70M119.56M144.75M181.12M178.35M198.50M240.40M304.30M609.70M600.30M
Total Liabilities815.00K562.00K606.00K881.00K3.17M4.03M25.55M17.16M17.92M24.41M20.93M23.08M24.18M25.43M33.62M39.08M52.68M73.67M69.01M86.50M115.40M108.10M426.50M409.20M
Total Equity-458.00K550.00K930.00K3.75M6.77M10.75M58.43M63.69M55.20M55.80M55.95M61.08M57.93M61.59M74.06M80.47M92.07M108.00M110.06M112.70M125.30M196.40M183.20M191.10M
Cash11.00K381.00K977.00K3.80M5.55M4.06M13.41M12.72M15.63M9.40M7.48M6.93M7.43M10.02M15.55M23.48M30.62M37.92M35.31M35.50M37.40M107.20M73.60M54.80M
Total Debt264.00K264.00K264.00K-18.00K24.00K1.14M250.00K4.00K-327.00K273.00K184.00K--262.00K-11.11M9.35M13.20M12.20M11.20M238.80M221.90M
Net Debt253.00K-117.00K-713.00K-3.80M-5.53M-4.04M-12.27M-12.47M-15.63M-9.40M-7.15M-6.66M-7.25M-10.02M-15.55M-23.22M-30.62M-26.82M-25.96M-22.30M-25.20M-96.00M165.20M167.10M

Cash Flow

Currency: GBP2002-07-312003-07-312004-07-312005-07-312006-07-312007-07-312008-07-312009-07-312010-07-312011-07-312012-07-312013-07-312014-07-312015-07-312016-07-312017-07-312018-07-312019-07-312020-07-312021-07-312022-07-312023-07-312024-07-312025-07-31
Operating Cash Flow-146.00K438.00K621.00K931.00K2.58M3.84M2.39M4.15M5.60M4.97M3.57M6.42M8.60M9.57M11.77M16.43M18.11M33.59M35.23M49.00M61.90M59.20M39.70M45.20M
Investing Cash Flow-6.00K-2.00K-60.00K23.00K-858.00K-5.06M-19.26M-4.77M-2.71M-10.17M-5.85M-6.54M-6.71M-6.17M-6.18M-7.65M-8.82M-18.77M-25.84M-36.20M-42.90M-17.10M-280.90M-20.70M
Financing Cash Flow105.00K-66.00K35.00K1.86M31.00K84.00K26.33M-835.00K-288.00K-811.00K-34.00K-522.00K-596.00K-809.00K-1.07M-1.29M-2.07M-9.66M-9.65M-11.50M-20.00M29.10M208.30M-42.90M
Capital Expenditure6.00K2.00K62.00K28.00K939.00K850.00K3.13M2.75M2.32M2.68M3.33M411.00K1.05M1.12M1.00M843.00K969.00K2.71M18.64M23.80M17.50M17.40M2.00M1.10M
Free Cash Flow-152.00K436.00K559.00K903.00K1.64M2.99M-742.00K1.40M3.28M2.29M245.00K6.01M7.55M8.45M10.77M15.58M17.14M30.88M16.59M25.20M44.40M41.80M37.70M44.10M
Dividends Paid--194.00K436.00K-------479.00K586.00K804.00K1.04M1.47M2.11M3.17M4.30M5.50M6.70M7.70M10.10M10.60M
FCF to OCF104.11%99.54%90.02%96.99%63.56%77.89%-31.01%33.72%58.57%46.07%6.86%93.60%87.82%88.26%91.48%94.87%94.65%91.92%47.08%51.43%71.73%70.61%94.96%97.57%
Dividend Paid to FCF--34.70%48.28%-------7.97%7.76%9.52%9.68%9.43%12.29%10.26%25.91%21.83%15.09%18.42%26.79%24.04%

Earnings

Report DateOct 14, 2013Mar 21, 2016Nov 9, 2016Mar 20, 2017Oct 9, 2017Mar 26, 2018Oct 9, 2018Apr 2, 2019Oct 8, 2019Mar 24, 2020Oct 6, 2020Apr 19, 2021Oct 19, 2021Mar 22, 2022Oct 11, 2022Mar 21, 2023Mar 31, 2025Oct 14, 2025Nov 4, 2025
EPS Estimate0.043.500.004.000.004.907.700.000.000.000.000.00----0.00-0.00
EPS Actual0.020.010.020.010.030.020.050.050.080.060.030.050.060.060.150.140.070.050.05
Surprise-50.00%-99.71%--99.75%--99.59%-99.35%------------
Timing-------------Pre-marketPre-marketPre-market-Pre-market-

Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap311.18M
Enterprise Value488.91M
Trailing P/E26.56
Forward P/E7.94
PEG Ratio0.00
Price / Sales0.79
Price / Book1.67
EPS0.10
Book Value1.59
Revenue (TTM)392.00M
Gross Profit (TTM)322.20M
EBITDA60.40M
Profit Margin3.11%
Operating Margin12.32%
Return on Equity6.86%
Return on Assets3.86%
Shares Outstanding117.16M
Shares Float103.85M
Beta1.41
Dividend Yield3.54%
Dividend Rate0.09
Payout Ratio1.85%

Dividends

20251×
0.09Nov 27, 2025
20241×
0.09Nov 28, 2024
20231×
0.09Nov 30, 2023
20221×
0.07Dec 1, 2022
20211×
0.06Dec 2, 2021
20201×
0.05Dec 3, 2020
20191×
0.04Dec 5, 2019
20181×
0.03Dec 6, 2018
20171×
0.02Nov 30, 2017
20161×
0.01Dec 1, 2016
20151×
0.01Dec 3, 2015
20141×
0.01Dec 4, 2014
20131×
0.01Dec 4, 2013
20121×
0.01Dec 5, 2012

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