Nielsen N.V. Ordinary Shares (NLSN): Price and Financial Metrics

NLSN POWR Grades

• NLSN scores best on the Growth dimension, with a Growth rank ahead of 74.93% of US stocks.
• NLSN's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving down over the last 163 days.
• NLSN ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 13th percentile.

NLSN Stock Summary

• Over the past twelve months, NLSN has reported earnings growth of 276.2%, putting it ahead of 92.22% of US stocks in our set.
• As for revenue growth, note that NLSN's revenue has grown -32.19% over the past 12 months; that beats the revenue growth of just 6.22% of US companies in our set.
• Nielsen Holdings plc's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is 62.93%, greater than the shareholder yield of 96.85% of stocks in our set.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Nielsen Holdings plc, a group of peers worth examining would be CLH, CWT, ADT, AVA, and QRTEA.
• Visit NLSN's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.nielsen.com.

NLSN Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Industrials stock, NLSN's EV/EBIT ratio is 49.07% lower, now standing at 10.9.
• Over the past 129 months, NLSN's price/sales ratio has gone down 0.3.
• Over the past 129 months, NLSN's price/sales ratio has gone down 0.3.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for NLSN.

NLSN Growth Metrics

Its year over year price growth rate is now at 80.86%.
• Its 4 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -7.3%.
• Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 233.43%.

NLSN's revenue has moved down $2,084,000,000 over the prior 15 months.

The table below shows NLSN's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-09-30	4,278	776	784
2021-06-30	4,959	922	691
2021-03-31	5,594	959	585
2020-12-31	6,290	999	-6
2020-09-30	6,309	1,132	-150
2020-06-30	6,362	1,128	-629

NLSN's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• NLSN has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 66.79% of graded US stocks.
• NLSN's asset turnover comes in at 0.355 -- ranking 403rd of 563 Business Services stocks.
• AWRE, ENG, and DXC are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with NLSN.

The table below shows NLSN's key quality metrics over time.