NLSN · Nielsen Holdings PLC - Financials
Annual line items from SEC XBRL filings, sourced from EDGAR's Company Facts API with fallback to the quarterly Financial Statement Data Sets. See issuer overview for Form 4 activity and 10-K signals.
Income Statement
| Line item | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.50B | $6.29B | $6.50B | $6.31B | $6.57B | $6.31B |
| Cost of Revenue | $1.21B | $2.76B | $2.82B | $2.61B | $2.77B | $2.61B |
| Gross Profit | $2.29B | $3.53B | $3.68B | $3.70B | $3.81B | $3.70B |
| R&D | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SG&A | $891.00M | $1.87B | $1.93B | $1.96B | $1.86B | $1.85B |
| Total Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| D&A | $93.00M | $154.00M | $158.00M | $169.00M | $165.00M | $603.00M |
| Operating Income | $872.00M | $466.00M | ($93.00M) | ($475.00M) | $1.23B | $1.14B |
| Interest Expense | - | $371.00M | $397.00M | $394.00M | $374.00M | $333.00M |
| Income Tax | ($2.00M) | $67.00M | ($260.00M) | ($182.00M) | $388.00M | $309.00M |
| Net Income | $963.00M | ($6.00M) | ($415.00M) | ($712.00M) | $429.00M | $502.00M |
| EPS - Basic | $2.69 | ($0.02) | ($1.17) | ($2.00) | $1.20 | $1.40 |
| EPS - Diluted | $2.67 | ($0.02) | ($1.17) | ($2.00) | $1.20 | $1.39 |
Balance Sheet
| Line item | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | $380.00M | $610.00M | $454.00M | $524.00M | $656.00M | $754.00M |
| Accounts Receivable | $517.00M | $1.15B | $1.10B | $1.12B | $1.28B | $1.17B |
| Inventory | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Accounts Payable | $29.00M | $232.00M | $230.00M | $288.00M | $296.00M | $238.00M |
| Current Assets | $1.14B | $2.22B | $1.98B | $2.00B | $2.28B | $2.22B |
| Total Assets | $10.82B | $14.13B | $14.32B | $15.18B | $16.87B | $15.73B |
| Current Liabilities | $657.00M | $1.91B | $2.50B | $1.66B | $1.70B | $1.59B |
| Long-term Debt | $5.55B | $8.17B | $8.16B | $8.22B | $8.27B | $7.76B |
| Total Liabilities | $7.32B | $11.89B | $11.93B | $12.14B | $12.42B | $11.44B |
| Stockholders' Equity | $3.31B | $2.05B | $2.19B | $2.85B | $4.25B | $4.10B |
| Retained Earnings | ($253.00M) | ($1.22B) | ($1.21B) | ($795.00M) | $411.00M | $456.00M |
Cash Flow
| Line item | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $666.00M | $999.00M | $1.07B | $1.30B | $1.31B | $1.30B |
| Investing Cash Flow | $1.93B | ($537.00M) | ($582.00M) | ($642.00M) | ($1.24B) | ($642.00M) |
| Financing Cash Flow | ($2.82B) | ($307.00M) | ($544.00M) | ($248.00M) | ($215.00M) | ($248.00M) |
| CapEx | $81.00M | $86.00M | $116.00M | $106.00M | $119.00M | $109.00M |
| Free Cash Flow | $585.00M | $913.00M | $950.00M | $1.19B | $1.19B | $1.19B |
Ratios
| Metric | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 65.4% | 56.1% | 56.6% | 58.7% | 57.9% | 58.7% |
| Operating margin | 24.9% | 7.4% | -1.4% | -7.5% | 18.6% | 18.1% |
| EBITDA margin | 27.6% | 9.9% | 1.0% | -4.9% | 21.2% | 27.7% |
| Net margin | 27.5% | -0.1% | -6.4% | -11.3% | 6.5% | 8.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | 16.7% | 14.5% | 14.6% | 18.9% | 18.1% | 18.8% |
| FCF / Net income | 0.61 | -152.17 | -2.29 | -1.67 | 2.78 | 2.36 |
| R&D / Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SG&A / Revenue | 25.5% | 29.8% | 29.7% | 31.0% | 28.3% | 29.3% |
| Effective tax rate | -0.2% | 109.8% | - | - | 47.5% | 38.1% |
| Return on assets | 8.9% | -0.0% | -2.9% | -4.7% | 2.5% | 3.2% |
| Return on equity | 29.1% | -0.3% | -18.9% | -25.0% | 10.1% | 12.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.8% | 2.3% | -0.7% | -3.4% | 5.1% | 6.0% |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.74 | 1.16 | 0.79 | 1.21 | 1.34 | 1.39 |
| Quick ratio | 1.74 | 1.16 | 0.79 | 1.21 | 1.34 | 1.39 |
| Cash ratio | 0.58 | 0.32 | 0.18 | 0.32 | 0.39 | 0.47 |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt / Equity | 1.67 | 3.98 | 3.72 | 2.89 | 1.95 | 1.89 |
| Debt / Assets | 0.51 | 0.58 | 0.57 | 0.54 | 0.49 | 0.49 |
| Debt / EBITDA | 5.75 | 13.17 | 125.60 | - | 5.95 | 4.45 |
| Interest coverage | - | 1.3x | -0.2x | -1.2x | 3.3x | 3.4x |
| Equity multiplier | 3.26 | 6.89 | 6.52 | 5.33 | 3.97 | 3.83 |
| Liabilities / Assets | 0.68 | 0.84 | 0.83 | 0.80 | 0.74 | 0.73 |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.32 | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.39 | 0.40 |
| Inventory turnover | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Days sales outstanding | 54d | 67d | 62d | 65d | 71d | 68d |
| Days inventory outstanding | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Days payable outstanding | 9d | 31d | 30d | 40d | 39d | 33d |
| Cash conversion cycle | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valuation | ||||||
| P / E | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| P / B | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| P / S | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| EV / EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Growth | ||||||
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -44.4% | -3.2% | 3.0% | -4.0% | 4.2% | 2.2% |
| Revenue CAGR (3y) | -17.8% | -1.5% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3.4% |
| Revenue CAGR (5y) | -11.1% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 2.0% | 3.2% | 5.6% |
| Gross profit growth (YoY) | -35.2% | -4.0% | -0.7% | -2.8% | 2.8% | 1.9% |
| Operating income growth (YoY) | 87.1% | - | 80.4% | - | 7.2% | 4.6% |
| Net income growth (YoY) | - | 98.6% | 41.7% | - | -14.5% | -11.9% |
| EPS growth (YoY) | - | 98.3% | 41.5% | - | -13.7% | -9.7% |
| EPS CAGR (3y) | - | - | - | - | 6.3% | -10.5% |
| EPS CAGR (5y) | 13.9% | - | - | - | 9.9% | - |
| FCF growth (YoY) | -35.9% | -3.9% | -20.2% | -0.1% | 0.3% | 54.8% |
| FCF CAGR (5y) | -13.2% | 3.5% | 0.4% | 9.1% | 12.8% | 25.7% |
| Book value growth (YoY) | 61.6% | -6.6% | -22.9% | -32.9% | 3.5% | -7.5% |
Sales by segment
From XBRL dimensional facts in the 10-K period ending 2021-12-31.
Business segments
$3.50B totalMedia$3.50B · 100.0%
Product / service
$3.50B totalMeasurements$2.54B · 72.7%
Impact Content$955.00M · 27.3%
Geographic
$3.50B totalUS$2.89B · 82.5%
EMEA$265.00M · 7.6%
Asia Pacific$226.00M · 6.5%
GB$67.00M · 1.9%
Americas$56.00M · 1.6%
Stability scores
Altman Z′
FY 2021 · bankruptcy risk
0.78
Distress
Private-firm variant - uses book equity instead of market cap. > 2.90 safe · 1.23-2.90 grey · < 1.23 distress.
Piotroski F-score
FY 2021 · 9-point quality
6/9
Neutral
- ✓Net income positive
- ✓Operating cash flow positive
- ✓ROA improved YoY
- ✗Cash flow > net income
- ✓Long-term debt decreased
- ✓Current ratio improved
- ✗No share dilution
- ✓Gross margin improved
- ✗Asset turnover improved
Peer comparison
Same SIC group: Services-Business Services, NEC
Comparing Nielsen Holdings plc against the 5 most active filers in the same SIC group.