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Equities

Market Closed - London S.E. Other stock markets 12:35:24 2026-03-13 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
987.60 ^GBX	+0.57%		+1.19%	-5.94%

Mar. 09	Selloff eases as Iran conflict shifts rate bets	AN
Mar. 09	Iran conflict clouds rate path for ECB and BoE	AN

Data adjusted to current consolidation scope

Fiscal Period: December	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027
Capitalization ¹	5,102	4,620	6,707	6,717	8,506	6,150	6,150	-
Change	-	-9.45%	45.19%	0.15%	26.62%	-27.7%	0%	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	5,656	5,117	7,264	5,973	9,359	7,744	7,103	7,010
Change	-	-9.54%	41.97%	-17.77%	56.68%	-17.25%	-0.52%	-1.3%
P/E ratio	16.6x	29.3x	28.8x	18.3x	20.2x	20.7x	15.6x	14.1x
PBR	1.24x	1.08x	1.57x	1.73x	2.13x	1.87x	1.65x	1.54x
PEG	-	-0.6x	0.5x	0.3x	1x	-1x	1.92x	1.3x
Capitalization / Revenue	1.5x	1.35x	1.75x	1.83x	2.39x	1.87x	1.65x	1.58x
EV / Revenue	1.66x	1.49x	1.89x	1.63x	2.63x	2.16x	1.9x	1.8x
EV / EBITDA	8.98x	6.9x	10.2x	7.62x	11.8x	9.94x	8.25x	7.65x
EV / EBIT	18.1x	13.3x	15.9x	10.4x	15.6x	12.6x	10.8x	9.92x
EV / FCF	22.2x	19.5x	33.9x	15x	18.6x	14.8x	15.8x	14.4x
FCF Yield	4.51%	5.12%	2.95%	6.68%	5.37%	6.74%	6.34%	6.93%
Dividend per Share ²	0.195	0.205	0.215	0.227	0.24	0.252	0.2674	0.2873
Rate of return	2.87%	3.34%	2.29%	2.35%	1.87%	2.4%	2.72%	2.93%
EPS ²	0.41	0.209	0.326	0.527	0.635	0.507	0.6305	0.6984
Distribution rate	47.6%	98.1%	66%	43.1%	37.8%	49.7%	42.4%	41.1%
Net sales ¹	3,397	3,428	3,841	3,674	3,552	3,577	3,729	3,903
EBITDA ¹	630	742	715	784	794	779	861.4	916.5
EBIT ¹	313	385	456	573	600	614	659.6	706.7
Net income ¹	310	160	242	378	434	335	404.3	437.9
Net Debt ¹	554	497	557	-744	853	1,069	952.8	860.4
Reference price ²	6.804	6.132	9.392	9.642	12.820	9.820	9.820	9.820
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	749,842	753,360	714,131	696,669	663,467	626,260	626,260	-
Announcement Date	3/8/21	2/25/22	3/3/23	3/1/24	2/28/25	2/27/26	-	-

¹GBP in Million²GBP

Estimates

Add to a list 0 selected To use this feature you must be a member Log in Sign up	P/E (Y)	EV / Sales (Y)	EV / EBITDA (Y)	Dividend Yield (Y)	Capi.($)
PEARSON PLC	16.84x	1.98x	8.49x	2.57%	8.21B
VEND MARKETPLACES ASA	26.58x	9.02x	27.11x	1.34%	5.78B
JIANGSU PHOENIX PUBLISHING & MEDIA CORPORATION LIMITED	12.65x	-	-	5.04%	3.68B
LAGARDÈRE S.A.	10.11x	0.6x	4.9x	3.84%	2.96B
KADOKAWA CORPORATION	86.09x	1.18x	14.75x	0.95%	2.92B
CHINA SOUTH PUBLISHING & MEDIA GROUP CO., LTD	12.71x	0.42x	2.67x	5.72%	2.9B
TX GROUP AG	89.13x	1.8x	7.97x	2.88%	2.14B
JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.	11.84x	-	-	-	1.87B
SOUTHERN PUBLISHING AND MEDIA CO.,LTD.	11.2x	-	-	-	1.84B
Average	30.80x	2.50x	10.98x	3.19%	3.59B
Weighted average by Cap.	27.55x	3.16x	12.40x	2.95%