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Nielsen Holdings plc

nielsen.com

No Longer Reporting

The company has not filed an annual or quarterly report since its Q3 FY2022 10-Q, filed Oct 27, 2022.

The sections below describe the company as of the FY2021 annual report.

What Did They Do?

Measures audiences and sells media data and analytics to publishers, advertisers and content creators.

How Did They Make Money?

Clients pay for audience measurement, data and analytics; most services are provided over time, while some products are transferred at a point in time.

FY2021 revenue

Who Were Their Customers?

Media publishers use Nielsen's data to value advertising space and content, while advertisers and their agencies use it to plan and assess campaigns. Content creators, studios and streaming services use audience data to guide programming and distribution decisions.

Did Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Yes. It kept 28 cents of every revenue dollar as net income in FY2021 and turned 17 cents into free cash flow.

Operating income, FY2021
25% of revenue
▲ +28% vs FY2020 ($679M, 20%)
Net income, FY2021
28% of revenue
▲ Now profitable vs FY2020 (−$6M, 0%)
Free cash flow, FY2021
17% of revenue
▼ −36% vs FY2020 ($913M, 27%)

How Were They Changing?

Since the FY2021 annual report
Latest quarter: Q3 FY2022, the three months to Sep 30, 2022
Revenue
▲ +1%
vs $882M in Q3 FY2021
Net income
▲ +8%
vs $100M in Q3 FY2021
  • Oct 11, 2022 A consortium acquired Nielsen and its shares stopped trading The all-cash transaction was valued at approximately $16 billion; Nielsen shares stopped trading on the NYSE beginning Oct 12, 2022.

Shrank. Revenue fell 47% in 4 years, from $6.6B in FY2017 to $3.5B in FY2021, about 15% a year.

Consumer-purchase measurement The older report described retail sales and consumer-purchase measurement alongside media audience data. The latest describes continuing operations focused on audience and advertising measurement after the sale of Global Connect.

Streaming measurement The latest report describes a set of streaming audience, content and advertising measurements; the older report describes services across television, radio, print, online, digital and mobile platforms.

Who Did They Compete With?

Competes with Comscore, Kantar, GfK, Ipsos, LiveRamp, Oracle, The Trade Desk, iSpot.tv, Eastlan Ratings, Triton, Analytic Partners, Neustar, IpsosMMA, Gain Theory, IRI, Xperi, Red Bee Media, Mediapresse, Stats Perform, and Sportradar

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