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NIQ Global Intelligence PLC

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What Do They Do?

Sells consumer shopping measurement and behavior insights to brands and retailers, and provides customized analytics to guide product, pricing and marketing decisions.

How Do They Make Money?

Clients pay for Intelligence data and services through annual or multi-year subscriptions, with service provided over the contract period. They also buy customized Activation analytics, usually delivered over time; NIQ generally expects payment within a year after providing its data or services.

revenue
SegmentShareRevenue
Intelligence
Recurring

81%
Activation
Recurring

19%

Who Are Their Customers?

Consumer brands and retailers use NIQ's measurement and analytics; customers also include other companies and government entities, ranging from multinational businesses to small and midsize companies.

Do Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Not on paper. It lost $353.3M in FY2025, but brought in more cash than it spent: $264M of free cash flow.

Operating income, FY2025
2% of revenue
▲ Now profitable vs FY2024 (−$99.8M, −3%)
Net income, FY2025
−8% of revenue
▼ −56% (Loss) vs FY2024 (−$798M, −20%)
Free cash flow, FY2025
6% of revenue
▲ +586% vs FY2024 ($38.5M, 1%)

How Are They Changing?

Since the FY2025 annual report
Latest quarter: Q2 FY2026, the three months to Jun 30, 2026
Revenue
▲ +8%
vs $1B in Q2 FY2025
Net income
▲ +1030% (Loss)
vs −$2.7M in Q2 FY2025
Intelligence share of revenue vs 80.9% in Q2 FY2025
  • Aug 10, 2026 Raised 2026 full-year financial guidance Raised outlook to 5.2% - 5.6% OCC revenue growth, 23.5% - 23.9% adjusted EBITDA margin and $245M - $255M levered free cash flow.
Revenue over time
Intelligence Activation
$5B$2.5B$0

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