Globaldata
DATA · Main Market · Industrial Goods and Services · mcap £390m · 59.3p
GlobalData sells subscription data, analytics and research to companies in sectors such as healthcare, technology and finance. Most revenue is recurring and comes from annual contracts.
Financials · LTM to 30 Jun 26
Source: results 14 Sep 26 ↗
- Revenue
- £328m
- Operating profit
- £83.6m
- Net income
- £35.6m
- Free cash flow
- £24.6m
- Net debt
- £133m£30.00m paid to shareholders after 30 Jun 26 (13 Aug 2026) – source
- Market cap
- £418m
- EV / EBIT
- 7.2×
- FCF yield
- +5.9%
- Price / book
- 1.4×
Latest half-year · H1 26 vs H1 25
results 14 Sep 26 ↗
- Revenue
- £163m +4%
- Operating profit
- £30.9m +8%
- Net income
- £8.3m +43%
- Cash from operations
- £39.9m −19%
Extracted automatically from the company's results announcements; check the source before relying on a figure. Not investment advice.
Latest report: H1 26 (six months to 30 Jun 26), published 14 Sep 26 · read the results ↗
£m unless stated · newest first · italic = calculated (LTM, H2 = FY − H1) · hover a value for its source
| LTM Jun 26 | FY 25 | FY 24 | FY 23 | FY 22 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 328.5 | 322.1 | 285.5 | 273.1 | 243.2 |
| Gross profit | 163.6 | 160.4 | 148.9 | – | – |
| Adjusted EBITDA | 112.9 | 110.2 | 116.8 | 110.8 | 86.4 |
| Operating profit | 83.6 | 81.2 | 65.1 | 73.7 | 56.0 |
| Depreciation (right-of-use) | – | 4.8 | 4.6 | – | – |
| Amortisation | – | 16.4 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 10.1 |
| Share-based payments | – | (15.4) | 24.1 | 19.4 | 4.1 |
| Finance costs | (15.9) | (12.0) | (10.2) | (32.2) | (17.6) |
| Profit before tax | 67.7 | 69.2 | 54.9 | 41.5 | 38.4 |
| Tax | (17.1) | (19.1) | (18.4) | (10.7) | (7.9) |
| Net income (owners) | 35.6 | 33.1 | 29.6 | 30.8 | 30.5 |
| EPS basic | 4.8p | 4.4p | 3.8p | 3.8p | 3.8p |
| EPS diluted | 4.8p | 4.4p | 3.7p | 3.8p | 3.7p |
| Dividend per share | – | – | – | 4.6p | 3.6p |
| H1 26 | vs H1 25 | H2 25 | H1 25 | H2 24 | H1 24 | H2 23 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 162.9 | +4% | 165.6 | 156.5 | 145.9 | 139.6 | 137.2 |
| Gross profit | 79.5 | +4% | 84.1 | 76.3 | – | – | – |
| Adjusted EBITDA | 54.8 | +5% | 58.1 | 52.1 | 59.0 | 57.8 | 57.3 |
| Exceptional / adjusting items | – | – | – | (19.0) | – | (16.2) | – |
| Operating profit | 30.9 | +8% | 52.7 | 28.5 | 27.3 | 37.8 | 36.8 |
| Depreciation (right-of-use) | – | – | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 | – |
| Share-based payments | – | – | (22.2) | 6.8 | 14.5 | 9.6 | 9.7 |
| Finance costs | (7.7) | +103% | (8.2) | (3.8) | 0.7 | (10.9) | (19.2) |
| Profit before tax | 23.2 | −6% | 44.5 | 24.7 | 28.0 | 26.9 | 17.6 |
| Tax | (9.1) | −18% | (8.0) | (11.1) | (12.4) | (6.0) | (4.6) |
| Net income (owners) | 8.3 | +43% | 27.3 | 5.8 | 9.5 | 20.1 | 13.0 |
| EPS basic | 1.2p | – | 3.6p | 0.8p | 1.3p | 2.5p | 1.6p |
| EPS diluted | 1.2p | – | 3.6p | 0.8p | 1.2p | 2.5p | 1.6p |
| Dividend per share | – | – | – | 0.3p | – | 1.5p | 3.2p |
| LTM Jun 26 | FY 25 | FY 24 | FY 23 | FY 22 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 38.5 | 47.9 | 45.5 | 65.8 | 61.9 |
| Interest paid | (12.1) | (8.8) | (10.9) | (23.0) | (14.0) |
| Tax paid | (14.4) | (24.1) | (40.7) | (12.0) | (9.5) |
| Capex (PP&E) | (1.5) | (2.6) | (1.7) | (0.9) | (1.0) |
| Capex (intangibles) | (6.4) | (5.3) | (5.5) | (3.3) | (1.7) |
| Lease principal paid | (6.0) | (5.6) | (5.6) | (5.4) | (5.9) |
| Dividends paid | (10.7) | (9.9) | (37.5) | (32.2) | (23.6) |
| Share buybacks | 10.1 | (11.0) | (52.5) | (11.9) | (66.6) |
| H1 26 | vs H1 25 | H2 25 | H1 25 | H2 24 | H1 24 | H2 23 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 39.9 | −19% | (1.4) | 49.3 | 0.3 | 45.2 | 17.8 |
| Interest paid | (6.5) | +103% | (5.6) | (3.2) | 1.4 | (12.3) | (10.9) |
| Tax paid | (3.6) | −73% | (10.8) | (13.3) | (23.5) | (17.2) | (9.3) |
| Capex (PP&E) | (0.5) | −69% | (1.0) | (1.6) | (1.3) | (0.4) | (0.6) |
| Capex (intangibles) | (3.4) | +48% | (3.0) | (2.3) | (2.8) | (2.7) | (1.7) |
| Lease principal paid | (3.2) | +14% | (2.8) | (2.8) | (2.7) | (2.9) | (3.0) |
| Dividends paid | (8.5) | +10% | (2.2) | (7.7) | (11.8) | (25.7) | (11.4) |
| Share buybacks | (18.6) | −53% | 28.7 | (39.7) | (29.1) | (23.4) | (9.3) |
| Latest Jun 26 | FY 25 | FY 24 | FY 23 | FY 22 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwill | 397.2 | 384.6 | 357.2 | 311.1 | 311.1 |
| Other intangibles | 110.9 | 106.9 | 101.7 | 61.7 | 69.0 |
| Property, plant & equipment | 24.8 | 26.0 | 28.1 | 26.6 | 31.0 |
| Associates & JVs | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.0 | – | – |
| Other investments | – | – | – | 0.0 | – |
| Trade receivables | 86.5 | 87.2 | 89.9 | 69.2 | 62.7 |
| Cash | 48.0 | 51.1 | 50.5 | 19.8 | 34.0 |
| Current assets | – | – | – | 89.5 | 98.2 |
| Total assets | 693.8 | 689.1 | 655.8 | 492.3 | 511.6 |
| Trade payables | 39.6 | 43.1 | 43.2 | 32.4 | 33.3 |
| Lease liabilities, current | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
| Current liabilities | – | – | – | 144.3 | 145.8 |
| Borrowings, non-current | 181.0 | 165.3 | 40.4 | 263.7 | 283.6 |
| Lease liabilities, non-current | 19.0 | 20.5 | 22.1 | 21.4 | 24.6 |
| Total liabilities | 387.6 | 363.1 | 234.9 | 434.5 | 463.3 |
| Non-controlling interests | 20.8 | 22.4 | 17.1 | 0.0 | – |
| Total equity | 306.2 | 326.0 | 420.9 | 57.8 | 48.3 |
| Net cash / (debt) ex leases | – | (114.2) | 10.1 | – | – |
| H1 26 | H2 25 | H1 25 | H2 24 | H1 24 | H2 23 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwill | 397.2 | 384.6 | 365.0 | 357.2 | 311.1 | 311.1 |
| Other intangibles | 110.9 | 106.9 | 101.2 | 101.7 | 59.2 | 61.7 |
| Property, plant & equipment | 24.8 | 26.0 | 29.5 | 28.1 | 24.3 | 26.6 |
| Associates & JVs | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | – | – |
| Other investments | – | – | – | – | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Trade receivables | 86.5 | 87.2 | 77.4 | 89.9 | 64.5 | 69.2 |
| Cash | 48.0 | 51.1 | 60.0 | 50.5 | 188.3 | 19.8 |
| Current assets | – | – | – | – | 253.0 | 89.5 |
| Total assets | 693.8 | 689.1 | 662.0 | 655.8 | 678.6 | 492.3 |
| Trade payables | 39.6 | 43.1 | 45.6 | 43.2 | 64.0 | 32.4 |
| Lease liabilities, current | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| Current liabilities | – | – | – | – | 202.8 | 144.3 |
| Borrowings, non-current | 181.0 | 165.3 | 76.8 | 40.4 | 0.0 | 263.7 |
| Lease liabilities, non-current | 19.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 22.1 | 19.7 | 21.4 |
| Total liabilities | 387.6 | 363.1 | 284.2 | 234.9 | 226.1 | 434.5 |
| Non-controlling interests | 20.8 | 22.4 | 15.1 | 17.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Total equity | 306.2 | 326.0 | 377.8 | 420.9 | 452.5 | 57.8 |
| Net cash / (debt) ex leases | – | (114.2) | (16.8) | 10.1 | 188.3 | – |
Line items extracted automatically from each results announcement; when a later report restates a period, the later figure is shown. LTM and H2 are calculated from reported periods. Check the source before relying on a figure.
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