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Fiona Orford-Williams

YouGov - Stretch targets exceeded

YouGov’s final results to end July showed strong revenue growth (+10% underlying) and a 200bp increase in operating margins. The continuing drive is on growing Data Products and Services and focusing Custom Research on more profitable business. The ambitious targets to improve profitability set in the original five-year plan have been met. The new five-year plan to FY23 targets doubling both revenue and adjusted operating profit margin, as well as achieving a 30% CAGR in EPS (25% EPS CAGR in the earlier plan). In this context, the valuation premium to slower-growing peers looks well underpinned.
Underlying
YouGov PLC

YouGov is a data and analytics company. All of Co.'s products and services are underpinned by its data infrastructure, the principal elements of which are the Cube (Co.'s connected data library) and Crunch (Co.'s data analytics and visualisation tool). Co.'s data products include: YouGov BrandIndex, its daily brand perception tracker; YouGov Profiles, its planning and segmentation tool; and YouGov Data Applications, its data solutions. Co.'s data services include YouGov Omnibus, which delivers next-day answers, and its custom research includes YouGov Custom Research, a quantitative and qualitative research.

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Edison Investment Research
Edison Investment Research

Edison is an investment research and advisory company, with offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East and AsiaPac. The heart of Edison is our world renowned equity research platform and deep multi-sector expertise. At Edison Investment Research, our research is widely read by international investors, advisors and stakeholders. Edison Advisors leverages our core research platform to provide differentiated services including investor relations and strategic consulting.

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Fiona Orford-Williams

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