Nielsen Holdings plc
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Financials
SEC XBRL · annual| FY21 | FY20 | FY19 | FY18 | FY17 | FY16 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.50B | $3.36B | $3.44B | $6.51B | $6.57B | $6.31B |
| Operating income | $872.0M | $679.0M | $870.0M | −$475.0M | $1.21B | $1.13B |
| Net income | $963.0M | −$6.0M | −$415.0M | −$712.0M | $429.0M | $502.0M |
| Total assets | $10.82B | $14.13B | $14.32B | $15.18B | $16.87B | $15.73B |
| Total liabilities | $7.32B | $11.89B | $11.93B | $12.14B | $12.42B | $11.44B |
| Equity | $3.31B | $2.05B | $2.19B | $2.85B | $4.25B | $4.10B |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.67 | $-0.02 | $-1.16 | $-2.00 | $1.20 | $1.39 |
| Shares out. | 357.8M | 356.4M | 355.4M | 356.6M | 357.5M | 361.9M |
Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.
Key ratios
from filings · FY2021- Operating margin
- 24.9%
- Net margin
- 27.5%
- Return on equity
- 29.1%
- Return on assets
- 8.9%
- Return on capital (ROCE)
- 8.6%
- Liabilities / assets
- 67.7%
- Debt / equity
- 2.21×
- Book value / share
- $9.26
- Revenue growth (YoY)
- 4.1%
- Net income growth (YoY)
- —
Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.
Financial health
forensic scores · FY2021- Altman Z″ (distress)
- 1.23grey zone
- Accruals / assets
- 2.7%clean
- Beneish M-Score
- -2.22normal
- Piotroski F-Score
- 7/9strong
Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Quality score
EDS ScoreOur own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Signs
● 1 warning● 5 good- Altman Z″ in the grey zone
- Operating margin is positive
- Strong return on equity (>15%)
- Revenue is growing year-over-year
- Positive operating cash flow
- Clean earnings (low accruals)
Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Material events
SEC Form 8-K · most recent- Entered a material agreement · Terminated a material agreement · Completed an acquisition or disposition · Delisting / listing-standard notice · Modified shareholder rights · Change in control · Director / officer change · Amended charter or bylaws · Other material eventOct 11, 2022
- Other material eventOct 6, 2022
- Other material eventSep 22, 2022
- Entered a material agreement · Other material eventSep 8, 2022
- Shareholder vote · Other material eventSep 2, 2022
- Other material eventAug 24, 2022
- Entered a material agreementAug 19, 2022
- Other material eventAug 9, 2022
Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.
Recent SEC filings
All filings ↗- 10-QOct 27, 2022
- 15-12GOct 24, 2022
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