Nielsen - NLSN Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nielsen in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 6 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" NLSN shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in NLSN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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7 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Nielsen's stock. Their NLSN share price forecasts range from $17.00 to $28.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $24.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.9%.
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Nielsen's stock was trading at $20.51 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, NLSN stock has increased by 36.0% and is now trading at $27.89.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 27th 2022.
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Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE:NLSN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 27th. The business services provider reported $0.44 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.43 by $0.01. The business services provider earned $882 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $886.52 million. Nielsen had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.69% and a net margin of 14.99%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 2.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.43 earnings per share.

Nielsen declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 18th will be given a dividend of $0.06 per share on Friday, September 2nd. This represents a $0.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.86%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 17th.
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Nielsen (NYSE:NLSN) pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.86%. The dividend payout ratio is 16.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, NLSN will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.83% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Nielsen announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Monday, February 28th 2022, which allows the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase up to 16% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Nielsen updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.81-$1.91 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.88. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.60 billion-$3.64 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.61 billion.

524 employees have rated Nielsen Chief Executive Officer David Kenny on Glassdoor.com. David Kenny has an approval rating of 82% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Nielsen investors own include Goldcorp (GG), AT&T (T), International Business Machines (IBM), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Bank of America (BAC), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Verizon Communications (VZ), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Boeing (BA).

Nielsen trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NLSN."

Nielsen's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Windacre Partnership LLC (27.29%), Nomura Holdings Inc. (4.42%), State Street Corp (3.31%), Clarkston Capital Partners LLC (2.93%), FMR LLC (2.46%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.07%). Insiders that own company stock include David W Kenny, James A Attwood Jr and Windacre Partnership Llc.
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One share of NLSN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.89.

Nielsen (NYSE:NLSN) has a market capitalization of $10.04 billion and generates $3.50 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $963 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.47 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 15,000 workers across the globe.

Nielsen's mailing address is 85 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK NY, 10004. The official website for the company is www.nielsen.com. The business services provider can be reached via phone at (646) 654-5000, via email at ir@nielsen.com, or via fax at 31-20-690-3175.