Informa (IFJPY) and Its Peers Financial Comparison

Dividends

Informa pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Informa pays out 82.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Media” companies pay a dividend yield of 5.5% and pay out 121.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.0% of Informa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.7% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by institutional investors. 17.6% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Informa and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Informa	N/A	N/A	N/A
Informa Competitors	-19.59%	-45.94%	-5.10%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Informa and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Informa	N/A	N/A	59.35
Informa Competitors	$3.47 billion	-$81.86 million	12.99

Informa’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Informa. Informa is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Informa beats its peers on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About Informa

Informa plc operates as an international events, digital services, and academic research company in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, the United States, China, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Informa Markets, Informa Tech, Informa Connect, and Taylor & Francis. The Informa Connect segment delivers digital content, and live events and on-demand experiences for professionals through in-person, live, and online platforms that enables businesses and professionals to meet, network, discuss, and learn. This segment also conducts events with brands operating in the finance, biotech and pharma, and other specialist markets, including food and food services, marketing, and pop culture. The Informa Markets segment enable buyers, sellers, and decision makers to meet, discover, and showcase new products in various specialist markets, as well as delivers live events, including annual business-to-business exhibitions, specialist content, and services that help buyers and suppliers connect digitally comprising lead and demand generation solutions. The Informa Tech segment offers market insight products, such as specialist research and media; and market access services, including live and on-demand events and B2B digital services consist of audience development, buyer intent, and digital demand generation products. This segment serves cybersecurity, enterprise technology, media and entertainment, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things (IoT) markets. The Taylor & Francis segment curates and publishes applied academic research, learning, and championing communities of academics, researchers, experts, and knowledge makers in science, technology, medicine, and humanities and social sciences fields in pay-to-publish and pay-to-read, open research, and advanced learning formats. The company was formerly known as T&F Informa plc and changed its name to Informa plc in August 2005. Informa plc was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.