| Bid Price | High Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ask Price | Low Price | ||
| Open Price | Spread | ||
| Prev Close | Volume |
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2020 | 414.20 | 414.20 | 407.60 | 407.60 | 348,641 |
| Jan 17, 2020 | 409.80 | 421.60 | 409.80 | 412.40 | 624,735 |
| Jan 16, 2020 | 426.40 | 426.40 | 410.80 | 410.80 | 2,865,591 |
| Jan 15, 2020 | 417.00 | 421.80 | 409.00 | 421.20 | 1,361,944 |
| Jan 14, 2020 | 411.00 | 414.60 | 408.60 | 412.40 | 483,933 |
| Name | Ascential | Epic | ASCL |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISIN | GB00BYM8GJ06 | Currency | GBX |
| Type | Equity | Trading Segment | STMM |
| Record Status | Active | Trading Status | Regular Trading |
| Industry | Consumer Services | Sector | Media Agencies |
| EMS | 5,000 | Prev Close | 407.60 |
| Shares in Issue (m) | 403.27 | Market Cap (£m) | 1,643.75 |
| PE Ratio | 7.81 | Div per Share (p) | 5.80 |
| Div Yield | 1.40 | Div Cover | 9.16 |
| EPS | 52.20 | EPS Growth (%) | 1,060.00 |
| PEG | 0.01 | DPS Growth (%) | 3.57 |
| ROCE | 3.10 | Net Gearing | 36.32 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.39 | Current Ratio | 1.41 |
| Date | Broker | Recomm. | Price | Old Target | New Target | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan | Goldman Sachs | Conviction Buy | 407.50 | 568.00 | 541.00 | Reiterates |
| 20 Jan | Peel Hunt | Buy | 407.50 | 460.00 | - | Reiterates |
| 13 Jan | HSBC | Buy | 407.50 | 460.00 | - | Reiterates |
| 20 Nov | Peel Hunt | Buy | 407.50 | 450.00 | - | Reiterates |
| 05 Nov | Barclays Capital | Equal weight | 407.50 | 410.00 | 365.00 | Reiterates |
| Date | Director | Type | Volume / Price | Trade Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Mar 2019 | Duncan Painter | Buy | 43,000 @ 348.20p | £149,726.00 |
| 25 Jul 2018 | Duncan Painter | Buy | 41,538 @ 428.26p | £177,890.64 |
| 09 Jun 2017 | Paul Harrison | Buy | 2,820 @ 351.00p | £9,898.20 |
| 02 Mar 2017 | Duncan Painter | Buy | 22,593 @ 305.40p | £68,999.02 |
| 02 Mar 2017 | Mandy Gradden | Sell | 400,000 @ 298.10p | £1,192,400.00 |
