GlobalData (#DATA) – “completion of share buyback programme”

GlobalData – a ‘plan’ “to drive long-term value creation”… with a profit warning having argued earlier this year “Primed for Growth in AI Age”!

Most recently on company describing itself as a “leading data, insight, and technology company” GlobalData (DATA), in July with the shares further down to around 75p I reviewed ‘how’s its previously-argued “Primed for Growth in AI Age” going?’, concluding ‘with the latest stated with “a challenging macro-economic backdrop in which sales cycles have elongated industry wide” - but isn’t AI booming, and it “Primed for Growth in AI Age”? - at least ahead of 14th September-scheduled results and ‘growth plan’ detail, still avoid’. The shares most recently closed at 71.6p and now the results headlined “Resilient H1 performance and strategic evolution to drive long-term value creation”… and so what of the shares currently falling below 60p?

GlobalData (#DATA) – H1 adj. EPS +8% to 2.7p, DPS maintained at 0.3p, FY warning stating “sales cycles elongated industry-wide”

GlobalData (#DATA) – 85p per share tender offer oversubscribed, tender offer to return “approximately £30 million”

GlobalData (#DATA) – “proposing a return of capital of up to £30 million… at the tender price of 85 pence per share”

GlobalData – how’s its previously-argued “Primed for Growth in AI Age” going?…

The 2025 calendar year results from ‘data, insight, and technology’ for organisations company GlobalData (DATA) emphasised “Primed for Growth in AI Age”. With the shares then at 85p, I questioned how confident to really be of that and what of now a further update from the company and the shares currently further lower in response to around 75p?

GlobalData (#DATA) – H1 “underlying revenue growth of approximately 1%”, “intention to launch a tender offer” at 85p per share

GlobalData – 2025 results, how confident to really be of “primed for growth in AI Age”?

‘Data, insight, and technology’ for organisations company GlobalData (DATA) has announced its results for the 2025 calendar year headlined “Resilient performance: Primed for Growth in AI Age”. What then about a current 85p share price comparing to approaching 190p at the end of 2024?

GlobalData (#DATA) – 2025 adj. EPS up to 7.3p, though DPS down to 1.5p stating “strategy to focus more capital towards M&A”

GlobalData – as it prepares to be another to move from AIM to the Main Market, is it really “a clear beneficiary of AI”?

Presently AIM-listed, self-described “leading provider of industry intelligence” GlobalData (DATA) has issued an “Update on Move to the Main Market” announcement including that it expects the move on 5th March. With the prospective listing improvement from the AIM casino, what of a share price slightly further down at 95p having been above 120p just last month?

GlobalData (#DATA) – “Update on Move to the Main Market” from AIM, expects to move on 5th March

AIM Market – a £901 million blow to the Casino

Today GlobalData (DATA), “the leading data, insight, and technology company” announced that it “expects to submit its application to move to the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange with Admission to the Main Market to take place at 8.00am on 5 March.”

GlobalData – argues “encouraged by the progress”… but it’s “lower than previously anticipated”!

Already down from above 200p early this year, shares in self-described “leading data, insight, and technology company” GlobalData (DATA) are currently a further more than 5% down to 114p on the back of a “Trading Update and Capital Markets Event” announcement. So what’s the latest and what does it mean for the valuation?

GlobalData (#DATA) – “FY25 profitability expectations tempered slightly; FY26 unchanged”

GlobalData (#DATA) – “Update on proposed move to the Main Market” and notice of intended AIM cancellation

GlobalData (#DATA) – £60m tender offer oversubscribed

GlobalData (#DATA) – H1 adj. EPS down to 3p, DPS to 0.3p, “up to” £60m tender offer at 150p per share

GlobalData (#DATA) – has terminated possible offer discussions, argues “highly confident in the future prospects”

GlobalData (#DATA) – discussions with KKR terminated and with ICG ongoing with Takeover Panel extension to 11th June

GlobalData (#DATA) – 2024 adj. EPS +10% to 7.5p, DPS reduced to 2.5p “to focus capital on M&A”