NIQ Global Intelligence PLC (NIQ)
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Rating:53Neutral
Price Target:
$8.50
▼(-27.04% Downside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:05/27/26
The score is primarily held back by elevated leverage and continued net losses, alongside clearly bearish price/indicator trends. Offsetting these, management’s guidance emphasizes sustained organic growth, margin expansion, improving free cash flow, and planned deleveraging, but execution and near-term restructuring costs remain key swing factors.
Positive Factors
Recurring subscription revenue & retention
High subscription scale with 104% net dollar retention and 99% gross retention signals durable, sticky revenue and predictable renewals. This recurring backbone supports long-term cash flow visibility, cross-sell opportunities and resilience to cyclical demand swings, enabling reinvestment in products.
Negative Factors
Elevated leverage
Material leverage constrains strategic flexibility and increases vulnerability to macro shocks. Even with planned deleveraging, high gross debt levels raise interest and refinancing risk, limit M&A/organic investment capacity and keep credit sensitivity elevated until leverage sustainably falls.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Recurring subscription revenue & retention
High subscription scale with 104% net dollar retention and 99% gross retention signals durable, sticky revenue and predictable renewals. This recurring backbone supports long-term cash flow visibility, cross-sell opportunities and resilience to cyclical demand swings, enabling reinvestment in products.
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NIQ Global Intelligence PLC (NIQ) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$2.44B
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)1.65M
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta (1Y)1.42
Revenue Growth8.26%
EPS Growth46.45%
CountryUS
Employees38,625
SectorTechnology
Sector Strength88
IndustryInformation Technology Services
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-0.93
Shares Outstanding295,136,350
10 Day Avg. Volume1,274,870
30 Day Avg. Volume1,646,422
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.20
Price to Book (P/B)4.45
Price to Sales (P/S)1.05
P/FCF Ratio184.16
Enterprise Value/Market Cap2.40
Enterprise Value/Revenue1.31
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit2.50
Enterprise Value/Ebitda7.42
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$15.27Price Target Upside31.10% Upside
Rating ConsensusStrong Buy
Number of Analyst Covering12
EPS Forecast (FY)0.98
Revenue Forecast (FY)$4.47B
NIQ Global Intelligence PLC Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
NIQ Global Intelligence Plc operates as a consumer insights company, deploying an advanced AI-driven platform to meticulously analyze vast shopping data. Its services yield crucial understandings of worldwide consumer behavior, empowering brands, ...
How the Company Makes Money
NIQ primarily makes money by selling access to its consumer and retail measurement data and related analytics/insights solutions to business customers, typically under contracted, recurring subscription arrangements. Key revenue streams generally ...
NIQ Global Intelligence PLC Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:May 14, 2026
(Q1-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Aug 13, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call highlighted multiple operational and financial positives: consistent organic growth (5%+ OCC for nine quarters), strong adjusted EBITDA expansion (19.1% YoY) and margin improvement, robust subscription and retention metrics, accelerating AI product adoption and demonstrable client impact, meaningful commercial wins and improved liquidity. Near-term headwinds include APAC weakness (notably China), substantial one-time restructuring and AI integration costs (~$65M–$75M full-year), and elevated net leverage (≈3.4x) that management plans to reduce to <3x by year-end. Management reaffirmed guidance, raised FX-driven reported revenue/EBITDA expectations, and articulated a credible long-term path to higher margins via AI-driven revenue growth and cost efficiencies. On balance the positives — growth, margin expansion, AI momentum and cash generation trajectory — materially outweigh the regional and near-term cost/turnaround issues.Positive Updates
Organic and Reported Revenue Growth
Reported revenue grew 11.1% year-over-year to $1.1 billion; organic constant-currency (OCC) revenue growth was 5.1% in Q1. Management has delivered 5%+ OCC growth for nine consecutive quarters and reaffirmed full-year OCC guidance of ~5.0%–5.3%.
Negative Updates
APAC Revenue Decline and China Challenges
APAC revenue declined 3.6% on an organic constant-currency basis in Q1. Management described early-stage turnaround efforts in the region and noted specific challenges in China that required improvements to retailer relationships and data coverage.
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Q1-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Organic and Reported Revenue Growth
Reported revenue grew 11.1% year-over-year to $1.1 billion; organic constant-currency (OCC) revenue growth was 5.1% in Q1. Management has delivered 5%+ OCC growth for nine consecutive quarters and reaffirmed full-year OCC guidance of ~5.0%–5.3%.
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Company Guidance
NIQ gave Q2 guidance of reported revenue growth ~6.0–6.3%, organic constant‑currency (OCC) revenue growth ~4.9–5.2%, adjusted EBITDA growth 12–14% with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 22.0–22.2%, and adjusted EPS of $0.19–$0.21. For full‑year 2026 (revised up for FX) they expect reported revenue growth ~6.4–6.7%, OCC revenue growth ~5.0–5.3%, adjusted EBITDA growth 14–16% with margins of 23.5–23.8%, and adjusted EPS of $0.95–$0.99. They forecast levered free cash flow of $235–$250M, aim to deleverage to below 3.0x net leverage by year‑end (from ~3.4x), expect full‑year restructuring costs of $65–$75M (mostly in Q2) tied to AI integration, and project $70–$80M of annualized run‑rate savings by end‑2026. Other modelling assumptions include D&A $614–$619M (~14% of revenue), GAAP net interest expense ~16% of adjusted EBITDA (implying ~$230–$235M), income tax expense $165–$170M, diluted shares ~300M, and CapEx ≈6.5–7% of revenue.NIQ Global Intelligence PLC Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
56
Neutral
Balance Sheet
34
Negative
Cash Flow
62
Positive
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | May 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 4.48B | 4.20B | 4.11B | 3.67B | 3.00B | -13.09M |
| Gross Profit | 2.35B | 2.34B | 2.28B | 2.01B | 1.51B | -13.09M |
| EBITDA | 791.39M | 752.10M | 328.04M | 265.37M | 166.75M | -12.66M |
| Net Income | -337.42M | -353.30M | -839.26M | -632.03M | -320.57M | -13.27M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 6.75B | 6.80B | 6.60B | 8.12B | 4.16B | 233.93M |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 362.30M | 518.80M | 273.16M | 310.57M | 155.65M | 1.01M |
| Total Debt | 3.82B | 3.87B | 4.48B | 4.88B | 2.48B | 0.00 |
| Total Liabilities | 5.59B | 5.58B | 6.09B | 6.65B | 3.58B | 57.71M |
| Stockholders Equity | 915.90M | 988.40M | 256.80M | 1.19B | 581.99M | 176.22M |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 90.02M | 23.90M | -232.78M | -311.78M | -263.04M | 4.75M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 395.77M | 298.70M | 76.52M | -11.99M | 66.14M | 4.75M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -309.65M | -235.60M | 9.94M | -1.87B | -464.15M | 0.00 |
| Financing Cash Flow | -11.33M | 177.30M | -69.48M | 2.09B | 319.60M | -6.44M |
NIQ Global Intelligence PLC Risk Analysis
NIQ Global Intelligence PLC disclosed 60 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. NIQ Global Intelligence PLC reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
NIQ Global Intelligence PLC Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (61)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
74 Outperform | $2.65B | 35.77 | 13.47% | ― | 33.01% | 44.89% | |
72 Outperform | $4.33B | 11.05 | 27.22% | 1.69% | -2.90% | 24.61% | |
66 Neutral | $674.47M | 5.15 | 39.70% | ― | 9.71% | 293.14% | |
66 Neutral | $6.56B | 18.48 | 8.61% | 1.39% | 10.87% | 27.94% | |
61 Neutral | $37.18B | 12.37 | -10.20% | 1.83% | 8.50% | -7.62% | |
61 Neutral | $13.31B | -67.95 | -15.82% | ― | 60.70% | 46.26% | |
53 Neutral | $2.44B | -7.24 | -59.45% | ― | 8.26% | 46.45% |
* Technology Sector Average
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NIQ Global Intelligence PLC Corporate Events
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NIQ Global Shareholders Approve AGM Proposals and Buyback
Positive
May 26, 2026
On May 21, 2026, NIQ Global Intelligence plc held its Annual General Meeting in Dublin, where shareholders approved all proposals, including the election of four Class I directors to serve until the 2029 AGM. Investors also ratified Ernst Young L...
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