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Yougov — H1 FY2016 Earnings Presentation

25 slides from Yougov's earnings presentation, March 2016

  1. Slide 1: Interim Results to 31 January 2016

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 Delivering on the strategy

  2. Slide 2: Summary

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 Summary  Overall revenue growth well ahead of the market at 15%  Adjusted operating profit up by 29%  Global Data Products & Services driving strong growth, now 38% of Group revenue  New YouGov Profiles product sales in line with plan  Cash conversion of 90%:

  3. Slide 3: Positive profit growth trend

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 Positive profit growth trend 29% growth in £m the period Group Adjusted Operating Profit 3

  4. Slide 4: Financial Update

    Financial Update Alan Newman - CFO

  5. Slide 5: Financial Highlights

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 Financial Highlights 6 months to 6 months to 31 Jan 2016 31 Jan 2015 % Change £m £m Revenue 41.5 36.2 15% Adjusted Operating Profit* 4.3 3.3 29% Adjusted Profit before Tax 5.0 3.5 42% Adjusted Earnings per Share 3.4p 2.6p 33% Dividend per Share (paid in December) 1

  6. Slide 6: Group Income Statement

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 Group Income Statement 6 months to 6 months to  Revenue growth of £5.3m 31 Jan 2016 31 Jan 2015 £m £m  Operating Margin increased from 9.2% to 10.3% Group Revenue 41.5 36.2  Operating Expense Ratio reduced Cost of Sales (10.0) (8.7) by 1% point while maintaining

  7. Slide 7: Balance Sheet

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 31 Jan 2016 31 Jan 2015 Balance Sheet Assets £m £m  Receivable days Goodwill 38.8 37.5 decreased from 56 days Other intangible assets 10.4 10.7 Other non-current assets 8.4 6.2 to 79 days 57.6 54.4  Creditor days Current Assets Trade and other receivables 26.9 27

  8. Slide 8: Cash Flow

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 Cash Flow 6 months to 31 Jan 2016 £m 6 months to 31 Jan 2015 £m  Cash flow generated from Cash flows from operating activities: operations of £3.9m Reported operating profit 1.7 0.1  Conversion into cash of Non cash movements 3.6 3.6 90% of Adjusted Net working c

  9. Slide 9: Segmental Analysis by Product & Service - Revenue

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 Segmental Analysis by Product & Service - Revenue 6 months to 6 months to % 31 Jan 2016 31 Jan 2015 Change £m £m Data Products 7.7 5.3 44% Data Services 8.1 6.6 22% Total Data Products & Services 15.8 11.9 32% Custom Research 25.7 24.3 6% Group 41.5 36.2 15% • Data

  10. Slide 10: Segmental Analysis by Product & Service – Operating Profit

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 Segmental Analysis by Product & Service – Operating Profit 6 months 6 months Operating Margin % to to % 31 Jan 31 Jan Change 2016 2015 2016 2015 £m £m Data Products 1.9 1.0 81% 24% 19% Data Services 2.0 1.9 6% 25% 29% Total Data Products & Services 3.9 2.9 32% 25%

  11. Slide 11: Segmental Analysis by Geography - Revenue

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 Segmental Analysis by Geography - Revenue 6 months to 6 months to 31 Jan 2016 31 Jan 2015 Change Revenue Revenue % £m £m USA 15.2 13.3 14% UK 11.6 9.9 17% Middle East 6.5 5.0 29% Germany 3.9 4.3 (10%) Nordic 3.7 3.8 (3%) France 0.7 0.5 54% Asia Pacific 1.2 0.5 172%

  12. Slide 12: Segmental Analysis by Geography – Operating Profit

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 Segmental Analysis by Geography – Operating Profit 6 months to 6 months to 6 months to 6 months to 31 Jan 2016 31 Jan 2016 31 Jan 2015 31 Jan 2015 Operating Profit Margin Operating Profit Margin £m % £m % USA 3.3 21% 3.1 23% UK 2.5 22% 1.4 14% Middle East 1.1 16% 0

  13. Slide 13: Operational & Strategic Update

    Operational & Strategic Update Stephan Shakespeare - CEO

  14. Slide 14: Continued growth in Data Products & Services

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 Continued growth in Data Products & Services £m Revenue 38% Our goal is to bring the proportion of 22% revenue from Data Products & Services closer to parity with Custom Research H1 FY15 H1 FY16 • Global BrandIndex revenue up 45% Revenue £m £m • Global Omnibus reve

  15. Slide 15: BrandIndex brand intelligence service

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 ® 45% growth in  Our flagship brand the intelligence service period  Subscribers can monitor their brand, competitor brands and entire sectors, all in real-time  Coverage grown to 24 countries; Canada, Egypt and India added  350+ subscribers worldwide 15

  16. Slide 16: Omnibus: delivering next-day answers

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 ® 28% growth in  Delivering next-day the answers period  Streamlined, highly- efficient production model  Market leader in UK  Operating in all YouGov units  1,000+ clients worldwide 16

  17. Slide 17: Custom Research

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016  Quantitative and qualitative research directed by our sector specialists  The scope, scale and complexity of projects varies: • Full research programme including tracking, individual studies, profiling and omnibus services • Multi client/syndicated studies sold

  18. Slide 18: YouGov Profiles planning and segmentation tool

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 ®  Our new planning and segmentation tool  Now available in UK, US, Germany and Asia Pacific  Over 50 subscribers  Total global sales exceeded £2m in the year to 31 Jan 2016 18

  19. Slide 19: The YouGov System…

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 The YouGov System… A fully integrated system supporting the marketer’s workflow:  Understanding: helping brands and organisations to understand their customers and stakeholders in depth and holistically  Marketing: identifying target groups, planning and implemen

  20. Slide 20: …delivered through YouGov’s business model

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 …delivered through YouGov’s business model  A large, engaged panel  A variety of platforms for connected data-gathering  Cube: the highly structured and codified data library  Crunch: the easy-to-use advanced analytics tool  Syndicated data products and enhanc

  21. Slide 21: An expanding & engaged panel on a variety of platforms

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 An expanding & engaged panel on a variety of platforms for connected data gathering Opigram 9 9

  22. Slide 22: YouGov Cube: our unique database for connected data

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 YouGov Cube: our unique database for connected data • Surveys, BrandIndex, Trackers VARIABLES PANELLISTS • Opigram, long-tail self-entered data • Digital tracking, social media 22

  23. Slide 23: Crunch: the cloud-based analytics tool for big data

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 Crunch: the cloud-based analytics tool for big data 23

  24. Slide 24: YouGov’s offer is differentiated from all others

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 YouGov’s offer is differentiated from all others  Unprecedented range and depth of data  Single-source connected data (passive digitally-derived and active survey-based)  Much of the data already exists (and is updated daily)  It’s fast, cost-effective, and eas

  25. Slide 25: Group Outlook

    Interim Results to 31 January 2016 Group Outlook  Current trading is in line with the Board’s expectations  Continued growth opportunities for BrandIndex and Omnibus globally  Profiles showing good potential globally with both brands and agencies – especially when packaged with BrandIndex  YouGo

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