profit from every £100 of sales.
£0£100
GlobalData
£0.66+1.08% today
-44.0% in 1 year
1-year low £0.561-year high £1.23
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay £12.96 for every £1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What GlobalData sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £243 million in 2022 to £322 million in 2025, with £33.1 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
GlobalData handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks £113M
Free cash flow 2025£40M
Bought back its own shares£113M
Paid as dividends£10M
Cash vs. debt£51M vs. £190M
GlobalData vs. similar companies
GlobalData grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from £100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per £1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| GlobalData | 13.0× · Cheap | ||
 Experian | 29.5× · Fair price | ||
 SGS SA | 30.5× · Expensive | ||
 Equifax | 33.1× · Expensive | ||
 TransUnion | 33.9× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads GlobalData's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 243 | 273 | 286 | 322 | |
| 118 | 141 | 149 | 160 | |
| 56 | 74 | 64 | 81 | |
| 73 | 88 | 86 | 104 | |
| 31 | 31 | 30 | 33 | |
| 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | |
| 48.3% | 51.7% | 52.2% | 49.8% | |
| 23.0% | 27.0% | 22.5% | 25.1% | |
| 12.5% | 11.3% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 512 | 492 | 656 | 689 |
| Cash | 34 | 20 | 51 | 51 |
| Total debt | 314 | 289 | 67 | 190 |
| Total liabilities | 463 | 435 | 235 | 363 |
| 48 | 58 | 404 | 304 | |
| 833 | 818 | 799 | 750 | |
| 11.6% | 15.4% | 11.1% | 12.4% | |
| 63.1% | 53.3% | 7.3% | 10.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | 66 | 46 | 48 | |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |
| 59 | 62 | 38 | 40 | |
| Dividends paid | 24 | 32 | 38 | 10 |
| 67 | 12 | 82 | 113 | |
| 4 | 19 | 24 | -15 |
Valuation
- 13.0×
- –
- 2.07
- 2.1×
- 1.3×
- 10.7×
- 5.4×
- 9.3%
- 7.7%
- 2.3%
Profitability
- 49.8%
- 25.1%
- 10.3%
- –
- 12.4%
- 12.6%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +9.8%
- +6.3%
- –
- –
- −3.4%
Financial health
- 1.3×
- 0.63
- –
- 6.7×
- 0.90
- –
- –
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 26%of 980
Top 7%of 986
Top 17%of 866
Top 35%of 986
Top 15%of 988
2.3%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$23a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
29.9% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 24.8%
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
5/7Passes 5 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
75Pass
Benjamin Graham
66Pass
Philip Fisher
67Pass
Peter Lynch
43No pass
Joel Greenblatt
58No pass
Charlie Munger
65Pass
Terry Smith
61Pass
Questions about GlobalData
Is GlobalData a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. 5 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the GlobalData AI analysis
What does GlobalData do?
GlobalData Plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a data, insight, and technology company in Europe, North America, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in two segments: Data, Analytics and Insights: Healthcare; and Data, Analytics and Insights: Non-Healthcare. It is in Consulting Services, based in London, United Kingdom, with 3,558 employees.
Does GlobalData pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.3% a year, about 30% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out £9.90 million in dividends.
Is GlobalData stock halal?
No. GlobalData does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 44% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has GlobalData stock done over the past year?
Down 44.0% over the past twelve months, to £0.66. It traded between £0.56 and £1.23 and is 46.7% below its high.
Who are GlobalData's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Experian, SGS SA, Equifax and TransUnion. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with GlobalData's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.