FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

Financial Reporting

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Introduction

The report consists of the financial analysis of three companies which are belonged to the media industry and are also listed in the London Stock Exchange. The report includes the comparison of all the three companies with each other i.e. report contains comparison of the financial performance with respect to their financial ratios as well as yearend performances.

The three companies analyzed in this research paper are as follows:

Reed Elsevier plc

UBM plc

Informa plc.

Company Profiles (Reed Elsevier plc)

Reed Elsevier plc

It is one of the leading companies in the media sector and provides services in UK, US and Australia. The company has different business sectors. The company originally belongs to media (Printing and publication) industry. The company has diversified portfolio of business so as to average the risk in a manner that a single sector declines the other one is here to gave a supporting shoulder,. The financial performance of the company is also good on the financial charts as well as in the eyes of the investors and market followers. The total revenues constitutes to around £695m. The company has a human capital of 5600 employees working together for the betterment of the company (Bragg, 2007).

UBM plc

When we are talking about a B2B Communication and effective media strategies the company is also specialized in providing the data and statistics. In more than 40 countries the company engage their people to connect with regional and international markets. The company is manpowered by 6500 employees all around the designated countries. The company is on the view to enable a culture of innovation in business. The company diversified in five segments. Data services, Marketing Services, PR, Events and online marketing services. The company is doing really well in the domain of online marketing services. The company claims that, 'at UBM plc we didn't satisfy the customer because we delight them'.

Informa plc.

Informa is bringing knowledge to life; the company has more than 8000 employees in working in more than 150 offices in 40 countries. The company is in global research business. The company offer well structured databases and the latest news this is the competitive advantage of the company. The company owns the reward of arranging the largest events as well as the exhibition (Ross, 2008).

The company claims that in all the sectors it has the specialized and dynamic individuals who are provide best and tailored solutions as according to the requirements of the customers. The company is on the view that we provide and equip the customer with innovative solutions through our specialized database and news services. We are not into the business of media and publications but we are enhanced and boost up the customer confidence through our valued service portfolio.



Financial Performance of the Companies

SHARE PRICE COMPARIISON

No

COMPANY NAME

SHARE PRICE

1

Reed Elsevier plc

544.0000

2

UBM plc

608

3

Informa plc

364

The share price of the company is subject to market performance and risks. It also depends upon the company performance and the financial results of each year. Despite of the international ...