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Nielsen Holdings (Nielsen Holdings) Operating Income : $831 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2022)


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What is Nielsen Holdings Operating Income?

Nielsen Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jun. 2022 was $215 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2022 was $831 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Nielsen Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jun. 2022 was $215 Mil. Nielsen Holdings's Revenue for the three months ended in Jun. 2022 was $882 Mil. Therefore, Nielsen Holdings's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was 24.38%.

Nielsen Holdings's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 0.00% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Nielsen Holdings's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was 6.74%. Nielsen Holdings's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was 159.85%.


Nielsen Holdings Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nielsen Holdings's Operating Income can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Nielsen Holdings Operating Income Chart

Nielsen Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Operating Income
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Nielsen Holdings Quarterly Data
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Nielsen Holdings Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $831 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Nielsen Holdings  (NYSE:NLSN) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Nielsen Holdings's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 is calculated as:

ROC % (Q: Jun. 2022 )
=NOPAT/Average Invested Capital
=Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )/( (Invested Capital (Q: Mar. 2022 ) + Invested Capital (Q: Jun. 2022 ))/ count )
=860 * ( 1 - 22.76% )/( (9925 + 9779)/ 2 )
=664.264/9852
=6.74 %

where

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2022) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Nielsen Holdings's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 is calculated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Jun. 2022 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Mar. 2022  Q: Jun. 2022
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=848/( ( (390 + max(179, 0)) + (371 + max(121, 0)) )/ 2 )
=848/( ( 569 + 492 )/ 2 )
=848/530.5
=159.85 %

where Working Capital is:

Working Capital(Q: Mar. 2022 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(543 + 0 + 256) - (475 + 145 + 0)
=179

Working Capital(Q: Jun. 2022 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(517 + 0 + 254) - (510 + 140 + 0)
=121

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2022) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

Nielsen Holdings's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2022 )/Revenue (Q: Jun. 2022 )
=215/882
=24.38 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

4. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.


Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

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Nielsen Holdings (Nielsen Holdings) Business Description

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675 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, USA, 10010
Nielsen Holdings PLC operates as a media and content ecosystem provider and offers audience measurement, data and analytics services. The company's data is used by its publishing clients to understand their audiences, establish the value of their advertising inventory, and maximize the value of their content. It operates as a complete unit - from the conception of a product, through the collection of the data, into the technology and operations, all the way to the data being sold and delivered to the client. The company's single reportable segment consists of television, radio, online and mobile audience and advertising measurement and corresponding analytics.
Executives
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Windacre Partnership Llc 10 percent owner 2200 POST OAK BOULEVARD, SUITE 1580, HOUSTON TX 77056
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