Nielsen Company

global information, data and measurement company
Organization publishing_house Q540891
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 13 annual filings
Revenue
$3.50B
▲ 4.1% YoY FY2021
Net Income
$963.00M
▲ 16150.0% YoY FY2021
Assets
$10.82B
▼ 23.5% YoY FY2021
EPS (diluted)
$2.67
▲ 13450.0% YoY FY2021
$0.00$1.81B$3.61B$5.42B$7.23B FY2009: $4.81B · NI -$491.00M (-10.2% margin)FY2010: $4.93B · NI $130.00M (2.6% margin)FY2011: $5.33B · NI $84.00M (1.6% margin)FY2012: $5.41B · NI $273.00M (5.0% margin)FY2013: $5.70B · NI $740.00M (13.0% margin)FY2014: $6.29B · NI $384.00M (6.1% margin)FY2015: $6.17B · NI $570.00M (9.2% margin)FY2016: $6.31B · NI $502.00M (8.0% margin)FY2017: $6.57B · NI $429.00M (6.5% margin)FY2018: $6.51B · NI -$712.00M (-10.9% margin)FY2019: $3.44B · NI -$415.00M (-12.1% margin)FY2020: $3.36B · NI -$6.00M (-0.2% margin)FY2021: $3.50B · NI $963.00M (27.5% margin) '09'11'13'15'17'19'21
Revenue Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2021-12-31 · accession 0001564590-22-007612

Nielsen Company

Summary

Nielsen Company is a publishing house[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of publishing_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (259 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nielsen Company was a member of Association of Public Data Users[3].
  • Nielsen Company is in the country of United States[4].
  • Nielsen Company is in the country of Brazil[5].
  • Nielsen Company's instance of is recorded as publishing house[6].
  • Nielsen Company's instance of is recorded as business[7].
  • Nielsen Company's instance of is recorded as public company[8].
  • Nielsen Company's founder is recorded as Arthur Nielsen[9].
  • Nielsen Company's logo image is recorded as Nielsen 2021.svg[10].
  • Nielsen Company's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[11].
  • Nielsen Company's part of is recorded as S&P 500[12].
  • Nielsen Company's Commons category is recorded as Nielsen Holdings[13].
  • Nielsen Company's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[14].
  • Nielsen Company's industry is recorded as information industry[15].
  • +1994-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Nielsen Company[16].
  • Nielsen Company's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/043pns[17].
  • Nielsen Company's official website is recorded as http://www.nielsen.com/[18].
  • Nielsen Company's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nielsen Holdings[19].
  • Nielsen Company's ISIN is recorded as GB00BWFY5505[20].
  • Nielsen Company's Legal Entity Identifier is recorded as 549300ZVCBHQE0XHG367[21].
  • Nielsen Company's OpenCorporates ID is recorded as nl/34036267[22].
  • Nielsen Company's replaces is recorded as Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeverijen[23].
  • Nielsen Company's legal form is recorded as naamloze vennootschap[24].
  • Nielsen Company's owner of is recorded as Nielsen Audio[25].
  • Nielsen Company's owner of is recorded as Film Journal International[26].
  • Nielsen Company's different from is recorded as Nielsen Norman Group[27].

Body

Founding

Nielsen Company's founder is recorded as Arthur Nielsen[9]. +1994-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[16].

Identity

Nielsen Company's part of is recorded as S&P 500[12].

Operations

Nielsen Company's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[11].

Industry

Nielsen Company's industry is recorded as information industry[15].

Ownership

Nielsen Company's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[14].

Why It Matters

Nielsen Company ranks in the top 3% of publishing_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (259 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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