Momentum Stock: Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE:NLSN)

Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE:NLSN) reported earnings for the three months ended Mar2016 on April 20, 2016. The company earned $0.51 per share on revenue of $1.49B. Analysts had been modeling earning per share of $0.5 with $1.49B in revenue.

Nielsen Holdings plc operates as an information and measurement company. The company provides media and marketing information, analytics, and manufacturer and retailer expertise about what and where consumers buy, read, watch and listen. Its Buy segment provides retail transactional measurement data, consumer behavior information, and analytics primarily to businesses in the consumer packaged goods industry. This segment provides data on retail measurement services, such as market share and competitive sales volumes; insights into distribution, pricing, merchandising, and promotion; consumer panel measurement, which offers insight into shopper behavior and customer segmentation; and consumer intelligence and analytical services for decision making in development and marketing cycles. The company’s Watch segment provides viewership and listening data, and analytics primarily to the media and advertising industries for television, radio, digital and mobile viewing, and listening platforms. It offers television audience measurement services, including more than one screen, unduplicated reach, cause and effect analysis, and program viewing behavior testing; audio audience measurement services; digital audience measurement services, such as digital media and market research, audience analytics, and social media measurement; mobile measurement services comprising measurement and consumer research for telecom and media companies; and advertiser solutions. The company was formerly known as Nielsen N.V. and changed its name to Nielsen Holdings plc in August 2015. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom. Nielsen Holdings plc is a subsidiary of Valcon Acquisition Holding (Luxembourg) S.à.r.l

Nielsen Holdings plc earnings per share showed an increasing trend of 53.8% for the current fiscal year. The company’s expected EPS growth rate for next fiscal year is 318%.Analysts project EPS growth over the next 5 years at 11.75%. It has EPS annual growth over the past 5 fiscal years of 23.1% when sales grew 3.8. It reported 2% sales growth, and 63.1% EPS growth in the last quarter.

The stock is trading at $53.39, up 26.3% from 52-week low of $42.76. The stock trades down -2.2% from its peak of $54.59 and 8.19% above the consensus price target of $57.76. Its volume clocked up at 1.75 million shares which is lower than the average volume of 1.86 million shares. Its market capitalization currently stands at $19.40B.