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YouGov - 5:1 share split

May 2007

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Shares in YouGov soared to a new high of 205p (or 1025p before the recent 5:1 share split) after the online market research and opinion polling firm announced strong interim results which triggered another round of upgrades to forecasts. For the six months ended 31 January, pretax profit rose 64% to £2.3m on turnover ahead by 61% at £6.1m. Adjusted eps rose 74% to 2.8p. Once again operating profit was equally split between the UK and the Middle East. In the UK, profit increased 80% to £1.1m on revenues up 68% driven by a combination of increasing the amount of research (new products include PatientsOnline and NHS Opinions) and growth in its client base. Its network of online panellists has also seen good growth f ...

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