Informa reports "outstanding performance" with record annual revenue

(Alliance News) - Informa PLC on Thursday reported record revenue and adjusted operating profit for 2025, although statutory profit plummeted after an impairment charge.

The London-based business information publisher and events organiser's revenue rose 14% to a "record" GBP4.04 billion in 2025, with 6.3% underlying growth, from GBP3.55 billion in 2024.

Operating profit fell 74% to GBP141.7 million from GBP542.8 million, but adjusted operating profit grew 15% to another record of GBP1.14 billion from GBP995.0 million.

Informa said the fall in statutory profit was primarily due to a one-off GBP484.2 million impairment charge in relation to Informa TechTarget. It also reported a GBP57.6 million fair value loss on investments, widened from GBP9.2 million, and integration costs of GBP84.4 million, up from GBP42.2 million. The integration costs related to the tie-up of its digital businesses with TechTarget, which it completed in December, and its takeover of Ascential in October.

Informa reported a pretax loss of GBP64.3 million, swinging from a GBP407.3 million profit. Adjusted pretax profit increased 8.8% to GBP996.1 million from GBP915.4 million.

Diluted earnings per share fell 96% to 0.8 pence from 22.2p, while adjusted DPS rose 11% to 55.6p from 50.1p.

Informa declared a full-year dividend of 22.0p per share, up 10% from 20.0p per share.

For 2026, Informa said it is targeting underlying revenue growth of around 6%, which is above its medium-term guidance range and "expected to translate to a sixth consecutive year of double-digit underlying earnings per share growth".

Informa shares were down 1.9% at 764.40p on Thursday morning in London.

By Emma Curzon, Alliance News reporter

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