| Market: Helsinki | Symbol: ALMA | ISIN: FI0009013114 | Industry: Media |
Alma Media is a dynamic digital service business and media company with a strong capacity for renewal. The company’s best-known brands are Kauppalehti, Talouselämä, Iltalehti, Etuovi.com and Monster. Alma Media builds sustainable growth expanding its offering from media to related digital services fulfilling the needs of users’ everyday life as consumers and as professionals in business. Alma Media operates in 11 countries in Europe. Alma Media employs approximately 1,700 professionals. Alma Media’s revenue from continuing operations was EUR 305 million in 2023. Alma Media’s share is listed on NASDAQ Helsinki. Read more at www.almamedia.com
Key Figures
| MEUR | 2023 Q4 |
2022 Q4 |
Change % |
2023 Q1-Q4 |
2022 Q1-Q4 |
Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 78.0 | 78.7 | -0.9 | 304.9 | 308.7 | -1.2 |
| Marketplaces | 34.3 | 34.1 | 0.8 | 141.4 | 138.3 | 2.3 |
| Media | 27.6 | 28.6 | -3.6 | 103.2 | 107.8 | -4.3 |
| - of which digital | 62.2% | 61.4% | 61.1% | 60.6% | ||
| Service revenue | 16.1 | 16.0 | 0.4 | 60.3 | 62.6 | -3.7 |
| - of which digital | 76.0% | 73.6% | 79.2% | 74.8% | ||
| Adjusted total expenses | 61.5 | 63.5 | -3.1 | 231.8 | 235.7 | -1.7 |
| Adjusted EBITDA | 21.0 | 19.6 | 7.5 | 91.0 | 90.6 | 0.4 |
| EBITDA | 20.4 | 19.3 | 5.6 | 90.6 | 97.2 | -6.8 |
| Adjusted operating profit | 16.7 | 15.2 | 9.7 | 73.6 | 73.4 | 0.3 |
| % of revenue | 21.5 | 19.4 | 24.1 | 23.8 | ||
| Operating profit (loss) | 15.8 | 15.0 | 5.7 | 73.0 | 80.0 | -8.7 |
| % of revenue | 20.3 | 19.0 | 23.9 | 25.9 | ||
| Profit for the period | 10.6 | 16.3 | -34.6 | 56.4 | 71.9 | -21.6 |
| Earnings per share, EUR | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.69 | 0.88 | ||
| Digital business revenue | 63.4 | 63.1 | 0.5 | 251.2 | 249.7 | 0.6 |
| Digital business, % of revenue | 81.3 | 80.2 | 82.4 | 80.9 |
| Major Shareholders (30.04.2024) | ||
| Holdings | Holdings, % | |
| 1 Otava Oy | 25,686,167 | 31.18 |
| 2 Mariatorp Oy | 15,675,473 | 19.03 |
| 3 Ilkka Oyj | 8,993,473 | 10.92 |
| 4 Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company | 5,627,994 | 6.83 |
| 5 Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company | 3,221,695 | 3.91 |
| 6 Nordea Nordic Small Cap Fund | 1,859,045 | 2.26 |
| 7 Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company | 1,467,047 | 1.78 |
| 8 Evli Finland Select Fund | 1,287,616 | 1.56 |
| 9 Veljesten Viestintä Oy | 851,500 | 1.03 |
| 10 Keskisuomalainen Oyj | 808,317 | 0.98 |
Financial Events
| Silent period begins | 18/06/2024 |
| Interim report for January–June 2024 | 18/07/2024 |
| Silent period begins | 18/09/2024 |
| Interim report for January–September 2024 | 18/10/2024 |
Notes:
On 11 February 2020, Alma Media announced the sale of its regional news media business and printing operations to Sanoma Media Finland. The divested businesses are reported as discontinued operations. The divested businesses were previously reported under the Alma Consumer segment. The income statement figures presented represent only the Group’s continuing operations. The balance sheet and cash flow figures include both continuing and discontinued operations.
On 11 February 2020, Alma Media announced the sale of its regional news media business and printing operations to Sanoma Media Finland. The divested businesses are reported as discontinued operations. The divested businesses were previously reported under the Alma Consumer segment. The income statement figures presented represent only the Group’s continuing operations. The balance sheet and cash flow figures include both continuing and discontinued operations.
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