Informa reports 'outstanding performance' with record annual revenue

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’ £4.04 billion in 2025, with 6.3% underlying growth, from £3.55 billion in 2024.

Operating profit fell 74% to £141.7 million from £542.8 million, but adjusted operating profit grew 15% to another record of £1.14 billion from £995.0 million.

Informa said the fall in statutory profit was primarily due to a one-off £484.2 million impairment charge in relation to Informa TechTarget. It also reported a £57.6 million fair value loss on investments, widened from £9.2 million, and integration costs of £84.4 million, up from £42.2 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 £64.3 million, swinging from a £407.3 million profit. Adjusted pretax profit increased 8.8% to £996.1 million from £915.4 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.

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