Information services company Experian Plc (EXPN.L), Friday, in an interim management statement for the third quarter ended December 31, said total revenue for the period increased 2% at constant exchange rates and organic revenue growth was 1% year-on-year, which were in line with its expectations. Looking ahead, the company expects a modest improvement in organic revenue growth for the fourth quarter.
The company's principal lines of business are Credit services, Marketing solutions, Decision Analytics and Interactive services. Dublin, Ireland-based Experian noted that by principal activity, organic revenue increased 8% at Interactive and 2% at Credit Services. During the quarter, organic revenue declined 1% at Marketing Services and 9% at Decision Analytics.
Geographically, North America's revenue from continuing activities was flat, with organic revenue down 1%. In the region, organic revenue at Credit Services declined 6%. According to the company, continuing activities exclude contributions of the UK account processing and other smaller discontinuing activities. Also, total growth at constant exchange rates removes the translational foreign exchange effects arising on consolidation of Experian's activities.
The company noted that business information and automotive performed well, helped by product enhancements and new business wins. Organic revenue declined 3% at Decision Analytics as a result of slow pipeline conversion during the period.
In North America Marketing Services, organic revenue declined 5%, while New media activities delivered good growth. Organic revenue at Interactive increased 6% and Consumer Direct was broadly flat. In Latin America, revenues for the quarter from continuing activities improved 16% at constant exchange rates and organic revenue growth was also 16%. Experian said organic revenue at Credit Services advanced 18%, helped by higher origination volumes, increased contribution from premium products, strong penetration in the small and medium enterprise channel, as well as growth in authentication revenue. In the UK and Ireland, total revenue from continuing activities at constant exchange rates decreased 3% and organic revenue was down 2%. In the region, organic revenue at Credit Services declined 5% and Credit origination revenues within financial services remained weak. According to the company, organic revenue declined 13% at Decision Analytics, due to lower transaction volumes and client capital expenditure constraints. However, there was only a moderate rate of decline at Marketing Services, where organic revenue was down 2%. New media performed well, and Interactive growth was up 27%. EMEA/Asia Pacific reported total revenue increase from continuing activities of 7% at constant exchange rates and organic revenue growth was up 2%. Credit Services recorded organic revenue growth of 3%. At Decision Analytics, the company said organic revenue declined 6%, impacted by adverse phasing of software deliveries and Marketing Services posted organic revenue growth of 10%. Don Robert, chief executive officer said, "Looking ahead across our major businesses, we see further stabilisation in parts of North America, we are still cautious on the UK, while the outlook for Latin America is robust. For the fourth quarter, we expect modest improvement in organic revenue growth. For the year as a whole we remain on track to grow profits at constant currency and deliver strong free cash flow."
In the middle of October, the company had reported its first half results, with growth in line with its expectations. The company had reported a 6% year-on-year decline in its total revenue from continuing operations for the first six-month period. Experian plans to issue its second half trading update on April 15, 2010.
EXPN.L is currently trading at 610.5 pence, up 12 pence or 2.01%, on a volume of 283 thousand shares. In the past 52 weeks, the shares have been trading in a range of 371.75 pence-639 pence on the London Stock Exchange.
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