NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ)
Communication Services · Business Intelligence & Consumer Data Analytics · NYSE
A leading global consumer intelligence firm providing an AI-powered, omnichannel view of shopping behavior to help brands and retailers drive performance and innovation.
What NIQ Global Intelligence does
NIQ Global Intelligence provides a comprehensive, AI-powered consumer intelligence platform that aggregates and harmonizes vast amounts of global consumer shopping data. The company offers two main categories of solutions: Intelligence (retail measurement, consumer insights, and retailer solutions) and Activation (customized analytics and predictive models for product, pricing, and supply chain decisions). NIQ supports brands and retailers in measuring performance and predicting consumer behavior across omnichannel environments.
Themes: consumer intelligence, AI & predictive analytics, retail measurement, omnichannel analytics, subscription-based software, big data analytics
Fundamentals
- Price$18.78 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$5.5B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+6.4% 2025-08-21 close $17.65 → 2026-08-21 close $18.78
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin-7.8% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+55.7% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE-43.9% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity3.89 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+44.0% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+12.1% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.02 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-10 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How NIQ compares in its sector
- net profit marginmiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitybottom 25% 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 121 covered Communication Services peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 114 covered Communication Services peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Communication Services companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
NIQ is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
Not scored for the long-term list: no shareholder return data.
Short-term score
48.3 #905 of 1,704 scored · #36 of 66 in Communication Services
Trend 81st: it is trading 63.1% above its 50-day average, the short-term trend line; catalysts 67th: analysts have raised their average price target by 19.5% since the prior reading; weakest is setup 28th: day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 95% of the past ~6 months). Its score is docked 10 points for overextended (RSI above 75 or stochastic above 90).
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
How NIQ Global Intelligence looks technically
NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) is trading 47.9% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 110 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. A strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 48, with buyers in control. Momentum is stretched — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 87, in overbought territory (above 70). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 9 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It just made a new 20-day high, its first since 2025-07-30, pushing above its recent trading range. It is 0.5% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year).
Trend
9
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 47.9% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +47.9% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $11.51 | $11.51 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $12.70 | $12.70 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 23 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 23 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in the fourth leg, a pullback against that upward direction; the labelling fails if price closes below 11.84. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 4 (atypical proportions) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 110 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 110 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 47.9% above | +47.9% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 48, with buyers in control | 47.5 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is stretched — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 87, in overbought territory (above 70) | 87.1 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading right at the top of its 14-day range ($11.31 to $18.88) — its "stochastic" reading is 99 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 98.7 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 9 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 9 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $18.88 | $18.88 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 0.5% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -0.5% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 136.8% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +136.8% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is at or near its highest point of the past year | 0.5% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it just made a new 20-day high, its first since 2025-07-30, pushing above its recent trading range | 1 session |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it just made a new 55-day high, its first since 2025-07-30, pushing above its recent trading range | 1 session |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $20.39 (set on 2025-07-23) | $20.39 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($7.97 to $18.78), and it has given back essentially none of its rise from last year’s low — 0% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $11.75 to $12.10. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 0.0% |
| From the all-time high | it is 7.9% below its all-time high | -7.9% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 2.1% above a support level at $18.38 — a price it turned at twice since 2025-08-18, most recently on 2026-01-22. Since 2025-07-23 it has 5 such levels below the current price and 0 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -2.1% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $7.93 (set on 2026-06-18) | $7.93 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 136.8% above its all-time low | +136.8% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 95% of the past ~6 months) | 95th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.7879 between its high and its low — about 4.2% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.7879 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $8.25 and $20.23 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $8.25 – $14.24 – $20.23 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 4.2% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 4.2% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 7.7 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (47.9% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 7.7 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.74× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have raised their average price target by 5.1% since the prior reading | +5.1% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | 6 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 6 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.8% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close | +0.8% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 17.4% above the previous close 8 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 11.68 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +17.4% |
| Gap filled | a 2.1% gap up opened on 2026-07-28 has been "filled" 15 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 3 sessions to close | 15 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 74.8 percentage points (the stock gained 77.2% while the market gained 2.3%) | +74.8% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 119.2 percentage points (the stock gained 122.2% while the market gained 3.1%) | +119.2% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 55.6 percentage points (the stock gained 66.6% while the market gained 11.1%) | +55.6% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 14.1 percentage points (the stock gained 6.4% while the market gained 20.5%) | -14.1% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 6 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a strong uptrend, with buyers in control, trading above its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day high, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 6 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, its RSI momentum gauge is overbought (a stretched reading), near the top of its 14-day range (overbought) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 82% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is thin, spanning 1.3% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | +82.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 56% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $12.07 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 150 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +55.5% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 13% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-10 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $16.67 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 10 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +12.7% |
Price levels it has turned at before
NIQ last closed at $18.78 on 2026-08-21. Since 2025-07-23 it has turned at 5 prices below its last close and 0 above; the 3 nearest below are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $18.38 | Support | 2.1% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-08-18 to 2026-01-22 |
| $15.39 | Support | 18.1% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-11-13 to 2026-01-06 |
| $12.16 | Support | 35.3% below the last close | turned there three times · 2026-04-08 to 2026-07-29 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 4 of five, a pullback against that direction.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $11.84.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $11.68 and $11.84 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
This labelling was already in place when we began recording count changes on 2026-08-13, so how long it has stood is not something we can say yet.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Tested and reclaimed 200-day support · Overbought (14-day RSI above 70) · Near the 52-week high · Broke out to a new 20-day high · in a strong, established uptrend (ADX) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (1.64 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 13 analysts
- Mean price target$18.35 range $15.00 – $24.00; median $17.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-23. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for NIQ
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.203 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-23
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Dependence on multi-year or annual subscription contracts for the majority of revenue.","High leverage with significant long-term debt levels.","Integration risks associated with acquiring and synthesizing disparate data sources."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of NIQ's 10-Q filed 2026-05-14 against the prior one filed 2025-11-13.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
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Risk Factors
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Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales recorded in the last 90 days.
- Last 180 days1 buy ($1M) · 0 sells — 1 buying insider
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-05-18. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about NIQ's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
NIQ had 7,661,709 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
NIQ had 2.60% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 5.35 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 7,661,709
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 2.60%
- Prior settlement (shares) 7,756,464
- Reported change -1.22%
- Days to cover (reported) 5.35
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Circana
- Kantar
- Dunnhumby
- IQVIA (IQV)
- TransUnion (TRU)
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Frequently asked questions
What does NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) do?
NIQ Global Intelligence provides a comprehensive, AI-powered consumer intelligence platform that aggregates and harmonizes vast amounts of global consumer shopping data. The company offers two main categories of solutions: Intelligence (retail measurement, consumer insights, and retailer solutions) and Activation (customized analytics and predictive models for product, pricing, and supply chain decisions).
What sector is NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) in?
NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) is classified in the Communication Services sector. Its industry is Business Intelligence & Consumer Data Analytics. It trades on NYSE.
Who are NIQ Global Intelligence's (NIQ) competitors?
Notable peers of NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) include Circana, Kantar, Dunnhumby, IQVIA and TransUnion. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) overbought or oversold right now?
NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) is currently in overbought territory (its 14-day RSI is 87, above 70) (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on NIQ come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.