Experian has announced a significant year-over-year increase in its revenue for the first half of fiscal 2025, enabling the company to raise its interim dividend and reaffirm its full-year targets. The data and technology firm reported total revenue of $3.63 billion, an increase from $3.42 billion in the same period last year, driven by robust performance in both its consumer services and business-to-business segments. The company's revenue growth was widespread, with North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia Pacific all experiencing annual increases of 7%.
This success can be attributed to various factors, including new product innovations, strategic client acquisitions, and the expansion of consumer service offerings, as well as impressive performances across fraud prevention, health, automotive, and targeting segments. However, profit attributable to the company's owners decreased to $550 million from $569 million, largely due to non-cash adjustments related to the fair value of interest rate swaps, put options, and a weakening Brazilian real.
Despite this decline in profit, the board decided to increase the interim dividend to $0.1925 per share, up from $0.18 per share last year. Experian is holding firm to its fiscal 2025 organic revenue growth outlook, forecasting an increase of between 6% to 8%, with expectations of medium-term growth in the high-single digits. "With our progress, we are elevating our margin outlook, now anticipating margin accretion towards the upper end of our guidance range of +30 to +50 basis points.
All figures are at constant exchange rates and on an ongoing basis," stated Chief Executive Brian Cassin. The stock experienced a decline of over 2% during morning trading..