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NIQ Global Intelligence scores weak on business quality (3.5 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.
Why it matters
- What NIQ Global Intelligence does
NIQ Global Intelligence provides consumer data and market research, selling audience insights and retail measurement to brands and retailers. The firm is advancing agentic commerce measurement for the AI shopping era alongside Similarweb.
- What it does best
NIQ holds a strong position in consumer data tracking, achieving a free cash flow margin of 26% which beats peer DV at 21%.
- The main risk
With an interest coverage ratio of 0.8x, earnings fall short of covering debt service costs, leaving the business vulnerable to tightening credit conditions.
Quality, check by check
Scored against its own industry, from company filings.
Operating margin stands at 4.5% with a net loss of $351M, pointing to ongoing margin pressure despite scale.
The moat is limited, resting in middle-of-the-pack territory with a gross margin percentile of 51, making replication by rivals feasible.
Revenue grew 5.6% to $4.4B, showing steady improvement compared to prior annual figures.
Total debt sits at $3.6B against $519M in cash, resulting in heavy leverage. Free cash flow reached $266M, improving from past burn.
Insiders
Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.
No open market buys or unplanned sales by executives or directors.
Our sealed record on NIQ
Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.
The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.
Questions
NIQ Global Intelligence scores weak on the Cluenex quality check (3.5 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is weak, moat weak, growth steady and financial health weak.
In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: No open market buys or unplanned sales by executives or directors.
Nov 11, 2026.
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Cite this page: Cluenex, “NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ)”, https://cluenex.com/stocks/niq/, data as of Oct 10, 2026.