Cision Ltd's Competitiveness
A competitive positioning analysis and financial ratio benchmarking of Cision Ltd (CISN) against its publicly traded competitors: sales growth, net income, profitability, valuation and market share, plus each peer's market capitalization, revenue, income and employees. Free below: the top 5 peers. Subscriber access adds the full competitor list and CSV downloads.
Key Findings: Cision Ltd vs Its Competitors
- TTM: Trailing 12-month revenue of 748M vs -M combined for tracked competitors (100.0% combined share).
- Trending: Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is holding steady (-0.8% annualized vs trailing 12 months).
- Peer revenue share: Cision Ltd accounted for 100.0% of combined revenue among its tracked peer group, up from 100.0% a year earlier.
Every figure above is sourced and cited in detail further down this page (Market Structure, Profitability & Cost Structure, Productivity vs Peers).
CISN Sales vs. its Competitors, Q2 2019
Cision Ltd generated 100.00 % of the combined sales of its peer group, up from 100.00 % a year earlier.
For context: the Software & Programming industry grew revenue 16.0% year over year, combined, vs 4.8% for Cision Ltd. Cision Ltd's share of combined industry revenue moved from 0.06% to 0.06%, a loss of 0.01 percentage points.
Cision Ltd's Competitor Quality Breadth
Share of each group, trailing 12 months: profitable (net margin > 0), expanding (revenue growth > 0), growing faster than the industry's own median, and financially distressed (Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below).
| Entity | Profitable | Expanding | Above Industry Growth | Distressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cision Ltd | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| High-Confidence Competitors (1) | ||||
| Similar Growth & Profitability (8) | 100.00 % (8 of 8) | 100.00 % (8 of 8) | 0.00 % (0 of 8) | 12.50 % (1 of 8) |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Altman Z-Score is not shown here: it is not populated in the underlying data for any company. Percentages are of companies in each group that report the relevant metric, not of the full group size.
CISN Stock Performance relative to its Competitors
CISN Stock Performance relative to High-Confidence Competitors
CISN Stock Performance relative to Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors
Cision Ltd's Competitors Named by the Company
Competitive relationships identified from SEC filings and corroborating sources, each with a basis and confidence.| Competitor | Basis | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Innodata inc | Named by the company | 85% |
Filing basis, confidence, active dates and source counts for Cision Ltd's named competitors require a Commercial License.
Methodology: relationships are extracted from SEC filings (named-competitor disclosures) and corroborating sources. Named by the company = explicitly disclosed as a competitor; Inferred = derived from corroborating signals. Confidence reflects evidence strength.