FUTR vs. BMY, RCH, NFG, YOU, KWS, HTWS, BCG, SONG, MONY, and ASCL
Should you be buying Future stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Future include Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), Reach (RCH), Next 15 Group (NFG), YouGov (YOU), Keywords Studios (KWS), Helios Towers (HTWS), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Hipgnosis Songs (SONG), Moneysupermarket.com Group (MONY), and Ascential (ASCL). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Future (LON:FUTR) and Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Future received 138 more outperform votes than Bloomsbury Publishing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.24% of users gave Future an outperform vote while only 68.39% of users gave Bloomsbury Publishing an outperform vote.
98.0% of Future shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Future shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Future has a net margin of 14.37% compared to Bloomsbury Publishing's net margin of 7.68%. Bloomsbury Publishing's return on equity of 11.67% beat Future's return on equity.
Future pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Bloomsbury Publishing pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Future pays out 319.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bloomsbury Publishing pays out 5,384.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Future has higher revenue and earnings than Bloomsbury Publishing. Future is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bloomsbury Publishing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Future had 128 more articles in the media than Bloomsbury Publishing. MarketBeat recorded 129 mentions for Future and 1 mentions for Bloomsbury Publishing. Future's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Bloomsbury Publishing's score of -0.15 indicating that Future is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Future has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloomsbury Publishing has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Future currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,056.14, suggesting a potential upside of 2.84%. Given Future's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Future is more favorable than Bloomsbury Publishing.
Summary
Future beats Bloomsbury Publishing on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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