Future (FUTR) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Future is a global platform for specialist media underpinned by proprietary technology, enabled by data; with diversified revenue streams

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 300 to 326.20
• 50-Day Range: 274.80 to 449.80
• 52-Week Range: 262.20 to 806
• Volume: 32.49 million shs
• Average Volume: 11.82 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £295.17 million
• P/E Ratio: 5.19
• Dividend Yield: 5.62%
• Price Target: GBX 586
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Future Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Future scored higher than 92% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Future has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Future has a consensus price target of GBX 586, representing about 81.9% upside from its current price of GBX 322.20.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Future has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Future is 5.19, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.53.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Future is 5.19, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 14.37.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Future has a PEG Ratio of 0.64. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Future has a P/B Ratio of 0.35. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for FUTR.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Future is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.62%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Future does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Future is 5.48%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.51

News Sentiment

Future has a news sentiment score of 0.51. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Future this week, compared to 13 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for FUTR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Future insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

5.68% of the stock of Future is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

56.29% of the stock of Future is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/14/2026
• Today: 5/20/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Publishing
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:FUTR
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.futureplc.com
• Phone: +44-1225-442244
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,937
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Future: GBX 586
• High Price Target: GBX 1,235
• Low Price Target: GBX 285
• Potential Upside/Downside: +81.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 62.10
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 5.19
• Forward P/E Ratio: 2.76
• P/E Growth: 0.64
• Net Income: £84.51 million
• Net Margins: 5.14%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 3.57%
• Return on Assets: 5.49%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 38.86
• Current Ratio: 0.95
• Quick Ratio: 0.60

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £709.90 million
• Price / Sales: 0.42
• Cash Flow: GBX 6.13 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 52.52
• Book Value: GBX 913.63 per share
• Price / Book: 0.35

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 91,612,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £295.17 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.33