Future (FUTR) Competitors GBX 651.12 -1.38 (-0.21%) As of 08:38 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock FUTR vs. ERM, BMY, DODS, RCH, LBG, SNWS, CNCT, QRT, HYNS, and QRTRShould you be buying Future stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Future include Euromoney Institutional Investor (ERM), Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), Dods Group (DODS), Reach (RCH), LBG Media (LBG), Smiths News (SNWS), Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) (CNCT), The Quarto Group (QRT), Haynes Publishing Group (HYNS), and The Quarto Group (QRTR). These companies are all part of the "publishing" industry. Future vs. Euromoney Institutional Investor Bloomsbury Publishing Dods Group Reach LBG Media Smiths News Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) The Quarto Group Haynes Publishing Group The Quarto Group Future (LON:FUTR) and Euromoney Institutional Investor (LON:ERM) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking. Do institutionals and insiders believe in FUTR or ERM? 99.0% of Future shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Future shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts recommend FUTR or ERM? Future presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,060, indicating a potential upside of 64.28%. Given Future's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Future is more favorable than Euromoney Institutional Investor.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Future 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40Euromoney Institutional Investor 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FUTR or ERM? Future received 140 more outperform votes than Euromoney Institutional Investor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.10% of users gave Future an outperform vote while only 60.43% of users gave Euromoney Institutional Investor an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformFutureOutperform Votes39274.10% Underperform Votes13725.90% Euromoney Institutional InvestorOutperform Votes25260.43% Underperform Votes16539.57% Is FUTR or ERM more profitable? Future has a net margin of 11.69% compared to Euromoney Institutional Investor's net margin of 0.00%. Future's return on equity of 8.41% beat Euromoney Institutional Investor's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Future11.69% 8.41% 5.49% Euromoney Institutional Investor N/A N/A N/A Which has better earnings and valuation, FUTR or ERM? Future has higher revenue and earnings than Euromoney Institutional Investor. Euromoney Institutional Investor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Future, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioFuture£722.78M0.97£84.51M£78.058.27Euromoney Institutional Investor£365.16M0.00N/A£0.10N/A Is FUTR or ERM a better dividend stock? Future pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Euromoney Institutional Investor pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.18 per share. Future pays out 3.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Euromoney Institutional Investor pays out 182.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Does the media prefer FUTR or ERM? In the previous week, Future had 27 more articles in the media than Euromoney Institutional Investor. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Future and 0 mentions for Euromoney Institutional Investor. Future's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat Euromoney Institutional Investor's score of 0.00 indicating that Future is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Future Neutral Euromoney Institutional Investor Neutral SummaryFuture beats Euromoney Institutional Investor on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Future News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FUTR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart FUTR vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFuturePublishing IndustryCommunication SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£698.68M£1.42B£3.51B£2.66BDividend Yield0.35%7.09%6.77%5.05%P/E Ratio8.279.6521.71134.04Price / Sales0.9774.59113.96215,627.72Price / Cash52.5215.7116.3428.02Price / Book0.711.344.233.80Net Income£84.51M£59.19M£144.72M£5.88B7 Day Performance-13.39%-0.70%1.72%0.50%1 Month Performance-9.31%4.85%5.18%21.94%1 Year Performance-35.47%7.80%8.50%119.00% Future Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FUTRFuture3.5879 of 5 starsGBX 651.13-0.2%GBX 1,060+62.8%-34.4%£705.04M£722.78M8.342,937News CoverageDividend AnnouncementInsider TradeERMEuromoney Institutional InvestorN/AN/AN/AN/A£1.60B£365.16M14,600.002,567High Trading VolumeBMYBloomsbury Publishing3.2141 of 5 starsGBX 625+0.6%GBX 825+32.0%+7.1%£504.33M£382.40M13.3734,300News CoverageEarnings ReportGap DownDODSDods GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£436.55M£25.50M-125.00929Gap DownRCHReachN/AGBX 76.20+1.6%N/A-6.5%£240.45M£554.87M5.803,706LBGLBG Media1.1379 of 5 starsGBX 95-0.6%GBX 170+78.9%+1.0%£200.50M£80.68M29.34446Gap UpSNWSSmiths NewsN/AGBX 57-0.7%GBX 95+66.7%-7.1%£136.82M£1.11B5.371,489Dividend IncreaseGap UpCNCTSmiths News Plc (CNCT.L)N/AN/AN/AN/A£63.41M£1.44B-1.413Gap UpQRTThe Quarto GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£57.25M£131.15M538.46305Gap DownHYNSHaynes Publishing GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£41.86M£36.89M47.57251QRTRThe Quarto GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£25.15M£126.28M5.97330Gap UpHigh Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ERM Competitors BMY Competitors DODS Competitors RCH Competitors LBG Competitors SNWS Competitors CNCT Competitors QRT Competitors HYNS Competitors QRTR Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:FUTR) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersJuly 2025 Rule Change to Impact Retirement InvestorsThere's a massive change from a new rule going into effect this July. 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