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: 312.80 to 330
• 50-Day Range: 282.80 to 321
• 52-Week Range: 262.20 to 672
• Volume: 196,381 shs
• Average Volume: 5.76 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £276.45 million
• P/E Ratio: 8.53
• Dividend Yield: 5.35%
• Price Target: GBX 503.50
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Future Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Future scored higher than 82% 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: 3.4 / 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 503.50, representing about 58.1% upside from its current price of GBX 318.40.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Future has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

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 8.61, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.56.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Future is 8.61, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 25.06.

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 5.35%, 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 45.95%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.25

News Sentiment

Future has a news sentiment score of 0.25. 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 is a lower news sentiment than the 0.51 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Future this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

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

6.04% of the stock of Future is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

69.61% of the stock of Future is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Media
• Sub-Industry: Publishing
• 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 503.50
• High Price Target: GBX 1,013
• Low Price Target: GBX 285
• Potential Upside/Downside: +59.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 37
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 8.53
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• 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: 0.39
• Cash Flow: GBX 6.01 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 52.52
• Book Value: GBX 913.63 per share
• Price / Book: 0.35

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 87,594,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £276.45 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.31