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LBG Media (LBG) Competitors

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GBX 90.68 -0.92 (-1.00%)
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LBG vs. FUTR, BMY, DODS, RCH, SNWS, CNCT, QRT, HYNS, QRTR, and XLM

Should you be buying LBG Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LBG Media include Future (FUTR), Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), Dods Group (DODS), Reach (RCH), Smiths News (SNWS), Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) (CNCT), The Quarto Group (QRT), Haynes Publishing Group (HYNS), The Quarto Group (QRTR), and XLMedia (XLM). These companies are all part of the "publishing" industry.

LBG Media vs.

Future (LON:FUTR) and LBG Media (LON:LBG) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Future received 380 more outperform votes than LBG Media when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 92.31% of users gave LBG Media an outperform vote while only 74.10% of users gave Future an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FutureOutperform Votes
392
74.10%
Underperform Votes
137
25.90%
LBG MediaOutperform Votes
12
92.31%
Underperform Votes
1
7.69%

99.0% of Future shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.4% of LBG Media shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Future shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 70.1% of LBG Media shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Future has a net margin of 11.69% compared to LBG Media's net margin of 8.55%. LBG Media's return on equity of 10.41% beat Future's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Future11.69% 8.41% 5.49%
LBG Media 8.55%10.41%12.85%

Future presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,060, suggesting a potential upside of 58.21%. LBG Media has a consensus target price of GBX 170, suggesting a potential upside of 87.47%. Given LBG Media's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe LBG Media is more favorable than Future.

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)
2.40
LBG Media
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Future had 28 more articles in the media than LBG Media. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Future and 2 mentions for LBG Media. Future's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat LBG Media's score of 0.00 indicating that Future is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Future
1 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
LBG Media
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Future has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LBG Media has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Future has higher revenue and earnings than LBG Media. Future is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LBG Media, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Future£722.78M1.00£84.51M£78.058.58
LBG Media£80.68M2.37£6.90M£3.2428.00

Summary

Future beats LBG Media on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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LBG vs. The Competition

MetricLBG MediaPublishing IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£191.38M£1.41B£3.50B£2.63B
Dividend YieldN/A7.09%6.77%5.05%
P/E Ratio28.009.6421.79131.94
Price / Sales2.3774.38114.29224,643.37
Price / Cash5.0115.7116.3428.03
Price / Book2.781.334.273.80
Net Income£6.90M£59.19M£144.72M£5.88B
7 Day Performance0.98%-0.49%1.03%0.37%
1 Month Performance-7.47%4.31%6.26%21.42%
1 Year Performance-6.76%8.41%9.58%129.67%

LBG Media Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LBG
LBG Media
1.1206 of 5 stars
GBX 90.68
-1.0%
GBX 170
+87.5%
-3.8%£191.38M£80.68M28.00446Gap Up
FUTR
Future
3.7673 of 5 stars
GBX 667
+4.2%
GBX 1,060
+58.9%
-34.6%£722.23M£722.78M8.552,937Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
BMY
Bloomsbury Publishing
3.0084 of 5 stars
GBX 633
+1.8%
GBX 825
+30.3%
-12.7%£510.79M£382.40M13.5434,300Trending News
Earnings Report
DODS
Dods Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£436.55M£25.50M-125.00929Gap Down
RCH
Reach
N/AGBX 74.73
+0.9%
N/A-4.3%£235.81M£554.87M5.693,706
SNWS
Smiths News
N/AGBX 60.40
+2.7%
GBX 95
+57.3%
-4.4%£144.99M£1.11B5.691,489Dividend Increase
Gap Up
CNCT
Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£63.41M£1.44B-1.413Gap Up
QRT
The Quarto Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£57.25M£131.15M538.46305Gap Down
HYNS
Haynes Publishing Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£41.86M£36.89M47.57251
QRTR
The Quarto Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£25.15M£126.28M5.97330Gap Up
High Trading Volume
XLM
XLMedia
N/AGBX 6.58
flat
N/AN/A£21.21M£39.41M-0.36100

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This page (LON:LBG) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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