LBG Media (LBG) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, FUTR or LBG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Future	£775.10M	0.92	£84.51M	£0.76	932.23
LBG Media	£82.54M	2.48	£6.90M	£0.04	2,573.68

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FUTR or LBG?

69.6% of Future shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.7% of LBG Media shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Future shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 45.6% of LBG Media shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FUTR or LBG more profitable?

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
Future	11.69%	8.41%	5.49%
LBG Media	8.55%	10.41%	12.85%

Do analysts recommend FUTR or LBG?

Future presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,014.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.57%. LBG Media has a consensus target price of GBX 170, indicating a potential upside of 73.82%. Given LBG Media's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe LBG Media is more favorable than Future.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Future	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
LBG Media	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, FUTR or LBG?

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.

Does the media favor FUTR or LBG?

In the previous week, Future had 17 more articles in the media than LBG Media. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Future and 0 mentions for LBG Media. LBG Media's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Future's score of -0.07 indicating that LBG Media is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Future	Neutral
LBG Media	Neutral

Summary

LBG Media beats Future on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.