LBG Media (LBG) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend FUTR or LBG?

Future currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,060, suggesting a potential upside of 45.13%. LBG Media has a consensus price target of GBX 170, suggesting a potential upside of 104.33%. 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

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FUTR or LBG?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Future	Outperform Votes 392 74.10%	Underperform Votes 137 25.90%
LBG Media	Outperform Votes 12 92.31%	Underperform Votes 1 7.69%

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	£722.78M	1.09	£84.51M	£78.05	9.36
LBG Media	£80.68M	2.18	£6.90M	£3.24	25.69

Which has more volatility and risk, FUTR or LBG?

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

Does the media prefer FUTR or LBG?

In the previous week, Future had 3 more articles in the media than LBG Media. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Future and 1 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	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Future	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
LBG Media	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FUTR or LBG?

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

Summary

Future and LBG Media tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.