LBG Media (LBG) Competitors

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FUTR or LBG?

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.

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 1,060, 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

Does the media prefer FUTR or LBG?

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

Which has more risk and 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.

Which has stronger valuation and 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	1.00	£84.51M	£78.05	8.58
LBG Media	£80.68M	2.37	£6.90M	£3.24	28.00

Summary

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