LBG Media (LBG) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate FUTR or LBG?

Future currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,169, indicating a potential upside of 5.35%. LBG Media has a consensus target price of GBX 170, indicating a potential upside of 41.67%. 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	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
LBG Media	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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 74.24% of users gave Future an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Future	Outperform Votes 392 74.24%	Underperform Votes 136 25.76%
LBG Media	Outperform Votes 12 92.31%	Underperform Votes 1 7.69%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	£775.70M	1.58	£90.70M	£0.76	1,459.99
LBG Media	£82.54M	3.04	£7.14M	£0.04	3,000.00

Do insiders & institutionals 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor FUTR or LBG?

In the previous week, Future had 4 more articles in the media than LBG Media. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Future and 0 mentions for LBG Media. Future's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat LBG Media's score of 0.00 indicating that Future is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Future	Positive
LBG Media	Neutral

Is FUTR or LBG more profitable?

Future has a net margin of 11.69% compared to LBG Media's net margin of 8.65%. LBG Media's return on equity of 10.81% beat Future's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Future	11.69%	8.43%	5.49%
LBG Media	8.65%	10.81%	12.85%

Which has more risk & volatility, FUTR or LBG?

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

Summary

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