FUTR vs. ERM, BMY, DODS, RCH, LBG, SNWS, CNCT, QRT, HYNS, and XLM
Should you be buying Future stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Future include Euromoney Institutional Investor (ERM), Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), Dods Group (DODS), Reach (RCH), LBG Media (LBG), Smiths News (SNWS), Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) (CNCT), The Quarto Group (QRT), Haynes Publishing Group (HYNS), and XLMedia (XLM). These companies are all part of the "publishing" industry.
Future vs.
Future (LON:FUTR) and Euromoney Institutional Investor (LON:ERM) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Future received 140 more outperform votes than Euromoney Institutional Investor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.24% of users gave Future an outperform vote while only 60.43% of users gave Euromoney Institutional Investor an outperform vote.
Future has higher revenue and earnings than Euromoney Institutional Investor. Euromoney Institutional Investor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Future, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Future presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,169, suggesting a potential upside of 18.20%. Given Future's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Future is more favorable than Euromoney Institutional Investor.
Future has a net margin of 11.69% compared to Euromoney Institutional Investor's net margin of 0.00%. Future's return on equity of 8.41% beat Euromoney Institutional Investor's return on equity.
Future pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Euromoney Institutional Investor pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.18 per share. Future pays out 3.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Euromoney Institutional Investor pays out 182.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Future is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Future had 2 more articles in the media than Euromoney Institutional Investor. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Future and 0 mentions for Euromoney Institutional Investor. Future's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Euromoney Institutional Investor's score of 0.00 indicating that Future is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.0% of Future shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Future shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Future beats Euromoney Institutional Investor on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:FUTR) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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