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.
Euromoney Institutional Investor (LON:ERM) and Future (LON:FUTR) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
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 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.
In the previous week, Future had 13 more articles in the media than Euromoney Institutional Investor. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Future and 0 mentions for Euromoney Institutional Investor. Future's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat Euromoney Institutional Investor's score of 0.00 indicating that Future is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Euromoney Institutional Investor pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.18 per share. Future pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. 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 pays out 3.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Future is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Future has a consensus target price of GBX 1,169, suggesting a potential upside of 55.87%. Given Future's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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.
99.0% of Future shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Future shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock 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 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
