FUTR vs. ERM, BMY, DODS, LBG, RCH, SNWS, CNCT, QRT, HYNS, and QRTR
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), LBG Media (LBG), Reach (RCH), Smiths News (SNWS), Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) (CNCT), The Quarto Group (QRT), Haynes Publishing Group (HYNS), and The Quarto Group (QRTR). 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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
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 a net margin of 11.69% compared to Euromoney Institutional Investor's net margin of 0.00%. Future's return on equity of 8.43% beat Euromoney Institutional Investor's return on equity.
Future currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,169, suggesting a potential upside of 31.42%. Given Future's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Future is more favorable than Euromoney Institutional Investor.
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.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Future had 9 more articles in the media than Euromoney Institutional Investor. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Future and 0 mentions for Euromoney Institutional Investor. Future's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Euromoney Institutional Investor's score of 0.00 indicating that Future is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 394.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.
Summary
Future beats Euromoney Institutional Investor on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:FUTR) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff