LBG vs. FUTR, BMY, DODS, RCH, SNWS, CNCT, QRT, HYNS, XLM, and QRTR
Should you be buying LBG Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LBG Media include Future (FUTR), Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), Dods Group (DODS), Reach (RCH), Smiths News (SNWS), Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) (CNCT), The Quarto Group (QRT), Haynes Publishing Group (HYNS), XLMedia (XLM), and The Quarto Group (QRTR). These companies are all part of the "publishing" industry.
LBG Media vs.
Future (LON:FUTR) and LBG Media (LON:LBG) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.
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.
99.0% of Future shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.4% of LBG Media shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Future shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.1% of LBG Media shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Future has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LBG Media has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Future currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,060, indicating a potential upside of 47.43%. LBG Media has a consensus target price of GBX 170, indicating a potential upside of 77.08%. Given LBG Media's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe LBG Media is more favorable than Future.
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.
In the previous week, Future had 9 more articles in the media than LBG Media. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Future and 0 mentions for LBG Media. Future's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat LBG Media's score of 0.00 indicating that Future is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Future beats LBG Media on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LBG) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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