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LBG Media (LBG) Competitors

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GBX 125.45 -1.05 (-0.83%)
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LBG vs. FUTR, BMY, DODS, RCH, SNWS, CNCT, QRT, HYNS, QRTR, and XLM

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), The Quarto Group (QRTR), and XLMedia (XLM). These companies are all part of the "publishing" industry.

LBG Media vs.

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

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
LBG Media8.65% 10.81% 12.85%
Future 11.69%8.43%5.49%

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LBG MediaOutperform Votes
12
92.31%
Underperform Votes
1
7.69%
FutureOutperform Votes
392
74.24%
Underperform Votes
136
25.76%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
LBG Media£82.54M3.18£7.14M£0.043,136.25
Future£775.70M1.29£90.70M£0.761,190.79

In the previous week, Future had 10 more articles in the media than LBG Media. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Future and 0 mentions for LBG Media. Future's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat LBG Media's score of 0.00 indicating that Future is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
LBG Media Neutral
Future Neutral

29.4% of LBG Media shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Future shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.1% of LBG Media shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 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.

LBG Media presently has a consensus target price of GBX 170, indicating a potential upside of 35.51%. Future has a consensus target price of GBX 1,169, indicating a potential upside of 29.17%. Given LBG Media's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe LBG Media is more favorable than Future.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LBG Media
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Future
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LBG vs. The Competition

MetricLBG MediaPublishing IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£262.29M£1.48B£3.07B£2.03B
Dividend YieldN/A7.03%6.70%5.16%
P/E Ratio3,136.25591.00299.141,930.36
Price / Sales3.1886.29128.95396,246.21
Price / Cash5.0115.7116.0029.21
Price / Book3.691.514.203.08
Net Income£7.14M£61.76M£135.37M£183.47M
7 Day Performance-2.75%3.55%2.86%3.66%
1 Month Performance-5.68%0.72%3.21%4.26%
1 Year Performance50.78%17.15%23.84%165.52%

LBG Media Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LBG
LBG Media
N/AGBX 125.45
-0.8%
GBX 170
+35.5%
+53.5%£262.29M£82.54M3,136.25446Gap Down
FUTR
Future
2.6718 of 5 stars
GBX 885.50
+0.7%
GBX 1,169
+32.0%
+29.6%£975.82M£775.70M1,165.132,937Dividend Announcement
BMY
Bloomsbury Publishing
2.9381 of 5 stars
GBX 601.81
0.0%
GBX 825
+37.1%
+36.6%£490.11M£342.65M1,543.0934,300
DODS
Dods Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£436.55M£25.50M-125.00929Gap Down
RCH
Reach
N/AGBX 74
-0.9%
N/A+34.8%£233.23M£554.20M569.233,706News Coverage
Gap Up
SNWS
Smiths News
3.7048 of 5 stars
GBX 58
+1.8%
GBX 80
+37.9%
+28.1%£137.51M£1.08B644.441,489Dividend Increase
High Trading Volume
CNCT
Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£63.41M£1.44B-1.413Gap Up
QRT
The Quarto Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£57.25M£131.15M538.46305Gap Down
HYNS
Haynes Publishing Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£41.86M£36.89M47.57251
QRTR
The Quarto Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£25.15M£126.28M5.97330Gap Up
High Trading Volume
XLM
XLMedia
N/AGBX 9.40
+1.1%
N/A+41.4%£24.37M£43.76M-72.31100News Coverage

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