LBG Media (LBG) Competitors

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

Is FUTR or LBG more profitable?

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
Future	11.69%	8.43%	5.49%
LBG Media	8.65%	10.81%	12.85%

Does the media refer more to FUTR or LBG?

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 0.15 beat LBG Media's score of 0.00 indicating that Future is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Future	Neutral
LBG Media	Neutral

Do analysts recommend FUTR or LBG?

Future presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,059.25, indicating a potential upside of 23.24%. LBG Media has a consensus target price of GBX 170, indicating a potential upside of 27.92%. 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
Future	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
LBG Media	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FUTR or LBG?

Future received 381 more outperform votes than LBG Media when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 91.67% of users gave LBG Media an outperform vote while only 74.24% of users gave Future an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Future	Outperform Votes 392 74.24%	Underperform Votes 136 25.76%
LBG Media	Outperform Votes 11 91.67%	Underperform Votes 1 8.33%

Which has more risk and volatility, FUTR or LBG?

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FUTR or LBG?

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, FUTR or LBG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Future	£775.70M	1.22	£90.70M	£0.76	1,130.92
LBG Media	£82.54M	3.37	£7.14M	£0.04	3,322.50

Summary

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