Future (FUTR)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 250

657.50p
   
  • Change Today:
    -26.50p
  • 52 Week High: 1,140.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 577.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 115.20m
  • Volume: 184,066
  • Market Cap: £757.46m
  • RiskGrade: 189

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Future Overview

Future plc is a United Kingdom-based global platform for Internet specialist media. The Company operates approximately 250 brands in diversified content verticals, across its business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) divisions. It organizes its brands by specialist interests and has four main content verticals with 16 sub-categories ranging from consumer technology to games to women’s lifestyle to homes or wealth. The Company’s content is published and distributed through various forms: websites, email newsletters, videos, magazines, events and has three core monetization frameworks, such as advertising, eCommerce affiliate and direct consumer.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 0.5% 0.0%
Div Cover 41.7 36.5
Op Mrgn 22.1% 27.6%
ROCE 575.9%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 4.6 5.5
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 1.0 1.0
Pr/Book 0.7  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -4.4% -0.2%
PBT -18.8% 57.6%
EPS -13.7% -15.1%
DPS n/a -3.0%

Future Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-19 221.50 12.70 50.10p 24.5 0.3 +91% 1.00p 0.1%
30-Sep-20 339.60 52.00 76.30p 25.5 0.5 +52% 1.60p 0.1%
30-Sep-21 606.80 107.80 134.60p 27.4 0.4 +76% 2.80p 0.1%
30-Sep-22 825.40 170.00 164.40p 8.0 0.4 +22% 3.40p 0.3%
30-Sep-23 788.90 138.10 141.80p 6.3 n/a -14% 3.40p 0.4%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Future Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-24 787.34 217.69 120.43p 5.5 n/a -15% 3.30p 0.0%
30-Sep-25 807.60 226.22 130.00p 5.1 0.6 +8% 3.53p 0.0%
30-Sep-26 845.49 230.70 144.63p 4.5 0.4 +11% 3.94p 0.0%

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Future Company Announcements

Trading Statement 04-Apr-2024 07:00 RNS
Notification of Major Holdings 03-Apr-2024 13:19 RNS
Total Voting Rights 02-Apr-2024 14:42 RNS

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Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Future Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 657.50p
Change Today -26.50p
% Change -3.87 %
52 Week High 1,140.00p
52 Week Low 577.00p
Volume 184,066
Shares Issued 115.20m
Market Cap £757.46m
RiskGrade 189

Future Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
86.26% above the market average86.26% above the market average86.26% above the market average86.26% above the market average86.26% above the market average
72.73% above the sector average72.73% above the sector average72.73% above the sector average72.73% above the sector average72.73% above the sector average
Price Trend
75.26% below the market average75.26% below the market average75.26% below the market average75.26% below the market average75.26% below the market average
65.96% below the sector average65.96% below the sector average65.96% below the sector average65.96% below the sector average65.96% below the sector average
Income
95.24% below the market average95.24% below the market average95.24% below the market average95.24% below the market average95.24% below the market average
90% below the sector average90% below the sector average90% below the sector average90% below the sector average90% below the sector average
Growth
19.8% below the market average19.8% below the market average19.8% below the market average19.8% below the market average19.8% below the market average
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What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 5
Neutral 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 1
Total 11
buy
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Future Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Final
Ex-Div 18-Jan-24 19-Jan-23
Paid 13-Feb-24 14-Feb-23
Amount 3.40p 3.40p

Trades for 16-Apr-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 64,857 @ 657.50p
16:35 328 @ 657.50p
16:35 241 @ 657.50p
16:35 609 @ 657.50p
16:35 1,150 @ 657.50p

Future Key Personnel

CFO Penny Ladkin-Brand
Chair Richard N L Huntingford
CEO Jon Steinberg

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