Future (FUTR)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 250

703.50p
   
  • Change Today:
      6.50p
  • 52 Week High: 1,121.00
  • 52 Week Low: 640.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 105.09m
  • Volume: 290,475
  • Market Cap: £739.32m
  • RiskGrade: 189
  • Beta: 0.01

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 36.6 35.3
Op Mrgn 17.0% 27.7%
ROCE n/a  
Latest F'cast
P/E 5.6 5.3
PEG n/a 6.5
Pr/Revenue 0.9 1.0
Pr/Book 0.7  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -0.1% -5.8%
PBT -25.3% 99.2%
EPS -12.1% -0.4%
DPS n/a 3.3%

Future Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
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%
30-Sep-24 788.20 103.20 124.60p 8.1 n/a -12% 3.40p 0.3%

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-25 742.25 205.57 124.06p 5.7 n/a -0% 3.51p 0.0%
30-Sep-26 749.10 207.77 135.91p 5.2 0.5 +10% 3.68p 0.0%
30-Sep-27 770.77 218.87 146.04p 4.8 0.6 +8% 3.91p 0.0%

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Future Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 18-Jun-2025 07:00 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 17-Jun-2025 07:00 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 16-Jun-2025 07:00 RNS

Future ShareCast News

London close: Stocks finish choppy week in the b... 16-May-2025 ShareCast
Future shares fall on revenue growth caution; H1... 16-May-2025 ShareCast
London close: Stocks rise on Trump tariff exempt... 14-Apr-2025 ShareCast

Future Top Newspaper Links

Future loses its CEO and finance boss 28-Oct-2011 The Independent
Future's bright for magazine group 28-Jan-2009 The Scotsman
Healthy hobby sector makes Hornby, Games Worksho... 28-Jan-2009 Telegraph

Latest Future Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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 703.50p
Change Today 6.50p
% Change 0.93 %
52 Week High 1,121.00
52 Week Low 640.00
Volume 290,475
Shares Issued 105.09m
Market Cap £739.32m
Beta 0.01
RiskGrade 189

Future Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
68.54% above the market average68.54% above the market average68.54% above the market average68.54% above the market average68.54% above the market average
58.97% above the sector average58.97% above the sector average58.97% above the sector average58.97% above the sector average58.97% above the sector average
Price Trend
56.96% below the market average56.96% below the market average56.96% below the market average56.96% below the market average56.96% below the market average
38.1% below the sector average38.1% below the sector average38.1% below the sector average38.1% below the sector average38.1% below the sector average
Income
96.16% below the market average96.16% below the market average96.16% below the market average96.16% below the market average96.16% below the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average
Growth
77.8% below the market average77.8% below the market average77.8% below the market average77.8% below the market average77.8% below the market average
94.59% below the sector average94.59% below the sector average94.59% below the sector average94.59% below the sector average94.59% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 6
Buy 5
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 12
buy
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Future Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Final
Ex-Div 16-Jan-25 18-Jan-24
Paid 11-Feb-25 13-Feb-24
Amount 3.40p 3.40p

Trades for 18-Jun-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 57,270 @ 703.50p
16:35 1,847 @ 703.50p
16:35 1,443 @ 703.50p
16:35 1,430 @ 703.50p
16:35 594 @ 703.50p

Future Key Personnel

CEO Kevin Li Ying
Chair Richard N L Huntingford
CFO Sharjeel Suleman

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