Future (FUTR)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 250

527.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -3.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,029.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 525.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 95.45m
  • Volume: 161,778
  • Market Cap: £503.00m
  • RiskGrade: 189
  • Beta: 1.34

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 3.2% 0.0%
Div Cover 7.3 36.5
Op Mrgn 16.5% 27.4%
ROCE 503.7%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 4.2 4.0
PEG n/a 0.6
Pr/Revenue 0.7 0.7
Pr/Book 0.5  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -6.2% 0.2%
PBT -10.9% 120.6%
EPS -0.3% 7.1%
DPS 400.0% -78.5%

Future Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
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%
30-Sep-25 739.20 91.90 124.20p 5.3 n/a -0% 17.00p 2.6%

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-26 740.55 202.73 133.06p 4.0 0.6 +7% 3.65p 0.0%
30-Sep-27 752.71 209.58 141.69p 3.7 0.6 +6% 3.86p 0.0%
30-Sep-28 765.26 211.48 145.55p 3.6 1.3 +3% 18.57p 0.0%

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Future Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 24-Dec-2025 07:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 23-Dec-2025 13:14 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 23-Dec-2025 13:14 RNS

Future ShareCast News

Director/PDMR Shareholding 23-Dec-2025 ShareCast
Transaction in Own Shares 23-Dec-2025 ShareCast
Transaction in Own Shares 22-Dec-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

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
22-Dec-25 Transfer From Kevin Li Ying 0.000p 16,846 £0.00
22-Dec-25 Sell Kevin Li Ying 531.00p 7,958 £42,256.98
12-Dec-25 Buy Mark Brooker 552.63p 7,201 £39,794.89

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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 527.00p
Change Today -3.00p
% Change -0.57 %
52 Week High 1,029.00p
52 Week Low 525.00p
Volume 161,778
Shares Issued 95.45m
Market Cap £503.00m
Beta 1.34
RiskGrade 189

Future Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
87.87% above the market average87.87% above the market average87.87% above the market average87.87% above the market average87.87% above the market average
79.49% above the sector average79.49% above the sector average79.49% above the sector average79.49% above the sector average79.49% above the sector average
Price Trend
56.31% below the market average56.31% below the market average56.31% below the market average56.31% below the market average56.31% below the market average
28.57% below the sector average28.57% below the sector average28.57% below the sector average28.57% below the sector average28.57% below the sector average
Income
96.37% below the market average96.37% below the market average96.37% below the market average96.37% below the market average96.37% 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
76.55% below the market average76.55% below the market average76.55% below the market average76.55% below the market average76.55% 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 5
Buy 4
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 10
buy
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Future Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Final
Ex-Div 15-Jan-26 16-Jan-25
Paid 11-Feb-26 11-Feb-25
Amount 17.00p 3.40p

Trades for 24-Dec-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
12:35 2 @ 527.00p
12:35 11 @ 527.00p
12:35 29 @ 527.00p
12:35 99 @ 527.00p
12:35 39 @ 527.00p

Future Key Personnel

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

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