Future (FUTR)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 250

399.40p
   
  • Change Today:
    -10.20p
  • 52 Week High: 1,029.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 399.40p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 94.58m
  • Volume: 847,113
  • Market Cap: £377.77m
  • RiskGrade: 189
  • Beta: 1.00

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 4.3% 0.0%
Div Cover 7.3 9.2
Op Mrgn 16.5% 27.5%
ROCE 503.7%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 3.2 3.0
PEG n/a 0.5
Pr/Revenue 0.5 0.5
Pr/Book 0.4  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -6.2% 0.0%
PBT -10.9% 121.6%
EPS -0.3% 5.7%
DPS 400.0% -15.8%

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-26 739.23 203.63 131.23p 3.0 0.5 +6% 14.31p 0.0%
30-Sep-27 753.63 208.29 141.58p 2.8 0.4 +8% 17.35p 0.0%
30-Sep-28 766.42 209.94 143.82p 2.8 1.8 +2% 21.02p 0.0%

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Future Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 16-Feb-2026 16:10 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 16-Feb-2026 07:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 13-Feb-2026 10:45 RNS

Future ShareCast News

Mony Group, Future selloff on AI worries overdon... 11-Feb-2026 ShareCast
Future flags trading 'broadly' in line with expe... 05-Feb-2026 ShareCast
Future buys Sheerluxe for initial £39.9m 22-Jan-2026 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
11-Feb-26 Buy Dividends Angela Seymour- Jackson 2,868.68p 3 £86.06
04-Feb-26 Buy Ivana Kirkbride 518.00p 1,000 £5,180.00
22-Dec-25 Transfer From Kevin Li Ying 0.000p 16,846 £0.00

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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 399.40p
Change Today -10.20p
% Change -2.49 %
52 Week High 1,029.00p
52 Week Low 399.40p
Volume 847,113
Shares Issued 94.58m
Market Cap £377.77m
Beta 1.00
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 0
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 9
strong_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 16-Feb-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
14:44 3,712 @ 403.90p
16:35 106,922 @ 403.22p
16:35 261,258 @ 399.40p
16:35 1,219 @ 399.40p
16:35 761 @ 399.40p

Future Key Personnel

CEO Kevin Li Ying
Chair Mark Brooker
CFO Sharjeel Suleman

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