Future plc (LON:FUTR) Receives Consensus Rating of “Hold” from Analysts

Future plc (LON:FUTR) has been given an average rating of “Hold” by the six brokerages that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and two have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price target among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 586.

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on FUTR. Barclays reduced their price objective on shares of Future from GBX 640 to GBX 285 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 1st. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 295 price objective on shares of Future in a report on Friday, May 15th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 1,013 price objective on shares of Future in a report on Friday, May 15th. Berenberg Bank restated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 330 price objective on shares of Future in a report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their price objective on Future from GBX 733 to GBX 358 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, April 24th.

Future Stock Down 0.9%

Shares of LON:FUTR opened at GBX 316.40 on Tuesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 340.82 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 460.24. The stock has a market cap of £289.86 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.33. Future has a fifty-two week low of GBX 262.20 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 806. The company has a quick ratio of 0.60, a current ratio of 0.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 38.86.

Future (LON:FUTR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported GBX 13.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Future had a net margin of 5.14% and a return on equity of 3.57%. The company had revenue of £349.10 million during the quarter. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Future will post 116.6270784 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Future Company Profile

Future is a global platform for specialist media underpinned by proprietary technology, enabled by data; with diversified revenue streams