Reviewing Future (FRNWF) and The Competition

Institutional & Insider Ownership

63.8% of Future shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.4% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by institutional investors. 18.0% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Future and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Future	N/A	N/A	-40.78
Future Competitors	$2.97 billion	-$7.90 million	17.66

Future’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Future. Future is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Future pays an annual dividend of $0.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Future pays out -2.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Media” companies pay a dividend yield of 5.3% and pay out 99.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Future and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Future	N/A	N/A	N/A
Future Competitors	-20.08%	-48.65%	-5.12%

Summary

Future beats its competitors on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

Future Company Profile

Future plc, together with its subsidiaries, publishes and distributes content for games, entertainment, technology, sports, savings and wealth, lifestyle, knowledge and news, and B2B sectors primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. It operates through Media and Magazine segments. The company offers content through various forms, such as websites, email newsletters, videos, social platforms, magazines, and events, as well as advertising comprising digital advertising, AVOD, newsletters, events, and lead generation; eCommerce, including print and digital subscriptions, and newstrade; and direct consumer monetisation frameworks. It also provides print licensing, endorsement licensing, comparison shopping, video content production, energy auto switching, and digital media publishing services, as well as various sales and distribution services to third party. Future plc was founded in 1985 and is based in Bath, the United Kingdom.