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Future(FUTR)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

Market Cap

£93.14m

Change Today

Price Up2.00p

Share Price

28.50p

Future Overview

Future is in the media sector and is currently trading at 28.50p per share. In the last year Future's share price has ranged from 24.00p to 49.50p and brokers are currently rating this stock as 'buy'.

1 Day Chart (04-Jul-2008)

1 Day Chart

6 Month Chart

6 Month Chart

Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 3.9% 4.3%
Div Cover 2.3 2.3
Op Mrgn 7.3% 8.1%
ROCE 168.1%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 11.4 10.2
PEG 0.8 0.9
Pr/Revenue 0.6 0.6
Pr/Book 1.3  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue -11.9% -1.3%
PBT n/a 44.6%
EPS 13.6% 11.8%
DPS 10.0% 10.3%

Future Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Jun-04 a190.40 a7.20 5.90p 10.3 n/a -44% 1.50p 2.5%
30-Sep-04 a190.40 a7.20 5.80p 10.0 n/a -2% 1.50p 2.6%
30-Sep-05 a212.30 a12.50 4.40p 14.9 n/a -24% 1.80p 2.7%
30-Sep-06 188.10 (36.70) 2.20p 14.7 n/a -50% 1.00p 3.1%
30-Sep-07 165.70 9.20 2.50p 17.5 1.3 +14% 1.10p 2.5%

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-08 163.62 13.30 2.80p 10.2 0.9 +12% 1.21p 4.3%
30-Sep-09 167.49 14.87 3.18p 9.0 0.7 +14% 1.30p 4.6%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Altium Securities, Numis Securities, UBS

Future Company Announcements

Second Price Monitoring Extn 04-Jul-2008 16:41 RNS
Price Monitoring Extension 04-Jul-2008 16:35 RNS
Blocklisting Interim Review 04-Jul-2008 10:42 RNS

Future ShareCast News

London close: Stocks weighed by Wall Street 23-May-2008 ShareCast
London afternoon: Quiet end to week 23-May-2008 ShareCast
London midday: Miners keep FTSE submerged 23-May-2008 ShareCast

Future Top Newspaper Links

Future looking brighter 29-Nov-2007 Telegraph
Cycling news 04-Jul-2007 The Scotsman
Magazines 'not dead', says Future boss 14-Jun-2007 Guardian

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 28.50p Price Up
Change Today +2.00p
52 Week High 49.50p
52 Week Low 24.00p
Volume 23,805
Shares Issued 326.81m
Market Cap £93.14m
Beta 0.15
RiskGrade 218

Future Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
24.81% below the market average24.81% below the market average24.81% below the market average24.81% below the market average24.81% below the market average
54.55% below the sector average54.55% below the sector average54.55% below the sector average54.55% below the sector average54.55% below the sector average
Price Trend
24.53% below the market average24.53% below the market average24.53% below the market average24.53% below the market average24.53% below the market average
10.49% above the sector average10.49% above the sector average10.49% above the sector average10.49% above the sector average10.49% above the sector average
Income
32.60% above the market average32.60% above the market average32.60% above the market average32.60% above the market average32.60% above the market average
21.43% above the sector average21.43% above the sector average21.43% above the sector average21.43% above the sector average21.43% above the sector average
Growth
84.49% below the market average84.49% below the market average84.49% below the market average84.49% below the market average84.49% below the market average
80.45% below the sector average80.45% below the sector average80.45% below the sector average80.45% below the sector average80.45% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 2
Buy 1
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 4
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

Future Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 04-Jun-08 02-Jan-08
Paid 03-Jul-08 30-Jan-08
Amount 0.50p 0.60p

Trades for 04-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:45 1,573 @ 28.50p
12:47 522 @ 28.28p
08:11 13,915 @ 27.00p
08:11 7,795 @ 27.00p

Future Key Personnel

Finance Director John R Bowman
Chair Roger Parry
CEO Stevie Spring

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