Future PLC

FUTR · LSE · Communication Services / Publishing

307.20GBX-7.80 (-2.48%)

Price History

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Market Stats

Previous Close315.00

Open312.40

Day Range305.60 – 342.60

52-Week Range271.00 – 656.80

Volume849.39K

Market Cap255.25M

P/E (TTM)7.88

Forward P/E2.98

EPS0.37

Dividend Yield5.83%

Beta1.31

50-Day Avg308.54

200-Day Avg360.84

About

Future plc, together with its subsidiaries, publishes and distributes content for technology, gaming, sports, fashion, beauty, homes, wealth, and knowledge sectors in the United States and the United Kingdom. It operates through Media and Magazine segments. The company offers content on various platforms, websites, social platforms, videos, email newsletters, and events; magazines; and eCommerce, a retailer or service provider's website to make a purchase. It also provides content marketing, publishing, price comparison website, comparison shopping, B2B, energy auto switching, and digital media publishing services. Future plc was founded in 1985 and is based in Bath, the United Kingdom.

Company Details

SectorCommunication Services
IndustryPublishing
CEOMr. Chin Shin Li Ying
Employees2.99K
HeadquartersQuay House, Bath, United Kingdom, BA1 1UA, UK
Websitehttps://www.futureplc.com

Leadership

Mr. Chin Shin Li YingCEO & Director · b. 1979
Mr. Sharjeel SulemanCFO & Director
Mr. Jason MacLellanChief Technology Officer
Ms. Marion Le BotHead of Investor Relations
Mr. Neville DanielsManaging Director of APAC
Mr. Michael L. PeraltaChief Revenue Officer
Mr. Zack SullivanChief Revenue Officer
Mr. Simon CollisSenior VP of Technology, Games Verticals, Audience Development & Content Strategy
Ms. Hillary KerrSenior Vice President of Women + Luxury
Ms. Amanda Darman-AllenSenior Vice President of B2B

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: GBP	1998-12-31	1999-12-31	2000-12-31	2001-12-31	2002-12-31	2003-12-31	2005-09-30	2006-09-30	2007-09-30	2008-09-30	2009-09-30	2010-09-30	2011-09-30	2012-09-30	2013-09-30	2014-09-30	2015-09-30	2016-09-30	2017-09-30	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30	2025-09-30

Currency: GBP	1998-12-31	1999-12-31	2000-12-31	2001-12-31	2002-12-31	2003-12-31	2005-09-30	2006-09-30	2007-09-30	2008-09-30	2009-09-30	2010-09-30	2011-09-30	2012-09-30	2013-09-30	2014-09-30	2015-09-30	2016-09-30	2017-09-30	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30	2025-09-30
Total Revenue	80.29M	172.92M	253.99M	174.10M	165.30M	182.70M	212.30M	188.10M	165.70M	162.90M	153.10M	151.50M	141.70M	123.50M	82.60M	66.00M	59.80M	59.00M	84.40M	124.60M	221.50M	339.60M	606.80M	825.40M	788.90M	788.20M	739.20M
Growth (%)	-	+115.37%	+46.88%	-31.45%	-5.05%	+10.53%	+16.20%	-11.40%	-11.91%	-1.69%	-6.02%	-1.05%	-6.47%	-12.84%	-33.12%	-20.10%	-9.39%	-1.34%	+43.05%	+47.63%	+77.77%	+53.32%	+78.68%	+36.03%	-4.42%	-0.09%	-6.22%
Cost of Revenue	54.95M	114.81M	196.84M	128.40M	103.20M	114.60M	144.70M	132.00M	113.90M	108.20M	104.00M	104.20M	99.90M	84.50M	58.50M	50.60M	40.60M	37.70M	50.50M	69.30M	115.00M	193.10M	340.20M	471.10M	408.40M	433.80M	481.50M
Gross Profit	25.34M	58.11M	57.15M	45.70M	62.10M	182.70M	67.60M	56.10M	51.80M	54.70M	49.10M	47.30M	41.80M	39.00M	24.10M	15.40M	19.20M	21.30M	33.90M	55.30M	106.50M	146.50M	266.60M	354.30M	380.50M	354.40M	257.70M
Gross Margin	31.56%	33.61%	22.50%	26.25%	37.57%	100.00%	31.84%	29.82%	31.26%	33.58%	32.07%	31.22%	29.50%	31.58%	29.18%	23.33%	32.11%	36.10%	40.17%	44.38%	48.08%	43.14%	43.94%	42.92%	48.23%	44.96%	34.86%
Operating Expense	18.70M	52.79M	91.94M	156.80M	52.00M	173.20M	54.10M	90.10M	39.70M	43.20M	42.90M	39.90M	58.30M	35.80M	24.90M	50.00M	20.90M	35.50M	33.10M	50.00M	79.80M	82.00M	151.30M	165.70M	206.00M	220.70M	122.00M
Operating Income	6.64M	5.32M	-34.80M	-111.10M	10.10M	9.50M	13.50M	-34.00M	12.10M	11.50M	6.20M	7.40M	-16.50M	3.20M	-800.00K	-34.60M	-1.70M	-14.20M	800.00K	5.30M	26.70M	64.50M	115.30M	188.60M	174.50M	133.70M	135.70M
Operating Margin	8.27%	3.08%	-13.70%	-63.81%	6.11%	5.20%	6.36%	-18.08%	7.30%	7.06%	4.05%	4.88%	-11.64%	2.59%	-0.97%	-52.42%	-2.84%	-24.07%	0.95%	4.25%	12.05%	18.99%	19.00%	22.85%	22.12%	16.96%	18.36%
EBITDA	7.84M	9.58M	460.00K	-110.30M	13.00M	11.70M	17.00M	-25.70M	17.20M	17.20M	11.20M	11.60M	-14.50M	5.70M	1.70M	-30.70M	700.00K	2.70M	5.30M	13.20M	30.80M	85.10M	200.10M	269.10M	253.90M	214.70M	189.50M
EBITDA Margin	9.77%	5.54%	0.18%	-63.35%	7.86%	6.40%	8.01%	-13.66%	10.38%	10.56%	7.32%	7.66%	-10.23%	4.62%	2.06%	-46.52%	1.17%	4.58%	6.28%	10.59%	13.91%	25.06%	32.98%	32.60%	32.18%	27.24%	25.64%
Net Income	-4.72M	-6.64M	-60.77M	-123.30M	6.20M	2.70M	10.30M	-47.20M	14.20M	6.80M	2.80M	5.50M	-19.30M	200.00K	4.30M	-33.90M	-1.30M	-14.20M	1.60M	2.90M	8.10M	44.30M	66.10M	122.20M	113.40M	76.80M	66.30M
Net Income Margin	-5.88%	-3.84%	-23.92%	-70.82%	3.75%	1.48%	4.85%	-25.09%	8.57%	4.17%	1.83%	3.63%	-13.62%	0.16%	5.21%	-51.36%	-2.17%	-24.07%	1.90%	2.33%	3.66%	13.04%	10.89%	14.80%	14.37%	9.74%	8.97%
Interest Expense	10.69M	11.33M	5.44M	7.90M	900.00K	0	1.10M	3.10M	3.20M	2.40M	1.60M	1.40M	1.10M	1.50M	1.40M	600.00K	200.00K	200.00K	400.00K	900.00K	2.10M	3.00M	7.80M	18.70M	36.00M	31.60M	30.40M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue	13.32%	6.55%	2.14%	4.54%	0.54%	0.00%	0.52%	1.65%	1.93%	1.47%	1.05%	0.92%	0.78%	1.21%	1.69%	0.91%	0.33%	0.34%	0.47%	0.72%	0.95%	0.88%	1.29%	2.27%	4.56%	4.01%	4.11%

Balance Sheet

Currency: GBP	1998-12-31	1999-12-31	2000-12-31	2001-12-31	2002-12-31	2003-12-31	2004-09-30	2005-09-30	2006-09-30	2007-09-30	2008-09-30	2009-09-30	2010-09-30	2011-09-30	2012-09-30	2013-09-30	2014-09-30	2015-09-30	2016-09-30	2017-09-30	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30	2025-09-30

Currency: GBP	1998-12-31	1999-12-31	2000-12-31	2001-12-31	2002-12-31	2003-12-31	2004-09-30	2005-09-30	2006-09-30	2007-09-30	2008-09-30	2009-09-30	2010-09-30	2011-09-30	2012-09-30	2013-09-30	2014-09-30	2015-09-30	2016-09-30	2017-09-30	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30	2025-09-30
Total Assets	173.43M	375.08M	348.97M	181.50M	167.30M	186.60M	170.90M	231.20M	185.60M	164.80M	161.20M	159.30M	157.00M	139.80M	129.60M	121.00M	68.80M	64.40M	51.90M	122.40M	254.70M	386.40M	611.20M	1.63B	1.96B	1.88B	1.71B	1.63B
Total Liabilities	176.35M	103.13M	153.40M	75.50M	55.30M	74.70M	63.20M	113.70M	122.00M	90.30M	81.60M	77.80M	70.80M	76.50M	67.00M	53.60M	36.20M	33.00M	30.70M	61.10M	82.10M	173.00M	229.90M	768.80M	897.40M	766.60M	646.30M	594.30M
Total Equity	-2.92M	271.95M	195.57M	106.00M	112.00M	111.90M	107.70M	117.50M	63.60M	74.50M	79.60M	81.50M	86.20M	63.30M	62.60M	67.40M	32.60M	31.40M	21.20M	61.30M	172.60M	213.40M	381.30M	862.30M	1.06B	1.11B	1.06B	1.04B
Cash	7.13M	18.94M	10.78M	9.50M	12.40M	11.30M	12.00M	10.70M	20.00M	14.20M	8.40M	14.60M	13.30M	12.50M	8.50M	4.60M	7.50M	2.50M	2.90M	10.10M	6.40M	6.60M	19.30M	324.30M	29.20M	60.30M	39.70M	27.60M
Total Debt	132.31M	45.82M	79.74M	20.80M	1.80M	6.70M	4.70M	50.20M	52.80M	38.50M	30.30M	30.20M	20.70M	24.30M	22.60M	11.50M	-	4.30M	2.40M	20.10M	24.20M	46.90M	106.10M	549.50M	520.70M	432.30M	334.40M	337.30M
Net Debt	125.17M	26.88M	68.96M	11.30M	-10.60M	-4.60M	-7.30M	39.50M	32.80M	24.30M	21.90M	15.60M	7.40M	11.80M	14.10M	6.90M	-7.50M	1.80M	-500.00K	10.00M	17.80M	40.30M	86.80M	225.20M	491.50M	372.00M	294.70M	309.70M

Cash Flow

Currency: GBP	1998-12-31	1999-12-31	2000-12-31	2001-12-31	2002-12-31	2003-12-31	2004-09-30	2005-09-30	2006-09-30	2007-09-30	2008-09-30	2009-09-30	2010-09-30	2011-09-30	2012-09-30	2013-09-30	2014-09-30	2015-09-30	2016-09-30	2017-09-30	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30	2025-09-30

Currency: GBP	1998-12-31	1999-12-31	2000-12-31	2001-12-31	2002-12-31	2003-12-31	2004-09-30	2005-09-30	2006-09-30	2007-09-30	2008-09-30	2009-09-30	2010-09-30	2011-09-30	2012-09-30	2013-09-30	2014-09-30	2015-09-30	2016-09-30	2017-09-30	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30	2025-09-30
Operating Cash Flow	1.21M	1.33M	-6.47M	-20.20M	24.60M	16.10M	4.20M	4.90M	20.10M	11.60M	11.10M	13.70M	11.80M	3.90M	-300.00K	1.30M	-2.80M	-8.60M	2.00M	10.00M	9.80M	49.10M	81.40M	165.70M	202.60M	182.80M	169.80M	117.30M
Investing Cash Flow	-113.76M	-37.45M	-36.30M	48.00M	-2.50M	-3.90M	-5.60M	-47.40M	-7.00M	-500.00K	-5.10M	-2.90M	-1.80M	-3.60M	-400.00K	6.30M	18.50M	-700.00K	-2.80M	-34.20M	-119.50M	-69.80M	-79.80M	-180.40M	-116.70M	-58.80M	-21.80M	-19.60M
Financing Cash Flow	118.60M	48.07M	34.17M	-26.20M	-19.00M	5.90M	-4.10M	38.80M	-3.60M	-16.90M	-13.10M	-5.00M	-11.50M	-1.10M	-3.30M	-11.40M	-13.00M	3.30M	1.90M	31.50M	106.30M	18.20M	12.10M	321.50M	-389.00M	-86.90M	-166.90M	-109.00M
Capital Expenditure	939.00K	2.68M	5.30M	500.00K	700.00K	1.40M	1.10M	17.10M	7.50M	4.80M	3.70M	3.10M	1.80M	3.60M	2.50M	2.90M	2.60M	2.00M	2.50M	2.60M	2.40M	5.60M	4.10M	11.10M	11.60M	11.30M	13.90M	3.30M
Free Cash Flow	267.00K	-1.35M	-11.77M	-20.70M	23.90M	14.70M	3.10M	-12.20M	12.60M	6.80M	7.40M	10.60M	10.00M	300.00K	-2.80M	-1.60M	-5.40M	-10.60M	-500.00K	7.40M	7.40M	43.50M	77.30M	154.60M	191.00M	171.50M	155.90M	114.00M
Dividends Paid	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.00M	6.50M	5.90M	3.20M	3.50M	3.30M	1.60M	3.60M	1.60M	-	700.00K	-	400.00K	400.00K	400.00K	400.00K	1.00M	1.60M	3.40M	4.10M	3.90M	3.70M
FCF to OCF	22.14%	-100.90%	181.96%	102.48%	97.15%	91.30%	73.81%	-248.98%	62.69%	58.62%	66.67%	77.37%	84.75%	7.69%	933.33%	-123.08%	192.86%	123.26%	-25.00%	74.00%	75.51%	88.59%	94.96%	93.30%	94.27%	93.82%	91.81%	97.19%
Dividend Paid to FCF	-	-	-	-	-	-	129.03%	-53.28%	46.83%	47.06%	47.30%	31.13%	16.00%	1200.00%	-57.14%	-	-12.96%	-	-80.00%	5.41%	5.41%	0.92%	1.29%	1.03%	1.78%	2.39%	2.50%	3.25%

Earnings

Report Date	May 18, 2015	Nov 27, 2015	May 20, 2016	Nov 23, 2016	May 19, 2017	Nov 24, 2017	Feb 28, 2018	May 17, 2018	Aug 29, 2018	Nov 23, 2018	Feb 19, 2019	May 17, 2019	Aug 28, 2019	Nov 15, 2019	Feb 3, 2020	May 22, 2020	Sep 2, 2020	Nov 25, 2020	Feb 19, 2021	May 19, 2021	Sep 1, 2021	Nov 30, 2021	Mar 2, 2022	May 18, 2022	Aug 31, 2022	Nov 30, 2022	Feb 8, 2023	May 18, 2023	Aug 30, 2023	Dec 7, 2023	Mar 20, 2024	Dec 17, 2024	May 16, 2025	Dec 4, 2025	Dec 2, 2026
EPS Estimate	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.55	0.00	5.44	0.00	-	0.00	0.00	0.00	15.10	0.00	13.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	0.00	-	0.00	-	0.00	-	0.00	-	0.00	0.68	0.00	0.84	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	-
EPS Actual	0.00	0.00	-0.01	0.04	0.12	0.12	0.00	0.07	0.00	-0.01	0.00	0.09	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.22	0.00	0.24	0.00	0.41	0.00	0.19	0.00	0.52	0.00	0.49	0.00	0.47	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.38	0.38	0.24	-
Surprise	-	-	-	-98.43%	-	-97.79%	-	-	-	-	-	-99.40%	-	-99.92%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-31.09%	-	-100.00%	-	-	-	-	-
Timing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pre-market	-	Pre-market	-	Pre-market	-	Pre-market	Pre-market	-	-	After-hours	Pre-market

Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap255.25M

Enterprise Value618.04M

Trailing P/E7.88

Forward P/E2.98

PEG Ratio0.00

Price / Sales0.36

Price / Book0.27

EPS0.37

Book Value10.78

Revenue (TTM)709.90M

Gross Profit (TTM)295.70M

EBITDA188.10M

Profit Margin5.14%

Operating Margin13.06%

Return on Equity3.47%

Return on Assets4.47%

Shares Outstanding87.59M

Shares Float90.70M

Beta1.31

Dividend Yield5.83%

Dividend Rate0.17

Payout Ratio70.83%

Dividends

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Stock Splits

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