Ivana Kirkbride Acquires 1,000 Shares of Future (LON:FUTR) Stock

Future plc (LON:FUTRGet Free Report) insider Ivana Kirkbride purchased 1,000 shares of Future stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 518 per share, with a total value of £5,180.

Future Stock Down 5.2%

Shares of Future stock opened at GBX 483.60 on Friday. The company has a market cap of £451.40 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.01. The company’s 50 day moving average is GBX 537.29 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 630.66. Future plc has a twelve month low of GBX 488.40 and a twelve month high of GBX 1,073. The company has a quick ratio of 0.60, a current ratio of 0.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 31.50.

Future (LON:FUTRGet Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, December 4th. The company reported GBX 124.20 EPS for the quarter. Future had a net margin of 11.69% and a return on equity of 8.41%. Research analysts anticipate that Future plc will post 116.6270784 EPS for the current year.

Future announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, December 4th that permits the company to repurchase 0 shares. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on Future from GBX 1,280 to GBX 1,235 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, December 5th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 984.

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

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