Future (LON:FUTR) Insider Acquires £39,821.53 in Stock

Future plc (LON:FUTRGet Free Report) insider Mark Brooker purchased 7,201 shares of Future stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 12th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 553 per share, with a total value of £39,821.53.

Future Stock Performance

Shares of FUTR stock opened at GBX 536 on Thursday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 608.52 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 680.38. The firm has a market cap of £511.33 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.07, a PEG ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.01. Future plc has a 1 year low of GBX 522.50 and a 1 year high of GBX 1,073. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 31.50, a quick ratio of 0.60 and a current ratio of 0.69.

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

Future declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Thursday, December 4th that permits the company to buyback 0 outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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

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Future Company Profile

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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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