Future Share Discussion Threads

[ihatemms] 18/2/2019 11:59

Capital day video now available on web-site. Looks like Purch acquisition is performing above expectations

[lomax99] 13/2/2019 07:45

Useful, albeit, small acquisition. Looking forward to the Capital Markets Day tomorrow.

[sphere25] 06/2/2019 17:28

I eat private chatrooms for breakfast ;-)

EDIT 07/02/2019. Market was clearly expecting a trading update at the AGM with the stock being taken to a new high yesterday. No update provided so back down abit we go. Furthermore, the directors remuneration (points two and three) has seen significant objection:

"In relation to resolutions 2 and 3, while shareholders have approved the Directors' Remuneration Report and the Remuneration Policy by a clear majority, with 66.83% and 70.42% of votes cast, respectively, in favour, the Company recognises the large number of votes opposing these resolutions."

[bigbigdave] 06/2/2019 16:11

Alot of interest here on a private chatroom.........shhhhhh! :o)

[cornishman33] 06/2/2019 12:48

AGM tomorrow and broken through the 10 year high, but still little interest here. Just six months ago was the rights issue at £3.03, what a great opportunity that was.

[lomax99] 09/1/2019 08:31

Future offload a few recently acquired titles:



Future Publishing is in the process of selling MCV and a raft of its associated publications including Toy News, PC Retail and Develop, to specialist Business-to-Business publisher Datateam Media Group.

The move comes a mere eight months after Future Publishing acquired MCV and its associated titles from New Bay Media. In a statement on MCV’s website, Editor Seth Barton said: “The acquisition is due to complete in early January. The plan is for all MCV staff to transfer over to the new business, and myself and the team are looking forward to working with our new colleagues. At present, out of respect for TUPE regulations, we can’t go into further detail about the change. However, for MCV it’s certainly business as usual. We’ll continue to operate our monthly magazine, our full lineup of events, the website and our social channels.”

The acquisition also includes various events run by MCV and its sister publications, most notably the MCV Awards. As recently as mid-October, Future Publishing also announced that it was shutting down the popular magazines GamesTM and GamesMaster.

At least MCV, the games industry’s premier regular news magazine, will continue to operate – as part of a magazine group which is more geared up towards business-to-business publications than the consumer-facing Future Publishing. For further news, keep an eye on MCV’s website.

[napoleon 14th] 16/12/2018 14:59

Don't expect seasoned successful executive directors with a lot of skin in the game to work for peanuts.
IMO too much is made of directors taking home some of their well-earned dosh.

[napoleon 14th] 03/12/2018 08:56

FUTR can't do any wrong at the moment!

hxxps://www.futureplc.com/2018/11/30/future-plc-sees-continued-increase-in-black-friday-shopping-behaviours/

[ihatemms] 30/11/2018 18:36

Future now included as well as IGR - another superb stock.

Prob explains the big after trades today. Same happened at IGR.



Added to MSCI UNITED KINGDOM SMALL CAP INDEX
See
hxxps://app2.msci.com/eqb/gimi/smallcap/MSCI_Nov18_SCPublicList.pdf

[napoleon 14th] 24/11/2018 13:15

Presentation:

hxxps://www.futureplc.com/resource/2018-annual-results-video/

[lomax99] 24/11/2018 08:33

IC: A bright Future as pay-out restoredShares in Future (FUTR) were marked up 7 per cent on a particularly strong set of full-year numbers to September. The top line was buoyed largely by acquisitions (of which there were four during the period) but also, encouragingly, by organic growth of 11 per cent.Key to this momentum was Future's media business, which enjoyed a whopping 88 per cent rise in revenues to £64.2m – comprising 40 per cent organic growth. This meant media constituted over half of total sales, bypassing the magazines business for the first time ever. In turn, media's higher margins underpinned a dramatic upswing in group pre-tax profits. Bosses continue to manage the anticipated decline in Future's magazine revenues. Sales here did increase by a fifth to £60m, but this was facilitated by the acquisition of four titles from Haymarket in May.The expansion of the media segment also bolstered Future's stateside footprint, as did its purchase of the tech-enabled US-based media business Purch B2C in July for £99.1m – supported by a £106m rights issue. US revenues soared 109 per cent to £39.9m, 28 per cent of which were organic. House broker Numis forecasts adjusted pre-tax profits of £28.6m for FY2019, giving EPS of 27.3p – up from a prior estimate of 25.6p (from £17.4m and 24.3p in FY2018).IC ViewFirst-quarter trading has already exceeded management's expectations, and – inspiring further confidence – the dividend has been reinstated, supported by 96 per cent adjusted cash conversion. In this context, an adjusted forward PE ratio of 19 doesn't seem overly demanding. Buy.

[andygibb101] 23/11/2018 08:10

yep- this statement says it all

"The year has started well with trading ahead of the Board's expectations for this quarter, and while we recognise there is still much uncertainty for the remainder of the year, the Board is confident that trading will continue the trends of the last year with strong growth.""

[rampmeister] 23/11/2018 07:31

Fantastic results they are storming ahead by all metrics.

RM

[ihatemms] 23/11/2018 07:29

Superb results from top to bottom! Current trading also "ahead".

[ayl30] 23/11/2018 07:20

Pretty good results

[andygibb101] 22/11/2018 15:50

Pretty quiet before tomorrows results.

[ayl30] 01/11/2018 12:41

..and a little jump up. Lets hope it keeps going

[rampmeister] 01/11/2018 11:21

No complaints about quiet board. The busier boards are usually frequented by day traders, rampers and shorters attracted by volatility. I check the boards of some of my more racier holdings only to find most messages are filtered. Steady as she goes.

RM

[ayl30] 01/11/2018 09:45

Good call only 1p to go

[ayl30] 01/11/2018 09:44

Ticking up, no one Interested? Board has been quiet of late?

[opodio] 11/10/2018 09:48

440p target

[opodio] 11/10/2018 09:04

results next month