Communication Services
Future plc(FRNWF)
Live Price
Offline$5.00
+0.00% today
1Y Change
-54.55%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026
- Market Cap
- $290.00M
- Revenue Growth
- +26.1%
- EPS Growth
- +25.4%
- Dividend Yield
- 5.4%
Coverage: 255 bars · Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Future plc (FRNWF) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $290.00M and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $5.00 and down 54.5% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +26.1%, EPS growth of +25.4%, a dividend yield of 5.4%. What stands out right now is revenue +26.1%, EPS +25.4%, free cash flow -1.7% with operating margin 18.3% and ROIC 6.9%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 5.4%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 5.0 and price/sales 0.4. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines FRNWF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+26.1% vs +5.5% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+18.3% vs +3.6% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +26.1% and EPS at +25.4%, with operating margin around 18.3%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 5.4%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Benchmark Edge
FRNWF vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Relative to SPY
FRNWF Max Drawdown
-54.55%
Trailing 1Y
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for FRNWF and SPY.
Company Overview
Future plc
Other OTC
Future plc, together with its subsidiaries, publishes content for technology, games, TV and entertainment, women's lifestyle, real life, music, creative and photography, sports, home interest, and B2B sectors primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. It operates through Media and Magazine segments. The Media segment provides e-commerce, digital advertising, events, lead generation, newsletters and CRM, and digital licensing services. The Magazine segment creates specialist magazines and bookazines in print and digital formats; and offers print licensing services. The company also provides endorsement licensing, comparison shopping, and video content production services, as well as various sales and distribution services to third party publishers. Future plc was founded in 1985 and is based in Bath, the United Kingdom.
- Leadership
- Chin Shin Li Ying
- IPO Date
- Jan 8, 2014
- Employees
- 3.0k
- Street Address
- Quay House
- Mailing
- Bath, BA1 1UA
- Region
- Bath, GB
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 44 12 2544 2244
- Last Updated
- Apr 29, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 5.0
- EV/EBITDA
- 3.2
- Price/Sales
- 0.4
- Price/Book
- 0.3
Growth
- Revenue
- +26.1%
- EPS
- +25.4%
- Free Cash Flow
- -1.7%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 39.3%
- Operating Margin
- 18.3%
- Net Margin
- 9.0%
- ROE
- 6.2%
- ROIC
- 6.9%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.32
- Current Ratio
- 0.96
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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