Report
Fiona Orford-Williams

Future - Platform, brands and fans

Future has assembled a strong platform on which to develop its specialist media. With a growing portfolio of brands, it is successfully diversifying its revenue streams and building recurring and repeatable income, giving a more robust business model. Acquisitions have brought scale and added range and reach, building on organic growth from leveraging of the brands with their highly engaged audiences. Cash flow is strong, with tight working capital management, and the balance sheet is modestly geared. This progress has resulted in impressive share price performance, but we still consider that the rating does not yet fully reflect the opportunity.
Underlying
Future plc

Future is an international media business organized into two divisions, Media and Magazine. The Media segment comprises websites and events and the Magazine segment comprises magazines. The Media division operates in a number of sectors, including the technology and games markets, and has a number of brands, including TechRadar, PC Gamer, GamesRadar+, The Photography Show, Generate and Golden Joysticks. The Magazine division creates magazines and bookazines. The Magazine portfolio spans technology, games and entertainment, music, creative and photography, field sports, knowledge and home interest verticals. Its titles include T3, Total Film, How It Works, Edge and All About History.

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Edison Investment Research
Edison Investment Research

Edison is an investment research and advisory company, with offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East and AsiaPac. The heart of Edison is our world renowned equity research platform and deep multi-sector expertise. At Edison Investment Research, our research is widely read by international investors, advisors and stakeholders. Edison Advisors leverages our core research platform to provide differentiated services including investor relations and strategic consulting.

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Fiona Orford-Williams

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