Future's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -5.5%, while the Media industry saw earnings growing at 6.7% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 3.9% per year. Future's return on equity is 3.6%, and it has net margins of 5.1%.
Key information
-5.49%
Earnings growth rate
-4.53%
EPS growth rate
Media Industry Growth
13.17%
Revenue growth rate
3.92%
Return on equity
3.62%
Net Margin
5.14%
Last Earnings Update
31 Mar 2026
Recent past performance updates
Recent updates
Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
How Future makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.
Earnings and Revenue History
OTCPK:FRNW.F Revenue, expenses and earnings (GBP Millions)
Date
Revenue
Earnings
G+A Expenses
R&D Expenses
31 Mar 26
710
37
108
0
31 Dec 25
725
51
109
0
30 Sep 25
739
66
110
0
30 Jun 25
757
76
110
0
31 Mar 25
775
85
111
0
31 Dec 24
782
81
113
0
30 Sep 24
788
77
115
0
30 Jun 24
782
84
118
0
31 Mar 24
776
91
122
0
31 Dec 23
782
102
117
0
30 Sep 23
789
113
112
0
30 Jun 23
807
114
116
0
31 Mar 23
826
115
120
0
31 Dec 22
826
119
130
0
30 Sep 22
825
122
140
0
30 Jun 22
782
105
132
0
31 Mar 22
739
87
124
0
31 Dec 21
673
77
116
0
30 Sep 21
607
66
108
0
30 Jun 21
537
66
100
0
31 Mar 21
468
66
93
0
31 Dec 20
404
55
82
0
30 Sep 20
340
44
72
0
30 Jun 20
298
33
66
0
31 Mar 20
257
22
61
0
31 Dec 19
239
15
56
0
30 Sep 19
222
8
51
0
30 Jun 19
203
8
49
0
31 Mar 19
185
7
48
0
31 Dec 18
158
5
41
0
30 Sep 18
130
3
35
0
30 Jun 18
114
3
29
0
31 Mar 18
97
4
23
0
31 Dec 17
91
3
23
0
30 Sep 17
84
2
23
0
31 Mar 17
70
-13
19
0
31 Dec 16
64
-14
18
0
30 Sep 16
59
-14
17
0
31 Mar 16
59
-1
18
0
31 Dec 15
60
-2
18
0
30 Sep 15
60
-2
18
0
Quality Earnings: FRNW.F has a large one-off loss of £36.4M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 31st March, 2026.
Growing Profit Margin: FRNW.F's current net profit margins (5.1%) are lower than last year (11%).
Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: FRNW.F's earnings have declined by 5.5% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: FRNW.F's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: FRNW.F had negative earnings growth (-57.1%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Media industry average (5%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: FRNW.F's Return on Equity (3.6%) is considered low.
Return on Assets
Return on Capital Employed
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/05/26 16:59
End of Day Share Price
2026/03/30 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2025/09/30
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Analyst Sources
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