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GBX 67.01 +0.31 (+0.46%)
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RCH vs. FUTR, DODS, BMY, LBG, SNWS, CNCT, QRT, HYNS, QRTR, and XLM

Should you be buying Reach stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reach include Future (FUTR), Dods Group (DODS), Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), LBG Media (LBG), Smiths News (SNWS), Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) (CNCT), The Quarto Group (QRT), Haynes Publishing Group (HYNS), The Quarto Group (QRTR), and XLMedia (XLM). These companies are all part of the "publishing" industry.

Reach vs. Its Competitors

Future (LON:FUTR) and Reach (LON:RCH) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

69.6% of Future shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.4% of Reach shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Future shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Reach shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Future has a net margin of 11.69% compared to Reach's net margin of 7.49%. Future's return on equity of 8.41% beat Reach's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Future11.69% 8.41% 5.49%
Reach 7.49%6.35%5.03%

Future pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Reach pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Future pays out 4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reach pays out 47.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Future has higher revenue and earnings than Reach. Reach is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Future, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Future£775.10M0.94£84.51M£0.76957.12
Reach£529.60M0.40£41.55M£0.16432.31

In the previous week, Future had 8 more articles in the media than Reach. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Future and 3 mentions for Reach. Reach's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Future's score of -0.09 indicating that Reach is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Future
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Reach
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Future has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reach has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Future presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,014.50, indicating a potential upside of 39.83%. Given Future's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Future is more favorable than Reach.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Future
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Reach
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Future beats Reach on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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RCH vs. The Competition

MetricReachPublishing IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£211.47M£1.49B£3.59B£2.59B
Dividend Yield11.17%7.25%6.68%5.30%
P/E Ratio432.311,053.98366.745,421.72
Price / Sales0.4070.87145.4096,849.64
Price / Cash7.4615.7116.1527.93
Price / Book0.311.345.138.34
Net Income£41.55M£59.19M£72.73M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-4.00%-0.96%1.39%6.64%
1 Month Performance-2.04%0.18%1.16%50.76%
1 Year Performance-32.86%0.23%27.89%169.80%

Reach Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RCH
Reach
N/AGBX 67.01
+0.5%
N/A-33.2%£211.47M£529.60M432.313,706
FUTR
Future
2.7707 of 5 stars
GBX 717.50
+0.4%
GBX 1,014.50
+41.4%
-31.4%£723.69M£775.10M946.572,937Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
DODS
Dods Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£436.55M£25.50M-125.00929Gap Down
BMY
Bloomsbury Publishing
2.126 of 5 stars
GBX 503.97
+1.8%
GBX 825
+63.7%
-23.3%£410.21M£361M1,641.0734,300Positive News
Gap Up
LBG
LBG Media
N/AGBX 97
-2.5%
GBX 170
+75.3%
-27.8%£202.81M£82.54M2,552.63446
SNWS
Smiths News
2.3699 of 5 stars
GBX 57.60
+1.1%
GBX 88.33
+53.4%
-0.7%£138.05M£1.10B523.641,489Dividend Increase
Gap Up
CNCT
Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£63.41M£1.44B-1.413Gap Up
QRT
The Quarto Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£57.25M£131.15M538.46305Gap Down
HYNS
Haynes Publishing Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£41.86M£36.89M47.57251
QRTR
The Quarto Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£25.15M£126.28M5.97330Gap Up
High Trading Volume
XLM
XLMedia
N/AGBX 6.58
flat
N/AN/A£21.21M£39.41M-0.36100Gap Up

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This page (LON:RCH) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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