Reach (RCH) Competitors

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

Does the media favor FUTR or RCH?

In the previous week, Future and Future both had 4 articles in the media. Reach's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Future's score of -0.07 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Reach	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FUTR or RCH?

99.0% of Future shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.9% of Reach shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Future shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Reach shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FUTR or RCH more profitable?

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
Future	11.69%	8.41%	5.49%
Reach	7.49%	6.35%	5.03%

Do analysts rate FUTR or RCH?

Future currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,060, suggesting a potential upside of 45.13%. 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	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Reach	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FUTR or RCH?

Future received 338 more outperform votes than Reach when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.10% of users gave Future an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Reach an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Future	Outperform Votes 392 74.10%	Underperform Votes 137 25.90%
Reach	Outperform Votes 54 66.67%	Underperform Votes 27 33.33%

Is FUTR or RCH a better dividend stock?

Future pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Reach pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Future pays out 3.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reach pays out 53.3% 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, FUTR or RCH?

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FUTR or RCH?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Future	£722.78M	1.09	£84.51M	£78.05	9.36
Reach	£554.87M	0.41	£41.55M	£13.14	5.54

Summary

Future beats Reach on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.