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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.
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.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Future had 46 more articles in the media than Reach. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Future and 1 mentions for Reach. Reach's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Future's score of 0.00 indicating that Reach is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
69.6% of Future shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.4% of Reach shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Future currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,014.50, suggesting a potential upside of 65.63%. Given Future's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Future is more favorable than Reach.
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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This page (LON:RCH) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
