Reach (RCH) Competitors

Reach (LON:RCH) and Future (LON:FUTR) 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 risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RCH or FUTR?

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

Which has more risk & volatility, RCH or FUTR?

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

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in RCH or FUTR?

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

Is RCH or FUTR a better dividend stock?

Reach pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Future pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Reach pays out 53.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Future pays out 3.8% 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.

Is RCH or FUTR 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
Reach	7.49%	6.35%	5.03%
Future	11.69%	8.41%	5.49%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, RCH or FUTR?

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
Reach	£554.87M	0.43	£41.55M	£13.14	5.71
Future	£722.78M	0.98	£84.51M	£78.05	8.38

Do analysts rate RCH or FUTR?

Future has a consensus target price of GBX 1,060, indicating a potential upside of 62.03%. Given Future's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Future is more favorable than Reach.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Reach	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Future	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the media refer more to RCH or FUTR?

In the previous week, Future had 28 more articles in the media than Reach. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Future and 0 mentions for Reach. Future's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Reach's score of 0.00 indicating that Future is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Reach	Neutral
Future	Neutral

Summary

Future beats Reach on 18 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.