Reach (RCH) Competitors

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

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.

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 institutionals and insiders believe in FUTR or RCH?

99.0% of Future shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.9% of Reach shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Future shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Reach shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger 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	1.06	£84.51M	£78.05	9.03
Reach	£554.87M	0.41	£41.55M	£13.14	5.54

Does the media favor FUTR or RCH?

In the previous week, Future had 55 more articles in the media than Reach. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Future and 3 mentions for Reach. Reach's average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat Future's score of -0.06 indicating that Reach is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Future	3 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	34 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	6 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Reach	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend FUTR or RCH?

Future currently has a consensus price target of GBX 976.67, indicating a potential upside of 38.52%. Given Future's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Reach	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk & volatility, FUTR or RCH?

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

Summary

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