Reach (RCH) Competitors GBX 75 +0.20 (+0.27%) As of 05/22/2025 12:42 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock RCH vs. FUTR, BMY, DODS, LBG, SNWS, CNCT, QRT, HYNS, QRTR, and XLMShould you be buying Reach stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reach include Future (FUTR), Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), Dods Group (DODS), 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. Future Bloomsbury Publishing Dods Group LBG Media Smiths News Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) The Quarto Group Haynes Publishing Group The Quarto Group XLMedia 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformReachOutperform Votes5466.67% Underperform Votes2733.33% FutureOutperform Votes39274.10% Underperform Votes13725.90% 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 Reach7.49% 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioReach£554.87M0.43£41.55M£13.145.71Future£722.78M0.98£84.51M£78.058.38 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) 0.00Future 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 SummaryFuture beats Reach on 18 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Reach News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for RCH and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address Media Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart RCH vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricReachPublishing IndustryCommunication SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£236.66M£1.42B£3.52B£2.62BDividend Yield8.82%7.09%6.77%5.05%P/E Ratio5.719.6421.63129.34Price / Sales0.4374.41114.07221,585.85Price / Cash7.4615.7116.3428.03Price / Book0.351.344.263.79Net Income£41.55M£59.19M£144.72M£5.88B7 Day Performance-1.32%-0.48%1.05%0.30%1 Month Performance-1.70%4.36%6.28%21.29%1 Year Performance-3.10%8.48%9.52%129.43% Reach Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)RCHReachN/AGBX 75+0.3%N/A-4.3%£236.66M£554.87M5.713,706Gap UpFUTRFuture3.5634 of 5 starsGBX 757+2.9%GBX 1,060+40.0%-34.6%£819.68M£722.78M9.702,937Trending NewsDividend AnnouncementInsider TradeBMYBloomsbury Publishing3.0121 of 5 starsGBX 625+0.6%GBX 825+32.0%-12.7%£504.33M£382.40M13.3734,300Trending NewsEarnings ReportDODSDods GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£436.55M£25.50M-125.00929Gap DownLBGLBG Media1.145 of 5 starsGBX 95-0.6%GBX 170+78.9%-3.8%£200.50M£80.68M29.34446SNWSSmiths NewsN/AGBX 57-0.7%GBX 95+66.7%-4.4%£136.82M£1.11B5.371,489Dividend IncreaseCNCTSmiths News Plc (CNCT.L)N/AN/AN/AN/A£63.41M£1.44B-1.413Gap UpQRTThe Quarto GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£57.25M£131.15M538.46305Gap DownHYNSHaynes Publishing GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£41.86M£36.89M47.57251QRTRThe Quarto GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£25.15M£126.28M5.97330Gap UpHigh Trading VolumeXLMXLMediaN/AGBX 6.50-3.8%N/AN/A£20.96M£39.41M-0.35100 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Future Competitors Bloomsbury Publishing Competitors Dods Group Competitors LBG Media Competitors Smiths News Competitors Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) Competitors The Quarto Group Competitors Haynes Publishing Group Competitors The Quarto Group Competitors XLMedia Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:RCH) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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