Reach (RCH) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, RCH or FUTR?

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

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

80.5% of Reach shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of Future shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Reach shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Future shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	£554.20M	0.53	£41.50M	£0.13	720.77
Future	£775.70M	1.42	£90.70M	£0.76	1,304.61

Does the media favor RCH or FUTR?

In the previous week, Future had 41 more articles in the media than Reach. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Future and 3 mentions for Reach. Future's average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat Reach's score of 0.00 indicating that Future is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Reach	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Future	4 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	22 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate RCH or FUTR?

Future has a consensus price target of GBX 1,059.25, indicating a potential upside of 6.83%. Given Future's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	N/A
Future	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

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 8.43% beat Reach's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Reach	7.49%	6.41%	5.03%
Future	11.69%	8.43%	5.49%

Is RCH or FUTR a better dividend stock?

Reach pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Future pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Reach pays out 5,384.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Future pays out 394.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RCH or FUTR?

Future received 338 more outperform votes than Reach when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.24% 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 74.24%	Underperform Votes 136 25.76%

Summary

Future beats Reach on 17 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.