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Reach (RCH) Competitors

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GBX 76 +0.10 (+0.13%)
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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

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 companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Reach pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Future pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. 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.

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

Future has a consensus price target of GBX 920.67, suggesting a potential upside of 27.69%. Given Future's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)
0.00
Future
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

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

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 Ratio
Reach£554.87M0.43£41.55M£13.145.79
Future£722.78M1.08£84.51M£78.059.24

In the previous week, Future had 40 more articles in the media than Reach. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Future and 0 mentions for Reach. Future's average media sentiment score of 0.08 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

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%

Summary

Future beats Reach on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RCH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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RCH vs. The Competition

MetricReachPublishing IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£239.82M£1.38B£3.40B£3.01B
Dividend Yield8.82%7.09%6.85%5.02%
P/E Ratio5.799.7820.60160.66
Price / Sales0.4374.90117.18293,821.64
Price / Cash7.4615.7116.5227.97
Price / Book0.361.344.274.64
Net Income£41.55M£59.19M£146.56M£5.90B
7 Day Performance4.25%-0.04%0.34%7.26%
1 Month Performance5.85%2.67%8.81%12.68%
1 Year Performance-24.15%3.78%21.85%62.03%

Reach Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RCH
Reach
N/AGBX 76
+0.1%
N/A-24.3%£239.82M£554.87M5.793,706Gap Up
FUTR
Future
4.0626 of 5 stars
GBX 730
-1.8%
GBX 920.67
+26.1%
-32.1%£790.44M£722.78M9.352,937Trending News
Dividend Announcement
DODS
Dods Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£436.55M£25.50M-125.00929Gap Down
BMY
Bloomsbury Publishing
2.6701 of 5 stars
GBX 495.50
-0.2%
GBX 825
+66.5%
-30.5%£399.83M£382.40M10.6034,300
LBG
LBG Media
N/AGBX 104.75
+2.7%
GBX 170
+62.3%
-6.8%£221.08M£80.68M32.35446
SNWS
Smiths News
4.0564 of 5 stars
GBX 58.20
+0.3%
GBX 95
+63.2%
-5.7%£139.71M£1.11B5.481,489Dividend Increase
CNCT
Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£63.41M£1.44B-1.413Gap Up
QRT
The Quarto Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£57.25M£131.15M538.46305Gap Down
HYNS
Haynes Publishing Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£41.86M£36.89M47.57251
QRTR
The Quarto Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£25.15M£126.28M5.97330Gap Up
High Trading Volume
XLM
XLMedia
N/AGBX 6.58
flat
N/AN/A£21.21M£39.41M-0.36100Gap Up

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This page (LON:RCH) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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