RCH vs. LBG, SNWS, BMY, FUTR, SAA, CCPC, TMO, SFOR, CCP, and NEXN
Should you be buying Reach stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reach include LBG Media (LBG), Smiths News (SNWS), Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), Future (FUTR), M&C Saatchi (SAA), Celtic (CCPC), Time Out Group (TMO), S4 Capital (SFOR), Celtic (CCP), and Nexxen International (NEXN). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
LBG Media (LON:LBG) and Reach (LON:RCH) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
25.6% of LBG Media shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Reach shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.3% of LBG Media shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Reach shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Reach received 45 more outperform votes than LBG Media when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.00% of users gave LBG Media an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Reach an outperform vote.
LBG Media has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reach has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Reach has higher revenue and earnings than LBG Media. Reach is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LBG Media, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, LBG Media had 5 more articles in the media than Reach. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for LBG Media and 1 mentions for Reach. LBG Media's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Reach's score of 0.80 indicating that Reach is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
LBG Media has a net margin of 8.34% compared to LBG Media's net margin of 3.78%. Reach's return on equity of 9.54% beat LBG Media's return on equity.
LBG Media currently has a consensus target price of GBX 120, suggesting a potential upside of 64.38%. Reach has a consensus target price of GBX 75, suggesting a potential upside of 9.65%. Given Reach's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe LBG Media is more favorable than Reach.
Summary
LBG Media beats Reach on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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