Reach (RCH) Competitors

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) and Reach (LON:RCH) 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 earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is BMY or RCH more profitable?

Bloomsbury Publishing has a net margin of 9.43% compared to Reach's net margin of 7.49%. Bloomsbury Publishing's return on equity of 16.55% beat Reach's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bloomsbury Publishing	9.43%	16.55%	7.82%
Reach	7.49%	6.41%	5.03%

Which has more risk & volatility, BMY or RCH?

Bloomsbury Publishing has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reach has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BMY or RCH?

70.1% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.9% of Reach shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Reach shares are owned 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BMY or RCH?

Bloomsbury Publishing received 198 more outperform votes than Reach when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.48% of users gave Bloomsbury Publishing an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Reach an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bloomsbury Publishing	Outperform Votes 252 68.48%	Underperform Votes 116 31.52%
Reach	Outperform Votes 54 66.67%	Underperform Votes 27 33.33%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BMY or RCH?

Reach has higher revenue and earnings than Bloomsbury Publishing. Reach is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bloomsbury Publishing, 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
Bloomsbury Publishing	£342.65M	1.54	£32.30M	£0.39	1,666.67
Reach	£554.20M	0.49	£41.50M	£0.13	664.69

Does the media prefer BMY or RCH?

In the previous week, Reach had 6 more articles in the media than Bloomsbury Publishing. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Reach and 0 mentions for Bloomsbury Publishing. Bloomsbury Publishing's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Reach's score of 0.55 indicating that Bloomsbury Publishing is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bloomsbury Publishing	Positive
Reach	Positive

Do analysts recommend BMY or RCH?

Bloomsbury Publishing presently has a consensus target price of GBX 825, indicating a potential upside of 26.92%. Given Bloomsbury Publishing's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bloomsbury Publishing is more favorable than Reach.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloomsbury Publishing	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Reach	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is BMY or RCH a better dividend stock?

Bloomsbury Publishing pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Reach pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Bloomsbury Publishing pays out 3,846.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Summary

Bloomsbury Publishing beats Reach on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.