Reach (RCH) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate RCH or BMY?

Bloomsbury Publishing has a consensus price target of GBX 825, indicating a potential upside of 26.92%. Given Bloomsbury Publishing's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bloomsbury Publishing 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
Bloomsbury Publishing	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer RCH or BMY?

In the previous week, Reach's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Bloomsbury Publishing'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Reach	Neutral
Bloomsbury Publishing	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals believe in RCH or BMY?

77.9% of Reach shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Reach shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, RCH or BMY?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RCH or BMY?

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, RCH or BMY?

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
Reach	£554.87M	0.48	£41.55M	£13.14	6.47
Bloomsbury Publishing	£382.40M	1.37	£37.37M	£46.74	13.91

Is RCH or BMY a better dividend stock?

Reach pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Bloomsbury Publishing pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Reach pays out 53.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bloomsbury Publishing pays out 32.1% 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 BMY more profitable?

Bloomsbury Publishing has a net margin of 9.77% compared to Reach's net margin of 7.49%. Bloomsbury Publishing's return on equity of 18.62% beat Reach's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Reach	7.49%	6.35%	5.03%
Bloomsbury Publishing	9.77%	18.62%	7.82%

Summary

Bloomsbury Publishing beats Reach on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.