Reach (RCH) Competitors

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

Is FUTR or RCH 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
Future	11.69%	8.43%	5.49%
Reach	7.49%	6.41%	5.03%

Do analysts rate FUTR or RCH?

Future presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,059.25, indicating a potential upside of 23.60%. Given Future's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Future is more favorable than Reach.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Future	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Reach	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer FUTR or RCH?

In the previous week, Future had 10 more articles in the media than Reach. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Future and 0 mentions for Reach. Future's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Reach's score of 0.00 indicating that Future is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Future	Neutral
Reach	Neutral

Which has better valuation and earnings, FUTR or RCH?

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
Future	£775.70M	1.22	£90.70M	£0.76	1,127.63
Reach	£554.20M	0.49	£41.50M	£0.13	669.23

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FUTR or RCH?

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
Future	Outperform Votes 392 74.24%	Underperform Votes 136 25.76%
Reach	Outperform Votes 54 66.67%	Underperform Votes 27 33.33%

Which has more volatility and risk, FUTR or RCH?

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

Is FUTR or RCH a better dividend stock?

Future pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Reach pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. 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. 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.

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

99.0% of Future shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.9% of Reach shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Future 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Future beats Reach on 18 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.