Reach (RCH) Competitors

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

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

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

Do analysts rate FUTR or RCH?

Future currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,169, indicating a potential upside of 54.53%. Given Future's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Future is more favorable than Reach.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Future	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Reach	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

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 9.7%. Future pays out 3.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reach pays out 53.3% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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%

Does the media refer more to FUTR or RCH?

In the previous week, Future had 5 more articles in the media than Reach. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Future and 4 mentions for Reach. Reach's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Future's score of 0.11 indicating that Reach is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Future	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Reach	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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 8.41% beat Reach's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Future	11.69%	8.41%	5.49%
Reach	7.49%	6.35%	5.03%

Which has more volatility and risk, FUTR or RCH?

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

Which has higher valuation & 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	£722.78M	1.13	£84.51M	£78.05	9.69
Reach	£554.87M	0.41	£41.55M	£13.14	5.51

Summary

Future beats Reach on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.