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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Which has more risk & volatility, 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.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Reach shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FUTR or RCH?

Future received 338 more outperform votes than Reach when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.10% 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 74.10%	Underperform Votes 137 25.90%
Reach	Outperform Votes 54 66.67%	Underperform Votes 27 33.33%

Which has preferable 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	£722.78M	1.08	£84.51M	£78.05	9.21
Reach	£554.87M	0.41	£41.55M	£13.14	5.55

Do analysts prefer FUTR or RCH?

Future presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,060, suggesting a potential upside of 47.43%. Given Future's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Future is more favorable than Reach.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Future	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Reach	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

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%

Does the media favor FUTR or RCH?

In the previous week, Future had 6 more articles in the media than Reach. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Future and 2 mentions for Reach. Reach's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Future's score of 0.09 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)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Reach	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 9.6%. 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.

Summary

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