Reach (RCH) Competitors

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

Is RCH or FUTR 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
Reach	7.49%	6.35%	5.03%
Future	11.69%	8.41%	5.49%

Do analysts prefer RCH or FUTR?

Future has a consensus target price of GBX 920.67, suggesting a potential upside of 28.67%. 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
Reach	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Future	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Do institutionals & insiders believe in RCH or FUTR?

77.9% of Reach shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Future shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Reach shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Future 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RCH or FUTR?

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
Reach	£554.87M	0.43	£41.55M	£13.14	5.72
Future	£722.78M	1.07	£84.51M	£78.05	9.17

Does the media prefer RCH or FUTR?

In the previous week, Future had 48 more articles in the media than Reach. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Future and 0 mentions for Reach. Future's average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat Reach's score of 0.00 indicating that Future is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Reach	Neutral
Future	Neutral

Is RCH or FUTR a better dividend stock?

Reach pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Future pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Reach pays out 53.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Future pays out 3.8% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, RCH or FUTR?

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

Summary

Future beats Reach on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.