Reach (RCH) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Reach plc is the UK’s and Ireland’s largest commercial news publisher. It is home to over 120 trusted brands, from national titles like the Mirror, Express, Daily Record and Daily Star, to local brands like MyLondon, BelfastLive and the Manchester Evening News. With a purpose to enlighten, empower and entertain through brilliant journalism, these brands deliver the latest news, entertainment and sport to communities throughout the UK and Ireland and around the world every day. It’s proudly mainstream and each trusted title is a platform to represent and campaign for the voices of the communities they serve and to hold power to account. Reach is transforming how it delivers value to stakeholders, evolving and growing a digitally-focused business while maintaining strong foundations in print. This transition is underpinned by the strength of talented people and iconic brands, united and guided by a purpose and focused on providing the content that attracts the largest audience of any commercial news publisher in the UK and Ireland.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 50.30 to 52.60
• 50-Day Range: 50.90 to 72.10
• 52-Week Range: 49.70 to 81
• Volume: 2.38 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.19 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £159.34 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 12.99%
• Price Target: GBX 175
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Reach Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Reach scored higher than 63% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Reach has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Reach has a consensus price target of GBX 175, representing about 246.5% upside from its current price of GBX 50.50.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Reach has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Reach is -1.21, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Reach is -1.21, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Due to a projected decrease in earnings for Reach, their PEG ratio cannot be calculated.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Reach has a P/B Ratio of 0.24. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for RCH.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Reach is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 12.99%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Reach does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.50

News Sentiment

Reach has a news sentiment score of 0.50. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Reach this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for RCH on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Reach insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £69,577.86 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.35% of the stock of Reach is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

50.41% of the stock of Reach is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

RCH Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have RCH shares performed this year?

Reach's stock was trading at GBX 55.10 at the beginning of 2026. Since then, RCH shares have decreased by 8.3% and is now trading at GBX 50.50.

How were Reach's earnings last quarter?

Reach plc (LON:RCH) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March, 3rd. The company reported $26.80 earnings per share for the quarter. Reach had a negative net margin of 25.52% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.91%.
Read the conference call transcript.

How do I buy shares of Reach?

Shares of RCH stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of Reach own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Reach investors own include Meta Platforms (META), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), Intel (INTC), Alphabet (GOOG), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), ARM (ARM) and boohoo group (BOO).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/03/2026
• Today: 5/07/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Publishing
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:RCH
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.reachplc.com
• Phone: 44 20 7293 3000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,706
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Reach: GBX 175
• High Price Target: GBX 175
• Low Price Target: GBX 175
• Potential Upside/Downside: +246.5%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX (41.90)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 1.85
• P/E Growth: -0.37
• Net Income: £41.55 million
• Net Margins: -25.52%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -21.91%
• Return on Assets: 5.03%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 12.68
• Current Ratio: 0.69
• Quick Ratio: 0.98

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £518.40 million
• Price / Sales: 0.31
• Cash Flow: GBX 6.77 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.46
• Book Value: GBX 212.87 per share
• Price / Book: 0.24

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 315,522,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £159.34 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.41