ADM Energy (ADME) Competitors

Ascent Resources (LON:AST) and ADM Energy (LON:ADME) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, AST or ADME?

Ascent Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ADM Energy. Ascent Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ADM Energy, 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
Ascent Resources	£73.58K	49.03	-£2.87M	-£0.98	-1.22
ADM Energy	£1.65M	0.76	-£5.28M	-£0.84	-0.24

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AST or ADME?

Ascent Resources received 124 more outperform votes than ADM Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.29% of users gave ADM Energy an outperform vote while only 60.73% of users gave Ascent Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ascent Resources	Outperform Votes 133 60.73%	Underperform Votes 86 39.27%
ADM Energy	Outperform Votes 9 64.29%	Underperform Votes 5 35.71%

Which has more risk & volatility, AST or ADME?

Ascent Resources has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ADM Energy has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AST or ADME more profitable?

ADM Energy has a net margin of -320.54% compared to Ascent Resources' net margin of -3,901.89%. Ascent Resources' return on equity of 432.64% beat ADM Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ascent Resources	-3,901.89%	432.64%	-114.93%
ADM Energy	-320.54%	-69.57%	-3.31%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in AST or ADME?

17.8% of Ascent Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.9% of ADM Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.8% of Ascent Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 53.5% of ADM Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer AST or ADME?

In the previous week, ADM Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Ascent Resources. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for ADM Energy and 0 mentions for Ascent Resources. ADM Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Ascent Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that ADM Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ascent Resources	Neutral
ADM Energy	Very Positive

Summary

ADM Energy beats Ascent Resources on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.