AEP vs. AGR, AT, NFG, PAM, UTL, BHI, GMP, CTP, ET, and PVR
Should you be buying Anglo-Eastern Plantations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Anglo-Eastern Plantations include Assura (AGR), Ashtead Technology (AT), Next 15 Group (NFG), Premier Asset Management Group (PAM), UIL (UTL), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHI), Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust (GMP), Castleton Technology (CTP), Establishment Investment Trust (ET), and Providence Resources (PVR). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations vs. Its Competitors
Anglo-Eastern Plantations (LON:AEP) and Assura (LON:AGR) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
6.4% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of Assura shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.5% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Assura shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Assura has a consensus target price of GBX 51, suggesting a potential upside of 4.77%. Given Assura's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Assura is more favorable than Anglo-Eastern Plantations.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Assura pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays out 18.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Assura pays out -286.8% 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. Assura is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Assura has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Anglo-Eastern Plantations had 8 more articles in the media than Assura. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Anglo-Eastern Plantations and 6 mentions for Assura. Anglo-Eastern Plantations' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Assura's score of 0.85 indicating that Anglo-Eastern Plantations is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations has higher revenue and earnings than Assura. Assura is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anglo-Eastern Plantations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations has a net margin of 17.74% compared to Assura's net margin of -18.09%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations' return on equity of 12.46% beat Assura's return on equity.
Summary
Anglo-Eastern Plantations beats Assura on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:AEP) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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