Anglo-Eastern Plantations (AEP) Competitors

Assura (LON:AGR) and Anglo-Eastern Plantations (LON:AEP) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is AGR or AEP a better dividend stock?

Assura pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Assura pays out -286.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays out 18.6% 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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, AGR or AEP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Assura	£188.76M	8.61	-£34.15M	-£1.05	-47.72
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	£461.13M	0.96	£81.78M	£129.21	6.87

Is AGR or AEP more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Assura	-18.09%	-1.92%	2.82%
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	17.74%	12.46%	7.34%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AGR or AEP?

73.7% of Assura shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Assura shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 70.5% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer AGR or AEP?

In the previous week, Assura had 1 more articles in the media than Anglo-Eastern Plantations. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Assura and 1 mentions for Anglo-Eastern Plantations. Assura's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Anglo-Eastern Plantations' score of 0.59 indicating that Assura is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Assura	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, AGR or AEP?

Assura has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anglo-Eastern Plantations has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate AGR or AEP?

Assura currently has a consensus price target of GBX 51, indicating a potential upside of 2.16%. Given Assura's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Assura is more favorable than Anglo-Eastern Plantations.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Assura	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Assura and Anglo-Eastern Plantations tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.