AGR vs. AT, AEP, NFG, PAM, UTL, BHI, GMP, CTP, ET, and PVR
Should you be buying Assura stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Assura include Ashtead Technology (AT), Anglo-Eastern Plantations (AEP), 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.
Assura vs.
Ashtead Technology (LON:AT) and Assura (LON:AGR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
75.9% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of Assura shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Assura shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ashtead Technology has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Assura has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ashtead Technology had 6 more articles in the media than Assura. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ashtead Technology and 1 mentions for Assura. Ashtead Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Assura's score of 0.00 indicating that Ashtead Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ashtead Technology pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share. Assura pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Ashtead Technology pays out 3.2% 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.
Ashtead Technology presently has a consensus target price of GBX 830, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Assura has a consensus target price of GBX 51, suggesting a potential upside of 10.21%. Given Assura's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Assura is more favorable than Ashtead Technology.
Ashtead Technology has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Assura. Assura is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashtead Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ashtead Technology has a net margin of 17.37% compared to Assura's net margin of -18.09%. Ashtead Technology's return on equity of 23.56% beat Assura's return on equity.
Assura received 361 more outperform votes than Ashtead Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Ashtead Technology an outperform vote while only 67.21% of users gave Assura an outperform vote.
Summary
Ashtead Technology beats Assura on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:AGR) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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