Assura (AGR) Competitors

Assura (LON:AGR) and Ashtead Technology (LON:AT) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.

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

73.7% of Assura shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Assura shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AGR or AT a better dividend stock?

Assura pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Ashtead Technology pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Assura pays out -286.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ashtead Technology pays out 3.2% 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.

Do analysts prefer AGR or AT?

Assura currently has a consensus target price of GBX 51, indicating a potential upside of 5.90%. Ashtead Technology has a consensus target price of GBX 830, indicating a potential upside of 74.74%. Given Ashtead Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ashtead Technology is more favorable than Assura.

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
Ashtead Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AGR or AT?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Assura	Outperform Votes 371 67.21%	Underperform Votes 181 32.79%
Ashtead Technology	Outperform Votes 10 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is AGR or AT more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Assura	-18.09%	-1.92%	2.82%
Ashtead Technology	17.37%	23.56%	13.14%

Which has more volatility & risk, AGR or AT?

Assura has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashtead Technology has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor AGR or AT?

In the previous week, Assura had 1 more articles in the media than Ashtead Technology. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Assura and 0 mentions for Ashtead Technology. Assura's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ashtead Technology'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Assura	Neutral
Ashtead Technology	Neutral

Which has better valuation and earnings, AGR or AT?

Ashtead Technology has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Assura	£188.76M	8.31	-£34.15M	-£1.05	-46.03
Ashtead Technology	£139.68M	2.70	£24.26M	£30.98	15.33

Summary

Ashtead Technology beats Assura on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.