AHT vs. LSE, WPY, LAND, TW, SIR, SAFE, CLIN, EVR, BGSC, and PRSR
Should you be buying Ashtead Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ashtead Group include London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) (LSE), Worldpay (WPY), Land Securities Group (LAND), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Secure Income REIT (SIR), Safestore (SAFE), Clinigen Group (CLIN), EVRAZ (EVR), BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), and Prs Reit (PRSR). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Ashtead Group vs.
Ashtead Group (LON:AHT) and London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) (LON:LSE) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
Ashtead Group has higher revenue and earnings than London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L). London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashtead Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) had 2 more articles in the media than Ashtead Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) and 1 mentions for Ashtead Group. London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L)'s average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Ashtead Group's score of 0.00 indicating that London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) received 25 more outperform votes than Ashtead Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.47% of users gave Ashtead Group an outperform vote while only 71.83% of users gave London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) an outperform vote.
Ashtead Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) pays an annual dividend of GBX 73 per share. Ashtead Group pays out 3,018.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) pays out 64.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
66.7% of Ashtead Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ashtead Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ashtead Group has a net margin of 14.24% compared to London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L)'s net margin of 0.00%. Ashtead Group's return on equity of 22.44% beat London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L)'s return on equity.
Ashtead Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 6,550, suggesting a potential upside of 23.14%. Given Ashtead Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ashtead Group is more favorable than London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L).
Summary
Ashtead Group beats London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:AHT) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
