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GBX 293.33 +10.33 (+3.65%)
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ASC vs. SQZ, PAC, SHIP, TORO, RYA, PAL, NSH, ALK, PXS, and CLCO

Should you be buying ASOS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASOS include Serica Energy (SQZ), Pacific Assets (PAC), Tufton Oceanic Assets (SHIP), Chenavari Toro Income Fund (TORO), Ryanair (RYA), Equatorial Palm Oil plc (PAL.L) (PAL), Norish (NSH), Alkemy Capital Investments (ALK), Provexis (PXS), and CloudCoCo Group (CLCO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

ASOS vs.

Serica Energy (LON:SQZ) and ASOS (LON:ASC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and community ranking.

Serica Energy has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASOS has a beta of 2.86, suggesting that its stock price is 186% more volatile than the S&P 500.

ASOS received 682 more outperform votes than Serica Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.69% of users gave Serica Energy an outperform vote while only 68.76% of users gave ASOS an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Serica EnergyOutperform Votes
302
75.69%
Underperform Votes
97
24.31%
ASOSOutperform Votes
984
68.76%
Underperform Votes
447
31.24%

Serica Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ASOS. Serica Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASOS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Serica Energy£824.98M0.80-£9.03M-£1.45-92.35
ASOS£2.92B0.12-£340.23M-£282.21-1.00

28.3% of Serica Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of ASOS shares are held by institutional investors. 37.7% of Serica Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.4% of ASOS shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Serica Energy has a net margin of -1.09% compared to ASOS's net margin of -11.66%. Serica Energy's return on equity of -1.09% beat ASOS's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Serica Energy-1.09% -1.09% 12.14%
ASOS -11.66%-59.37%-5.44%

Serica Energy currently has a consensus price target of GBX 208.33, suggesting a potential upside of 55.47%. ASOS has a consensus price target of GBX 391, suggesting a potential upside of 38.06%. Given Serica Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Serica Energy is more favorable than ASOS.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Serica Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
ASOS
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, ASOS had 33 more articles in the media than Serica Energy. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for ASOS and 1 mentions for Serica Energy. Serica Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat ASOS's score of 0.30 indicating that Serica Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Serica Energy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ASOS
3 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
21 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Serica Energy beats ASOS on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ASC vs. The Competition

MetricASOSInternet Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£339.47M£1.77B£3.24B£2.61B
Dividend Yield2.82%1.51%3.52%4.95%
P/E Ratio-1.0041.9120.30142.41
Price / Sales0.1263.5960.37278,803.87
Price / Cash1.533.5330.6527.93
Price / Book0.653.613.164.60
Net Income-£340.23M-£284.55M£259.78M£5.78B
7 Day Performance23.13%1.10%-0.34%0.37%
1 Month Performance-17.43%-2.97%14.51%5.76%
1 Year Performance-25.22%3.00%1,607.11%127.17%

ASOS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASC
ASOS
2.1556 of 5 stars
GBX 293.33
+3.6%
GBX 391
+33.3%
-25.2%£351.61M£2.92B-1.04990
SQZ
Serica Energy
2.7064 of 5 stars
GBX 136.20
+3.8%
GBX 208.33
+53.0%
-27.7%£671.23M£824.98M-93.871,620
PAC
Pacific Assets
N/AGBX 334
-0.3%
N/A-3.1%£402.28M£60.20M9.431,740
SHIP
Tufton Oceanic Assets
N/AGBX 1.16
+0.7%
N/A+4.9%£309.66M£7.37B4.4550High Trading Volume
TORO
Chenavari Toro Income Fund
N/AGBX 0.60
-1.8%
N/A+12.2%£183.19MN/A-19.93N/AHigh Trading Volume
RYA
Ryanair
N/AN/AN/AN/A£163.33M£2.61B-24.9419,100Gap Down
PAL
Equatorial Palm Oil plc (PAL.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£91.26M£11,000.00-11.763Gap Down
NSH
Norish
N/AN/AN/AN/A£52.62M£36.39M28.691,251Gap Up
ALK
Alkemy Capital Investments
N/AGBX 135.40
+1.7%
N/A+44.7%£11.94MN/A-9.2825,500
PXS
Provexis
N/AGBX 0.50
+2.0%
N/A-12.4%£11.73M£846,984.38-18.964Gap Down
CLCO
CloudCoCo Group
N/AGBX 0.15
-3.2%
N/A-79.3%£1.08M£27.84M-0.51125
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This page (LON:ASC) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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