ASC vs. DAL, SQZ, PAC, SHIP, TORO, RYA, PAL, NSH, PXS, and ALK
Should you be buying ASOS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASOS include Dalata Hotel Group (DAL), 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), Provexis (PXS), and Alkemy Capital Investments (ALK). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
ASOS vs.
ASOS (LON:ASC) and Dalata Hotel Group (LON:DAL) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
ASOS received 754 more outperform votes than Dalata Hotel Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.25% of users gave Dalata Hotel Group an outperform vote while only 68.76% of users gave ASOS an outperform vote.
Dalata Hotel Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ASOS. ASOS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dalata Hotel Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Dalata Hotel Group had 5 more articles in the media than ASOS. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Dalata Hotel Group and 1 mentions for ASOS. ASOS's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Dalata Hotel Group's score of 0.09 indicating that ASOS is being referred to more favorably in the media.
32.0% of ASOS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of Dalata Hotel Group shares are held by institutional investors. 51.4% of ASOS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Dalata Hotel Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ASOS has a beta of 2.86, suggesting that its stock price is 186% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dalata Hotel Group has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ASOS currently has a consensus price target of GBX 391, suggesting a potential upside of 33.68%. Dalata Hotel Group has a consensus price target of GBX 480, suggesting a potential upside of 20.00%. Given ASOS's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe ASOS is more favorable than Dalata Hotel Group.
Dalata Hotel Group has a net margin of 13.44% compared to ASOS's net margin of -11.66%. Dalata Hotel Group's return on equity of 5.96% beat ASOS's return on equity.
Summary
Dalata Hotel Group beats ASOS on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ASC) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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