Ascential (ASCL) Competitors GBX 567 0.00 (0.00%) (As of 10/8/2024) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider Trades ASCL vs. FOUR, NFC, TRS, NFG, NEXN, HNT, TRMR, SAA, SFOR, and PEBBShould you be buying Ascential stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ascential include 4imprint Group (FOUR), Next Fifteen Communications Group (NFC), Tarsus Group (TRS), Next 15 Group (NFG), Nexxen International (NEXN), Huntsworth (HNT), Tremor International (TRMR), M&C Saatchi (SAA), S4 Capital (SFOR), and The Pebble Group (PEBB). These companies are all part of the "advertising agencies" industry. Ascential vs. 4imprint Group Next Fifteen Communications Group Tarsus Group Next 15 Group Nexxen International Huntsworth Tremor International M&C Saatchi S4 Capital The Pebble Group Ascential (LON:ASCL) and 4imprint Group (LON:FOUR) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk. Does the MarketBeat Community favor ASCL or FOUR? Ascential received 180 more outperform votes than 4imprint Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.65% of users gave Ascential an outperform vote while only 72.71% of users gave 4imprint Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAscentialOutperform Votes49779.65% Underperform Votes12720.35% 4imprint GroupOutperform Votes31772.71% Underperform Votes11927.29% Do analysts rate ASCL or FOUR? Ascential presently has a consensus target price of GBX 500.50, suggesting a potential downside of 11.73%. 4imprint Group has a consensus target price of GBX 7,365, suggesting a potential upside of 45.96%. Given 4imprint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe 4imprint Group is more favorable than Ascential.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Ascential 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.754imprint Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Do insiders & institutionals believe in ASCL or FOUR? 107.2% of Ascential shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of 4imprint Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Ascential shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of 4imprint Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media favor ASCL or FOUR? In the previous week, 4imprint Group had 1 more articles in the media than Ascential. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for 4imprint Group and 0 mentions for Ascential. 4imprint Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Ascential's score of 0.00 indicating that 4imprint Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Ascential Neutral 4imprint Group Positive Is ASCL or FOUR a better dividend stock? Ascential pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. 4imprint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 180 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Ascential pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 4imprint Group pays out 7,758.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Is ASCL or FOUR more profitable? Ascential has a net margin of 137.00% compared to 4imprint Group's net margin of 8.20%. 4imprint Group's return on equity of 92.73% beat Ascential's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Ascential137.00% 8.85% 3.36% 4imprint Group 8.20%92.73%35.62% Which has more risk and volatility, ASCL or FOUR? Ascential has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 4imprint Group has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ASCL or FOUR? 4imprint Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ascential. 4imprint Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ascential, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAscential£228.10M5.12£39.80M£0.124,725.004imprint Group£1.36B1.05£111.40M£2.322,175.63 Summary4imprint Group beats Ascential on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Weiss RatingsThe centerpiece of Trump’s crypto’s masterplan …Donald Trump wants to be America’s first crypto president. He was the keynote speaker at the recent Bitcoin conference in Nashville … Where he told an adoring crowd that the U.S. would become … “The crypto capital of the planet and the Bitcoin superpower of the world.”Click here to find out more about what could be Trump and JD Vance’s favorite coin. Get Ascential News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ASCL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ASCL vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAscentialAdvertising Agencies IndustryCommunication SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£1.17B£1.40B£2.69B£1.40BDividend Yield2.58%3.93%6.91%11.78%P/E Ratio4,725.00642.47316.361,561.46Price / Sales5.1267.51124.14209,782.91Price / Cash9.799.6915.8732.90Price / Book9.302.773.352.85Net Income£39.80M£118.15M£101.26M£153.09M7 Day PerformanceN/A1.77%0.22%4.74%1 Month Performance0.18%1.28%0.13%3.34%1 Year Performance106.78%8.39%16.45%106.65% Ascential Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ASCLAscentialN/AGBX 567flatGBX 500.50-11.7%+106.8%£1.17B£228.10M4,725.00700High Trading VolumeFOUR4imprint Group3.2547 of 5 starsGBX 5,260+0.2%GBX 7,365+40.0%+1.4%£1.48B£1.36B2,267.242,300NFCNext Fifteen Communications GroupN/AGBX 799-3.0%N/AN/A£787.02M£602.53M-974.3912,800Gap UpTRSTarsus GroupN/AGBX 424-0.1%N/A+0.0%£549.84M£99.73M45.593,500NFGNext 15 Group3.0535 of 5 starsGBX 412-2.7%GBX 885+114.8%-43.2%£415.79M£733.84M710.342,130Gap DownNEXNNexxen InternationalN/AGBX 304-1.1%N/AN/A£407.88M£339.02M-15,200.00895Gap UpHNTHuntsworthN/AGBX 107.50-95.7%N/A+0.0%£399.60M£264.85M19.911,903Gap DownTRMRTremor InternationalN/AGBX 201.20+1.8%N/AN/A£293.13M£343.77M-1,829.09167SAAM&C SaatchiN/AGBX 203flatN/A+64.0%£248.19M£450.80M2,255.562,706SFORS4 Capital2.2762 of 5 starsGBX 38-0.7%GBX 70+84.2%-45.4%£230.76M£916.90M3,800.007,700Gap UpPEBBThe Pebble Group2.5032 of 5 starsGBX 48.95-0.1%GBX 150+206.4%-43.7%£81.03M£121.61M1,631.67568 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies 4imprint Group Alternatives Next Fifteen Communications Group Alternatives Tarsus Group Alternatives Next 15 Group Alternatives Nexxen International Alternatives Huntsworth Alternatives Tremor International Alternatives M&C Saatchi Alternatives S4 Capital Alternatives The Pebble Group Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (LON:ASCL) was last updated on 11/4/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners2 sentences that change everything you THOUGHT you knew about tradingIf you're like most people, on Friday morning you'll probably follow your set routine: Wake up... eat breakfas...Investing Daily | SponsoredBill Gates’s Next Big AI Bet: StargateIn February 2016… when almost nobody was talking about artificial intelligence…. 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