AST vs. UPL, IGAS, INDI, PMG, SOUC, ANGS, CAD, SOU, SNDA, and UJO
Should you be buying Ascent Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ascent Resources include Upland Resources (UPL), IGas Energy (IGAS), Indus Gas (INDI), The Parkmead Group (PMG), Southern Energy (SOUC), Angus Energy (ANGS), Cadogan Energy Solutions (CAD), Sound Energy (SOU), Sunda Energy (SNDA), and Union Jack Oil (UJO). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Ascent Resources vs.
Upland Resources (LON:UPL) and Ascent Resources (LON:AST) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Upland Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ascent Resources'average media sentiment score.
Upland Resources has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ascent Resources' net margin of -3,901.89%. Ascent Resources' return on equity of 432.64% beat Upland Resources' return on equity.
Ascent Resources received 30 more outperform votes than Upland Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.45% of users gave Upland Resources an outperform vote while only 60.73% of users gave Ascent Resources an outperform vote.
Upland Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ascent Resources. Upland Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ascent Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
17.8% of Ascent Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 33.8% of Upland Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of Ascent Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Upland Resources has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ascent Resources has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ascent Resources beats Upland Resources on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:AST) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
