Ascent Resources (AST) Competitors

Ascent Resources (LON:AST) and Union Jack Oil (LON:UJO) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Is AST or UJO more profitable?

Union Jack Oil has a net margin of 28.17% compared to Ascent Resources' net margin of -3,901.89%. Ascent Resources' return on equity of 432.64% beat Union Jack Oil's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ascent Resources	-3,901.89%	432.64%	-114.93%
Union Jack Oil	28.17%	4.87%	2.59%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AST or UJO?

Union Jack Oil received 285 more outperform votes than Ascent Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.59% of users gave Union Jack Oil an outperform vote while only 60.73% of users gave Ascent Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ascent Resources	Outperform Votes 133 60.73%	Underperform Votes 86 39.27%
Union Jack Oil	Outperform Votes 418 75.59%	Underperform Votes 135 24.41%

Which has more volatility & risk, AST or UJO?

Ascent Resources has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Union Jack Oil has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AST or UJO?

17.8% of Ascent Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Union Jack Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.8% of Ascent Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Union Jack Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AST or UJO?

Union Jack Oil has higher revenue and earnings than Ascent Resources. Ascent Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Union Jack Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ascent Resources	£73.58K	37.22	-£2.87M	-£0.98	-0.93
Union Jack Oil	£3.99M	2.71	£1.12M	£0.97	10.03

Does the media refer more to AST or UJO?

In the previous week, Ascent Resources and Ascent Resources both had 1 articles in the media. Ascent Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Union Jack Oil's score of 0.00 indicating that Ascent Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ascent Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Union Jack Oil	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Union Jack Oil beats Ascent Resources on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.