Ascent Resources (AST) Competitors

Indus Gas (LON:INDI) and Ascent Resources (LON:AST) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, INDI or AST?

Indus Gas has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ascent Resources has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer INDI or AST?

Ascent Resources received 73 more outperform votes than Indus Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.73% of users gave Ascent Resources an outperform vote while only 59.41% of users gave Indus Gas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Indus Gas	Outperform Votes 60 59.41%	Underperform Votes 41 40.59%
Ascent Resources	Outperform Votes 133 60.73%	Underperform Votes 86 39.27%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in INDI or AST?

0.3% of Indus Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.8% of Ascent Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 82.7% of Indus Gas shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of Ascent Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, INDI or AST?

Indus Gas has higher revenue and earnings than Ascent Resources. Ascent Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Indus Gas, 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
Indus Gas	£42.93M	0.34	£20.18M	£0.08	99.38
Ascent Resources	£1.41M	3.20	-£2.07M	-£1.09	-1.74

Is INDI or AST more profitable?

Indus Gas has a net margin of 47.02% compared to Ascent Resources' net margin of 0.00%. Indus Gas' return on equity of 5.71% beat Ascent Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Indus Gas	47.02%	5.71%	1.65%
Ascent Resources	N/A	-214.17%	-114.93%

Does the media favor INDI or AST?

In the previous week, Indus Gas had 3 more articles in the media than Ascent Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Indus Gas and 0 mentions for Ascent Resources. Indus Gas' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ascent Resources'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Indus Gas	Neutral
Ascent Resources	Neutral

Summary

Indus Gas beats Ascent Resources on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.