Ascent Resources (AST) Competitors

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

Is AST or INDI more profitable?

Indus Gas has a net margin of 42.32% compared to Ascent Resources' net margin of -3,901.89%. Ascent Resources' return on equity of 432.64% beat Indus Gas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ascent Resources	-3,901.89%	432.64%	-114.93%
Indus Gas	42.32%	2.22%	1.65%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AST or INDI?

17.8% of Ascent Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Indus Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.8% of Ascent Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 82.7% of Indus Gas shares are owned by 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AST or INDI?

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
Ascent Resources	£73.58K	44.95	-£2.87M	-£0.98	-1.12
Indus Gas	£25.30M	0.52	£10.71M	£3.33	1.63

Does the media favor AST or INDI?

In the previous week, Indus Gas' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Ascent Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Indus Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ascent Resources	Neutral
Indus Gas	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AST or INDI?

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

Which has more risk and volatility, AST or INDI?

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

Summary

Indus Gas beats Ascent Resources on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.