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Ashtead Technology (AT) Competitors

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GBX 517 0.00 (0.00%)
(As of 12/20/2024 ET)

AT vs. AGR, NFG, AEP, PAM, BHI, UTL, CTP, ET, PVR, and CLP

Should you be buying Ashtead Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ashtead Technology include Assura (AGR), Next 15 Group (NFG), Anglo-Eastern Plantations (AEP), Premier Asset Management Group (PAM), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHI), UIL (UTL), Castleton Technology (CTP), Establishment Investment Trust (ET), Providence Resources (PVR), and Clear Leisure (CLP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Ashtead Technology vs.

Assura (LON:AGR) and Ashtead Technology (LON:AT) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.

Ashtead Technology has a net margin of 17.38% compared to Assura's net margin of -18.25%. Ashtead Technology's return on equity of 25.05% beat Assura's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Assura-18.25% -1.88% 2.82%
Ashtead Technology 17.38%25.05%13.14%

In the previous week, Assura and Assura both had 1 articles in the media. Ashtead Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Assura's score of -1.05 indicating that Ashtead Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Assura
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative
Ashtead Technology
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Assura received 361 more outperform votes than Ashtead Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Ashtead Technology an outperform vote while only 67.21% of users gave Assura an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AssuraOutperform Votes
371
67.21%
Underperform Votes
181
32.79%
Ashtead TechnologyOutperform Votes
10
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

73.7% of Assura shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Assura shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Assura has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashtead Technology has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Assura presently has a consensus target price of GBX 50.67, indicating a potential upside of 34.82%. Ashtead Technology has a consensus target price of GBX 830, indicating a potential upside of 60.54%. Given Ashtead Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ashtead Technology is more favorable than Assura.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Assura
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Ashtead Technology
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Assura pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Ashtead Technology pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Assura pays out -30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ashtead Technology pays out 333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Assura is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Ashtead Technology has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Assura. Assura is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashtead Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Assura£157.80M7.74-£28.80M-£0.01-3,758.00
Ashtead Technology£141.07M2.94£24.52M£0.301,723.33

Summary

Ashtead Technology beats Assura on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AT vs. The Competition

MetricAshtead TechnologyOil & Gas Equipment & Services IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£415.15M£370.75M£3.82B£1.88B
Dividend Yield0.19%6.02%6.63%5.49%
P/E Ratio1,723.3370.6495.811,839.28
Price / Sales2.9424.8715,664.74388,735.88
Price / Cash59.2024.7972.3328.66
Price / Book3.751.641.472.78
Net Income£24.52M£18.18M£424.42M£155.55M
7 Day Performance0.39%-2.54%-3.60%-2.01%
1 Month Performance3.40%-3.13%-5.37%21.39%
1 Year Performance-14.12%20.61%-2.00%29.37%

Ashtead Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AT
Ashtead Technology
1.7133 of 5 stars
GBX 517
flat
GBX 830
+60.5%
-15.2%£415.15M£141.07M1,723.33559Gap Down
High Trading Volume
AGR
Assura
2.6019 of 5 stars
GBX 38.94
-0.5%
GBX 50.67
+30.1%
-22.1%£1.27B£157.80M-3,906.0084News Coverage
Positive News
NFG
Next 15 Group
2.176 of 5 stars
GBX 423
-0.9%
GBX 885
+109.2%
-52.5%£426.89M£733.84M736.212,130
AEP
Anglo-Eastern Plantations
N/AGBX 664
-0.3%
N/A-4.1%£262.21M£364.23M584.2112,671
PAM
Premier Asset Management Group
N/AGBX 183.50
+1.4%
N/AN/A£194.15M£53.26M16.386,286Gap Down
BHI
BMO UK High Income Trust
N/AGBX 86
flat
N/AN/A£99.66M£3.93M40.952,980Gap Up
UTL
UIL
N/AGBX 109
-2.2%
N/A-9.2%£91.30M£-16,020,000.00-371.67520Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
CTP
Castleton Technology
N/AN/AN/AN/A£77.42M£25.08M20.60169
ET
Establishment Investment Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£43.40M£-2,924,000.00-10.9612,600Gap Up
PVR
Providence Resources
N/AGBX 3.25
-3.4%
N/AN/A£34.84MN/A-3.192News Coverage
Gap Down
CLP
Clear Leisure
N/AN/AN/AN/A£24.23M£39,000.00-13.504Gap Up

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This page (LON:AT) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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