HTG vs. AT, GMS, PFC, CNEL, TAND, PRES, POS, ADES, VLS, and GTC
Should you be buying Hunting stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hunting include Ashtead Technology (AT), Gulf Marine Services (GMS), Petrofac (PFC), China New Energy Limited (CNEL.L) (CNEL), Tan Delta Systems (TAND), Pressure Technologies (PRES), Plexus (POS), ADES International (ADES), Velocys (VLS), and Getech Group (GTC). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Hunting vs.
Ashtead Technology (LON:AT) and Hunting (LON:HTG) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Hunting has higher revenue and earnings than Ashtead Technology. Hunting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashtead Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ashtead Technology has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hunting has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ashtead Technology has a net margin of 17.38% compared to Hunting's net margin of 14.07%. Ashtead Technology's return on equity of 25.05% beat Hunting's return on equity.
Ashtead Technology presently has a consensus price target of GBX 830, suggesting a potential upside of 53.99%. Hunting has a consensus price target of GBX 518, suggesting a potential upside of 43.09%. Given Ashtead Technology's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Ashtead Technology is more favorable than Hunting.
In the previous week, Hunting had 1 more articles in the media than Ashtead Technology. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hunting and 0 mentions for Ashtead Technology. Ashtead Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Hunting's score of 0.31 indicating that Ashtead Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
75.9% of Ashtead Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Hunting shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Ashtead Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.2% of Hunting shares are owned 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.
Hunting received 439 more outperform votes than Ashtead Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Ashtead Technology an outperform vote while only 60.19% of users gave Hunting an outperform vote.
Ashtead Technology pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Hunting pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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. Hunting pays out 1,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Ashtead Technology beats Hunting on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HTG) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
