Hunting (HTG) Competitors

Hunting (LON:HTG) and Ashtead Technology (LON:AT) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HTG or AT?

Hunting received 437 more outperform votes than Ashtead Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Ashtead Technology an outperform vote while only 60.08% of users gave Hunting an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hunting	Outperform Votes 447 60.08%	Underperform Votes 297 39.92%
Ashtead Technology	Outperform Votes 10 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do analysts rate HTG or AT?

Hunting currently has a consensus target price of GBX 492.50, indicating a potential upside of 68.09%. Ashtead Technology has a consensus target price of GBX 830, indicating a potential upside of 60.54%. Given Hunting's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hunting is more favorable than Ashtead Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hunting	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ashtead Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HTG or AT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hunting	£945.10M	0.49	£133M	£0.60	488.33
Ashtead Technology	£141.07M	2.94	£24.52M	£0.30	1,723.33

Is HTG or AT more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hunting	14.07%	14.66%	4.21%
Ashtead Technology	17.38%	25.05%	13.14%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HTG or AT?

63.2% of Hunting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 18.2% of Hunting shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HTG or AT a better dividend stock?

Hunting pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Ashtead Technology pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. 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. 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, HTG or AT?

Hunting has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashtead Technology has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to HTG or AT?

In the previous week, Ashtead Technology had 1 more articles in the media than Hunting. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ashtead Technology and 0 mentions for Hunting. Hunting's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ashtead Technology'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hunting	Neutral
Ashtead Technology	Neutral

Summary

Hunting and Ashtead Technology tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.