Westmount Energy (WTE) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AST or WTE?

Ascent Resources received 63 more outperform votes than Westmount Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.47% of users gave Westmount Energy an outperform vote while only 60.73% of users gave Ascent Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ascent Resources	Outperform Votes 133 60.73%	Underperform Votes 86 39.27%
Westmount Energy	Outperform Votes 70 74.47%	Underperform Votes 24 25.53%

Which has more volatility & risk, AST or WTE?

Ascent Resources has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westmount Energy has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AST or WTE?

17.8% of Ascent Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.9% of Westmount Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 57.8% of Ascent Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.1% of Westmount Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is AST or WTE more profitable?

Westmount Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ascent Resources' net margin of -3,901.89%. Ascent Resources' return on equity of 432.64% beat Westmount Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ascent Resources	-3,901.89%	432.64%	-114.93%
Westmount Energy	N/A	-16.41%	-3.04%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AST or WTE?

Westmount Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ascent Resources. Westmount Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ascent Resources, 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	37.22	-£2.87M	-£0.98	-0.93
Westmount Energy	N/A	N/A	-£773.04K	-£0.54	-0.93

Does the media prefer AST or WTE?

In the previous week, Ascent Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Westmount Energy'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ascent Resources	Neutral
Westmount Energy	Neutral

Summary

Ascent Resources and Westmount Energy tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.