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Ascent Industries (ACNT) Competitors

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$12.72 +0.12 (+0.95%)
As of 07/3/2025 01:04 PM Eastern
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ACNT vs. UAMY, LUD, FRD, HUHU, BWEN, APWC, OCC, INHD, AQMS, and HWM

Should you be buying Ascent Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ascent Industries include United States Antimony (UAMY), Luda Technology Group (LUD), Friedman Industries (FRD), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), Broadwind Energy (BWEN), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC), Optical Cable (OCC), Inno (INHD), Aqua Metals (AQMS), and Howmet Aerospace (HWM). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.

Ascent Industries vs. Its Competitors

United States Antimony (NYSE:UAMY) and Ascent Industries (NASDAQ:ACNT) are both small-cap steel works companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

United States Antimony has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ascent Industries. United States Antimony is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ascent Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United States Antimony$18.87M13.98-$6.35M-$0.04-55.38
Ascent Industries$177.87M0.72-$13.60M-$1.03-12.35

United States Antimony currently has a consensus target price of $3.38, suggesting a potential upside of 52.37%. Given United States Antimony's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe United States Antimony is more favorable than Ascent Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United States Antimony
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20
Ascent Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

9.5% of United States Antimony shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of Ascent Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of United States Antimony shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Ascent Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Ascent Industries has a net margin of -6.56% compared to United States Antimony's net margin of -45.32%. Ascent Industries' return on equity of -1.78% beat United States Antimony's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United States Antimony-45.32% -16.58% -14.69%
Ascent Industries -6.56%-1.78%-1.12%

In the previous week, United States Antimony had 3 more articles in the media than Ascent Industries. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for United States Antimony and 5 mentions for Ascent Industries. United States Antimony's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Ascent Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that United States Antimony is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
United States Antimony
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ascent Industries
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

United States Antimony beats Ascent Industries on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ACNT vs. The Competition

MetricAscent IndustriesMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$127.33M$13.05B$7.53B$9.04B
Dividend YieldN/A23.74%4.53%3.99%
P/E Ratio-12.3530.0725.0120.23
Price / Sales0.725.44118.75119.26
Price / Cash51.2716.6926.6528.59
Price / Book1.373.874.365.65
Net Income-$13.60M$521.16M$791.63M$249.15M
7 Day Performance0.87%3.50%2.00%2.91%
1 Month Performance-3.20%8.19%5.03%4.11%
1 Year Performance32.64%37.09%32.01%20.98%

Ascent Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACNT
Ascent Industries
0.2744 of 5 stars
$12.72
+1.0%
N/A+32.6%$127.33M$177.87M-12.35710
UAMY
United States Antimony
1.903 of 5 stars
$2.18
-8.8%
$3.38
+54.8%
+621.0%$259.64M$18.87M-54.5070News Coverage
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
LUD
Luda Technology Group
N/A$5.15
-6.9%
N/AN/A$116.85M$44.86M0.00161Gap Up
FRD
Friedman Industries
N/A$16.56
+3.0%
N/AN/A$113.52M$444.60M19.26100
HUHU
HUHUTECH International Group
N/A$4.86
+1.7%
N/AN/A$100.62M$18.15M0.00N/A
BWEN
Broadwind Energy
3.6951 of 5 stars
$1.81
-2.2%
$4.13
+127.9%
-38.7%$41.97M$143.14M-45.25490News Coverage
APWC
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable
0.4499 of 5 stars
$1.70
+0.6%
N/A+9.0%$34.84M$472.67M0.001,208News Coverage
OCC
Optical Cable
0.6667 of 5 stars
$2.90
flat
N/A+40.2%$23.86M$66.67M-7.63340Positive News
INHD
Inno
0.0224 of 5 stars
$1.39
-0.7%
N/A-70.3%$8.89M$890K0.0011Gap Down
AQMS
Aqua Metals
1.9725 of 5 stars
$0.49
-6.7%
$21.50
+4,333.0%
-92.0%$5.17M$30K-0.1320Gap Up
High Trading Volume
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
4.5788 of 5 stars
$186.38
+0.8%
$142.13
-23.7%
+129.2%$74.64B$7.43B60.7123,930News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ACNT) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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