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$12.73 -0.17 (-1.32%)
Closing price 03/28/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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ACNT vs. UAMY, LUD, HUHU, APWC, BWEN, OCC, INHD, AQMS, HWM, and MT

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), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC), Broadwind (BWEN), Optical Cable (OCC), Inno (INHD), Aqua Metals (AQMS), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), and ArcelorMittal (MT). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.

Ascent Industries vs.

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

United States Antimony has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Ascent Industries$177.87M0.72-$26.63M-$1.34-9.50
United States Antimony$14.94M16.55-$6.35M-$0.04-57.00

Ascent Industries has a net margin of -0.80% compared to United States Antimony's net margin of -45.32%. Ascent Industries' return on equity of -12.48% beat United States Antimony's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ascent Industries-0.80% -12.48% -8.01%
United States Antimony -45.32%-16.58%-14.69%

United States Antimony has a consensus price target of $2.20, indicating a potential downside of 3.51%. 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
Ascent Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
United States Antimony
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

26.0% of Ascent Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.5% of United States Antimony shares are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of Ascent Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of United States Antimony shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Ascent Industries has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Antimony has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

United States Antimony received 5 more outperform votes than Ascent Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Ascent Industries an outperform vote while only 8.57% of users gave United States Antimony an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ascent IndustriesOutperform Votes
1
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
United States AntimonyOutperform Votes
6
8.57%
Underperform Votes
64
91.43%

In the previous week, United States Antimony had 9 more articles in the media than Ascent Industries. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for United States Antimony and 5 mentions for Ascent Industries. Ascent Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat United States Antimony's score of 0.61 indicating that Ascent Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

United States Antimony beats Ascent Industries on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ACNT vs. The Competition

MetricAscent IndustriesSteel pipe & tubes IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$128.31M$1.59B$6.88B$7.83B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A3.53%4.01%
P/E Ratio-74.8812.2720.7218.67
Price / Sales0.725.2375.5091.01
Price / CashN/A14.9126.8734.64
Price / Book1.202.093.704.23
Net Income-$26.63M$75.02M$795.56M$247.15M
7 Day Performance0.79%1.08%-0.73%-2.17%
1 Month Performance13.86%-1.18%-1.10%-5.68%
1 Year Performance24.93%3.72%18.24%-0.74%

Ascent Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACNT
Ascent Industries
1.7681 of 5 stars
$12.73
-1.3%
N/A+24.9%$128.31M$177.87M-74.88710
UAMY
United States Antimony
0.75 of 5 stars
$1.72
+1.8%
$1.75
+1.7%
+812.0%$186.53M$10.22M-43.0070Gap Up
LUD
Luda Technology Group
N/A$4.85
+11.2%
N/AN/A$109.13M$51.26M0.00161
HUHU
HUHUTECH International Group
N/A$4.28
-2.5%
N/AN/A$90.09M$17.49M0.00N/APositive News
Gap Down
APWC
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable
0.4225 of 5 stars
$1.57
+0.3%
N/A+8.3%$32.29M$468.13M0.001,190Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Down
BWEN
Broadwind
3.8364 of 5 stars
$1.44
-2.7%
$4.13
+186.5%
-37.8%$32.14M$143.14M10.29490
OCC
Optical Cable
1.3397 of 5 stars
$3.29
-0.6%
N/A+3.9%$26.98M$67.56M-6.09340
INHD
Inno
0.8879 of 5 stars
$4.41
-7.4%
N/A-34.4%$19.45M$916,878.000.0011
AQMS
Aqua Metals
2.4072 of 5 stars
$2.16
+5.4%
$30.00
+1,288.9%
-81.0%$15.41M$30,000.00-0.4520Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Gap Down
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
3.7373 of 5 stars
$129.28
+2.2%
$123.28
-4.6%
+89.4%$52.36B$7.43B45.8423,200Positive News
MT
ArcelorMittal
4.1998 of 5 stars
$32.04
-0.6%
$31.17
-2.7%
+4.4%$26.25B$62.44B19.42157,900Analyst Downgrade
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This page (NASDAQ:ACNT) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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