Ascendant Resources (ASND) Competitors

Ascendant Resources (TSE:ASND) and Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. (ZOM.V) (CVE:ZOM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ASND or ZOM?

14.5% of Ascendant Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Ascendant Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ASND or ZOM?

Ascendant Resources received 47 more outperform votes than Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. (ZOM.V) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.33% of users gave Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. (ZOM.V) an outperform vote while only 62.67% of users gave Ascendant Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ascendant Resources	Outperform Votes 94 62.67%	Underperform Votes 56 37.33%
Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. (ZOM.V)	Outperform Votes 47 78.33%	Underperform Votes 13 21.67%

Which has better valuation & earnings, ASND or ZOM?

Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. (ZOM.V) has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ascendant Resources. Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. (ZOM.V) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ascendant 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
Ascendant Resources	C$77.82M	0.12	-C$4.75M	-C$0.03	-1.67
Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. (ZOM.V)	N/A	N/A	N/A	-C$0.11	-2.61

Is ASND or ZOM more profitable?

Ascendant Resources' return on equity of 230.96% beat Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. (ZOM.V)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ascendant Resources	N/A	230.96%	-12.94%
Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. (ZOM.V)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to ASND or ZOM?

In the previous week, Ascendant Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. (ZOM.V). MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ascendant Resources and 0 mentions for Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. (ZOM.V). Ascendant Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. (ZOM.V)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Ascendant Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ascendant Resources	Positive
Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. (ZOM.V)	Neutral

Summary

Ascendant Resources beats Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. (ZOM.V) on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.