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Ascendant Resources (ASND) Competitors

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C$0.06 +0.01 (+9.09%)
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ASND vs. HEXO, VIR, ZOM, CGC, ACST, AEZS, RGC, NEPT, DBV, and NBY

Should you be buying Ascendant Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ascendant Resources include HEXO (HEXO), Viridium Pacific Group (VIR), Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. (ZOM.V) (ZOM), Canadian Gold (CGC), Acasti Pharma (ACST), Aeterna Zentaris (AEZS), Relevant Gold (RGC), Neptune Wellness Solutions (NEPT), Doubleview Capital (DBV), and Niobay Metals (NBY). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Ascendant Resources vs.

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

Ascendant Resources has a net margin of 0.00% compared to HEXO's net margin of -220.13%. Ascendant Resources' return on equity of 230.96% beat HEXO's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HEXO-220.13% -106.39% -14.96%
Ascendant Resources N/A 230.96%-12.94%

7.6% of HEXO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Ascendant Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of HEXO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Ascendant Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

HEXO has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ascendant Resources has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ascendant Resources received 37 more outperform votes than HEXO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.67% of users gave Ascendant Resources an outperform vote while only 47.90% of users gave HEXO an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HEXOOutperform Votes
57
47.90%
Underperform Votes
62
52.10%
Ascendant ResourcesOutperform Votes
94
62.67%
Underperform Votes
56
37.33%

Ascendant Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HEXO. Ascendant Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HEXO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HEXOC$124.10M0.00-C$273.18M-C$3.41N/A
Ascendant ResourcesC$77.82M0.14-C$4.75M-C$0.03-2.00

In the previous week, HEXO's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ascendant Resources'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
HEXO Neutral
Ascendant Resources Neutral

Summary

Ascendant Resources beats HEXO on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE 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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ASND vs. The Competition

MetricAscendant ResourcesOther Industrial Metals & Mining IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$11.20MC$896.86MC$3.09BC$6.20B
Dividend Yield4.75%6.22%5.06%5.77%
P/E Ratio-2.0056.15109.7526.27
Price / Sales0.1450,549.85783,392.081,237.25
Price / Cash160.0025.0924.1782.70
Price / Book-0.602.583.793.21
Net Income-C$4.75MC$58.10MC$152.86MC$295.17M
7 Day PerformanceN/A2.92%2.11%2.27%
1 Month PerformanceN/A6.68%4.85%3.42%
1 Year PerformanceN/A43.42%28.04%39.69%

Ascendant Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASND
Ascendant Resources
0.4092 of 5 stars
C$0.06
+9.1%
C$0.30
+400.0%
-26.7%C$11.20MC$77.82M-2.00640News Coverage
Gap Up
HEXO
HEXO
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$38.72MC$124.10M-0.26690
VIR
Viridium Pacific Group
N/AC$0.38
+5.6%
N/A+0.0%C$37.52MC$1.09M-2.97580Gap Up
ZOM
Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. (ZOM.V)
N/AC$0.29
-6.6%
N/A+0.0%C$36.73MN/A-2.6150News Coverage
Gap Down
CGC
Canadian Gold
N/AC$0.16
+3.2%
N/A+10.3%C$29.65MC$36.51M-5.333,150Gap Up
ACST
Acasti Pharma
N/AC$0.58
+1.8%
N/A+0.0%C$25.87MC$115,000.00-1.0732
AEZS
Aeterna Zentaris
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$25.37MC$2.37M-2.6120
RGC
Relevant Gold
N/AC$0.26
+10.6%
N/A+48.6%C$19.41MN/A-3.7110Gap Up
NEPT
Neptune Wellness Solutions
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$15.73MC$48.80M-0.08130Gap Down
DBV
Doubleview Capital
N/AC$0.08
+7.1%
N/A+0.0%C$8.62MN/A-37.5080Gap Up
NBY
Niobay Metals
N/AC$0.07
flat
N/A+8.3%C$6.71MN/A-2.1730Gap Down

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This page (TSE:ASND) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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