ASND vs. AEZS, ACST, NEPT, DBV, NBY, NVV, RTI, GRI, PLX, and PBM
Should you be buying Ascendant Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ascendant Resources include Aeterna Zentaris (AEZS), Acasti Pharma (ACST), Neptune Wellness Solutions (NEPT), Doubleview Capital (DBV), Niobay Metals (NBY), Norvista Capital (NVV), Radient Technologies (RTI), Galore Resources (GRI), Point Loma Resources (PLX), and Pacific Bay Minerals (PBM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Ascendant Resources vs.
Ascendant Resources (TSE:ASND) and Aeterna Zentaris (TSE:AEZS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Ascendant Resources received 86 more outperform votes than Aeterna Zentaris when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 88.89% of users gave Aeterna Zentaris an outperform vote while only 62.67% of users gave Ascendant Resources an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ascendant Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aeterna Zentaris'average media sentiment score.
Ascendant Resources has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aeterna Zentaris has a beta of 2.26, suggesting that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.
14.5% of Ascendant Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.2% of Aeterna Zentaris shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Ascendant Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Aeterna Zentaris shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ascendant Resources' return on equity of 144.18% beat Aeterna Zentaris' return on equity.
Aeterna Zentaris has higher revenue and earnings than Ascendant Resources. Ascendant Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aeterna Zentaris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ascendant Resources beats Aeterna Zentaris on 7 of the 11 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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This page (TSE:ASND) was last updated on 3/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
