AT vs. HTG, GMS, PFC, CNEL, POS, PRES, TAND, GTC, NTQ, and ADES
Should you be buying Ashtead Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ashtead Technology include Hunting (HTG), Gulf Marine Services (GMS), Petrofac (PFC), China New Energy Limited (CNEL.L) (CNEL), Plexus (POS), Pressure Technologies (PRES), Tan Delta Systems (TAND), Getech Group (GTC), Enteq Technologies (NTQ), and ADES International (ADES). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Ashtead Technology (LON:AT) and Hunting (LON:HTG) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
Ashtead Technology currently has a consensus target price of GBX 775, suggesting a potential downside of 5.95%. Hunting has a consensus target price of GBX 436, suggesting a potential upside of 4.43%. Given Hunting's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hunting is more favorable than Ashtead Technology.
Hunting received 434 more outperform votes than Ashtead Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Ashtead Technology an outperform vote while only 59.70% of users gave Hunting an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ashtead Technology had 1 more articles in the media than Hunting. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ashtead Technology and 2 mentions for Hunting. Hunting's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Ashtead Technology's score of 0.15 indicating that Hunting is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ashtead Technology has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hunting has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.6% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.9% of Hunting shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of Hunting 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.
Ashtead Technology pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Hunting pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Ashtead Technology pays out 370.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hunting pays out 1,454.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Ashtead Technology has a net margin of 19.53% compared to Hunting's net margin of 12.60%. Ashtead Technology's return on equity of 25.02% beat Hunting's return on equity.
Hunting has higher revenue and earnings than Ashtead Technology. Hunting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashtead Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hunting beats Ashtead Technology on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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