ADM Energy (ADME) Competitors

ADM Energy (LON:ADME) and Ascent Resources (LON:AST) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, ADME or AST?

ADM Energy has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ascent Resources has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ADME or AST?

Ascent Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ADM Energy. Ascent Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ADM Energy, 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
ADM Energy	£1.65M	0.40	-£5.28M	-£0.84	-0.12
Ascent Resources	£73.58K	36.81	-£2.87M	-£0.98	-0.92

Does the media favor ADME or AST?

In the previous week, ADM Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ascent Resources'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ADM Energy	Neutral
Ascent Resources	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ADME or AST?

5.9% of ADM Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.8% of Ascent Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.5% of ADM Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of Ascent Resources shares are owned by 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.

Is ADME or AST more profitable?

ADM Energy has a net margin of -320.54% compared to Ascent Resources' net margin of -3,901.89%. Ascent Resources' return on equity of 432.64% beat ADM Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ADM Energy	-320.54%	-69.57%	-3.31%
Ascent Resources	-3,901.89%	432.64%	-114.93%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ADME or AST?

Ascent Resources received 124 more outperform votes than ADM Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.29% of users gave ADM Energy an outperform vote while only 60.73% of users gave Ascent Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ADM Energy	Outperform Votes 9 64.29%	Underperform Votes 5 35.71%
Ascent Resources	Outperform Votes 133 60.73%	Underperform Votes 86 39.27%

Summary

ADM Energy beats Ascent Resources on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.