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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	0.27	-£5.28M	-£0.84	-0.09
Ascent Resources	£73.58K	21.82	-£2.87M	-£0.98	-0.54

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership 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 is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Does the media refer more to ADME or AST?

In the previous week, ADM Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Ascent Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for ADM Energy and 1 mentions for Ascent Resources. Ascent Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat ADM Energy's score of 0.90 indicating that Ascent Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ADM Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ascent Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, ADME or AST?

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

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%

Summary

ADM Energy beats Ascent Resources on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.