AEP vs. AT, NFG, PAM, BHI, UTL, CTP, ET, PVR, CLP, and EUSP
Should you be buying Anglo-Eastern Plantations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Anglo-Eastern Plantations include Ashtead Technology (AT), Next 15 Group (NFG), Premier Asset Management Group (PAM), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHI), UIL (UTL), Castleton Technology (CTP), Establishment Investment Trust (ET), Providence Resources (PVR), Clear Leisure (CLP), and EU supply (EUSP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations (LON:AEP) and Ashtead Technology (LON:AT) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Ashtead Technology has a net margin of 19.53% compared to Anglo-Eastern Plantations' net margin of 17.73%. Ashtead Technology's return on equity of 25.02% beat Anglo-Eastern Plantations' return on equity.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations received 116 more outperform votes than Ashtead Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Ashtead Technology an outperform vote while only 68.51% of users gave Anglo-Eastern Plantations an outperform vote.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashtead Technology has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Ashtead Technology pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays out 2,123.9% 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 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.
8.5% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 70.5% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations has higher revenue and earnings than Ashtead Technology. Anglo-Eastern Plantations is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashtead Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ashtead Technology has a consensus price target of GBX 817.50, indicating a potential upside of 45.46%. Given Ashtead Technology's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ashtead Technology is more favorable than Anglo-Eastern Plantations.
In the previous week, Ashtead Technology had 1 more articles in the media than Anglo-Eastern Plantations. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ashtead Technology and 1 mentions for Anglo-Eastern Plantations. Ashtead Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Anglo-Eastern Plantations' score of 0.00 indicating that Ashtead Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ashtead Technology beats Anglo-Eastern Plantations on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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