Assura (AGR) Competitors

Anglo-Eastern Plantations (LON:AEP) and Assura (LON:AGR) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Is AEP or AGR more profitable?

Anglo-Eastern Plantations has a net margin of 17.74% compared to Assura's net margin of -18.09%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations' return on equity of 12.46% beat Assura's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	17.74%	12.46%	7.34%
Assura	-18.09%	-1.92%	2.82%

Do analysts prefer AEP or AGR?

Assura has a consensus price target of GBX 60, suggesting a potential upside of 26.37%. Given Assura's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Assura is more favorable than Anglo-Eastern Plantations.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Assura	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in AEP or AGR?

7.7% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Assura shares are held by institutional investors. 53.9% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Assura shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, AEP or AGR?

Anglo-Eastern Plantations has higher revenue and earnings than Assura. Anglo-Eastern Plantations is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Assura, 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
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	£436.63M	1.18	£81.78M	£223.74	5.88
Assura	£183.80M	8.39	-£34.15M	£0.05	895.85

Does the media prefer AEP or AGR?

In the previous week, Anglo-Eastern Plantations and Anglo-Eastern Plantations both had 1 articles in the media. Assura's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Anglo-Eastern Plantations' score of 0.30 indicating that Assura is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Assura	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AEP or AGR a better dividend stock?

Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays an annual dividend of GBX 51.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Assura pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays out 23.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Assura pays out 63.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Anglo-Eastern Plantations is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, AEP or AGR?

Anglo-Eastern Plantations has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Assura has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Anglo-Eastern Plantations beats Assura on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.