Assura (AGR) Competitors

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

Does the media favor AEP or AGR?

In the previous week, Assura had 1 more articles in the media than Anglo-Eastern Plantations. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Assura and 1 mentions for Anglo-Eastern Plantations. Assura's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Anglo-Eastern Plantations' score of 0.59 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)	Positive
Assura	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AEP or AGR?

6.4% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of Assura shares are held by institutional investors. 70.5% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Assura shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, AEP or AGR?

Anglo-Eastern Plantations has higher revenue and earnings than Assura. Assura is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anglo-Eastern Plantations, 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	£461.13M	0.96	£81.78M	£129.21	6.87
Assura	£188.76M	8.61	-£34.15M	-£1.05	-47.72

Which has more risk and volatility, AEP or AGR?

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

Is AEP or AGR a better dividend stock?

Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Assura pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays out 18.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Assura pays out -286.8% 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. Assura is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer AEP or AGR?

Assura has a consensus target price of GBX 51, indicating a potential upside of 2.16%. Given Assura's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

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%

Summary

Anglo-Eastern Plantations and Assura tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.