Assura (AGR) Competitors

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

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

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AGR or AEP?

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
Assura	£188.76M	8.40	-£34.15M	-£1.05	-46.53
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	£461.13M	1.36	£81.78M	£129.21	9.67

Do analysts recommend AGR or AEP?

Assura currently has a consensus target price of GBX 51, indicating a potential upside of 4.77%. Given Assura's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Assura is more favorable than Anglo-Eastern Plantations.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Assura	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, AGR or AEP?

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

Is AGR or AEP a better dividend stock?

Assura pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Assura pays out -286.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays out 18.6% 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.

Does the media refer more to AGR or AEP?

In the previous week, Assura and Assura both had 11 articles in the media. Anglo-Eastern Plantations' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Assura's score of 0.86 indicating that Anglo-Eastern Plantations is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Assura	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AGR or AEP 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
Assura	-18.09%	-1.92%	2.82%
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	17.74%	12.46%	7.34%

Summary

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