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Ashtead Group (AHT) Competitors

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GBX 5,314.46 -47.54 (-0.89%)
As of 10/17/2025 12:03 PM Eastern

AHT vs. LSE, WPY, LAND, TW, SAFE, SIR, CLIN, EVR, BGSC, and GROW

Should you be buying Ashtead Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ashtead Group include London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) (LSE), Worldpay (WPY), Land Securities Group (LAND), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Safestore (SAFE), Secure Income REIT (SIR), Clinigen Group (CLIN), EVRAZ (EVR), BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), and Molten Ventures (GROW). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

Ashtead Group vs. Its Competitors

Ashtead Group (LON:AHT) and London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) (LON:LSE) are both large-cap trading companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Ashtead Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) pays an annual dividend of GBX 73 per share. Ashtead Group pays out 57.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) pays out 64.9% 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. Ashtead Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Ashtead Group has higher revenue and earnings than London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L). London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashtead Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ashtead Group£10.84B2.07£1.93B£3.411,556.67
London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L)£2.41B0.00N/A£112.40N/A

71.4% of Ashtead Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Ashtead Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Ashtead Group has a net margin of 14.08% compared to London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L)'s net margin of 0.00%. Ashtead Group's return on equity of 21.43% beat London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L)'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ashtead Group14.08% 21.43% 7.78%
London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) N/A N/A N/A

Ashtead Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 5,825, suggesting a potential upside of 9.61%. Given Ashtead Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ashtead Group is more favorable than London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L).

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ashtead Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L)
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Ashtead Group had 3 more articles in the media than London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L). MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ashtead Group and 0 mentions for London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L). Ashtead Group's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Ashtead Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ashtead Group Positive
London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) Neutral

Summary

Ashtead Group beats London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AHT vs. The Competition

MetricAshtead GroupRental & Leasing Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£22.42B£3.00B£7.83B£2.57B
Dividend Yield1.60%5.16%4.59%5.37%
P/E Ratio1,556.67252.49284.164,124.89
Price / Sales2.0759.721,243.9699,406.89
Price / Cash820.97107.2627.7427.90
Price / Book3.111.674.798.11
Net Income£1.93B£240.18M£790.12M£5.89B
7 Day Performance4.04%-0.44%0.10%-0.62%
1 Month Performance1.54%-1.14%1.19%0.73%
1 Year Performance-9.95%9.09%26.51%128.71%

Ashtead Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AHT
Ashtead Group
1.6238 of 5 stars
GBX 5,314.46
-0.9%
GBX 5,825
+9.6%
-10.0%£22.42B£10.84B1,556.67120Dividend Cut
LSE
London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£30.31B£2.41B76.694,965News Coverage
WPY
Worldpay
N/AN/AN/AN/A£29.39B£4.04B194.44190
LAND
Land Securities Group
2.3115 of 5 stars
GBX 621
flat
GBX 693.25
+11.6%
-4.0%£4.54B£832M1,171.70598Positive News
TW
Taylor Wimpey
4.0458 of 5 stars
GBX 104.35
-0.7%
GBX 133.43
+27.9%
-37.6%£3.75B£3.45B15.221,090High Trading Volume
SAFE
Safestore
2.7866 of 5 stars
GBX 714.50
+0.4%
GBX 820
+14.8%
-20.1%£1.54B£227.10M530.44120
SIR
Secure Income REIT
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.49B£122.40M743.55N/A
CLIN
Clinigen Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.23B£565.60M64.691,000
EVR
EVRAZ
1.6894 of 5 stars
GBX 81
flat
N/AN/A£1.18B£15.41B65.8571,591
BGSC
BMO Global Smaller Companies
N/AN/AN/AN/A£769.56M£303.85M2.77N/A
GROW
Molten Ventures
2.0666 of 5 stars
GBX 405.20
0.0%
GBX 580
+43.1%
-1.9%£713.81M£31.70M-101,300.0020

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This page (LON:AHT) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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