AHT vs. LSE, WPY, BXP, LAND, TW, SAFE, SIR, CLIN, EVR, and BGSC
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), Beximco Pharmaceuticals (BXP), Land Securities Group (LAND), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Safestore (SAFE), Secure Income REIT (SIR), Clinigen Group (CLIN), EVRAZ (EVR), and BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Ashtead Group vs. Its Competitors
London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) (LON:LSE) and Ashtead Group (LON:AHT) are both large-cap trading companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
66.7% of Ashtead Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ashtead Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Ashtead Group had 2 more articles in the media than London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L). MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ashtead Group and 0 mentions for London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L). Ashtead Group's average media sentiment score of 0.34 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 news media.
Ashtead Group has a consensus target price of GBX 6,345, suggesting a potential upside of 33.80%. Given Ashtead Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ashtead Group is more favorable than London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L).
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.
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.
London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) pays an annual dividend of GBX 73 per share. Ashtead Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L) pays out 64.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ashtead Group pays out 28.5% 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.
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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:AHT) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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