ASC vs. DAL, SQZ, PAC, SHIP, TORO, RYA, PAL, NSH, ALK, and PXS
Should you be buying ASOS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASOS include Dalata Hotel Group (DAL), Serica Energy (SQZ), Pacific Assets (PAC), Tufton Oceanic Assets (SHIP), Chenavari Toro Income Fund (TORO), Ryanair (RYA), Equatorial Palm Oil plc (PAL.L) (PAL), Norish (NSH), Alkemy Capital Investments (ALK), and Provexis (PXS). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
ASOS vs. Its Competitors
ASOS (LON:ASC) and Dalata Hotel Group (LON:DAL) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.
ASOS has a beta of 2.86, suggesting that its stock price is 186% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dalata Hotel Group has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dalata Hotel Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ASOS. ASOS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dalata Hotel Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Dalata Hotel Group had 8 more articles in the media than ASOS. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Dalata Hotel Group and 0 mentions for ASOS. Dalata Hotel Group's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat ASOS's score of 0.00 indicating that Dalata Hotel Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ASOS presently has a consensus target price of GBX 445, indicating a potential upside of 43.09%. Dalata Hotel Group has a consensus target price of GBX 480, indicating a potential downside of 13.13%. Given ASOS's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ASOS is more favorable than Dalata Hotel Group.
32.0% of ASOS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of Dalata Hotel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.4% of ASOS shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Dalata Hotel Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dalata Hotel Group has a net margin of 13.44% compared to ASOS's net margin of -11.66%. Dalata Hotel Group's return on equity of 5.96% beat ASOS's return on equity.
Summary
Dalata Hotel Group beats ASOS on 11 of the 16 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:ASC) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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