AST vs. LBE, PPP, CAD, STAR, SOUC, SNDA, UJO, BLOE, MSMN, and EOG
Should you be buying Ascent Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ascent Resources include Longboat Energy (LBE), Pennpetro Energy (PPP), Cadogan Energy Solutions (CAD), Star Energy Group (STAR), Southern Energy (SOUC), Sunda Energy (SNDA), Union Jack Oil (UJO), Block Energy (BLOE), Mosman Oil and Gas (MSMN), and Europa Oil & Gas (EOG). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Ascent Resources vs. Its Competitors
Longboat Energy (LON:LBE) and Ascent Resources (LON:AST) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.
Longboat Energy has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ascent Resources has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Longboat Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ascent Resources'average media sentiment score.
38.1% of Longboat Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.7% of Ascent Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.5% of Longboat Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Ascent Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Longboat Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ascent Resources' net margin of -3,901.89%. Ascent Resources' return on equity of 432.64% beat Longboat Energy's return on equity.
Ascent Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Longboat Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Longboat Energy beats Ascent Resources on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:AST) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
