AST vs. EME, WTE, CLON, SCIR, COPL, PET, UOG, WCAT, STA, and UKOG
Should you be buying Ascent Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ascent Resources include Empyrean Energy (EME), Westmount Energy (WTE), Clontarf Energy (CLON), Scirocco Energy (SCIR), Canadian Overseas Petroleum (COPL), Petrel Resources (PET), United Oil & Gas (UOG), Wildcat Petroleum (WCAT), Star Phoenix Group (STA), and UK Oil & Gas (UKOG). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Ascent Resources vs. Its Competitors
Empyrean Energy (LON:EME) and Ascent Resources (LON:AST) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
Ascent Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Empyrean Energy. Ascent Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Empyrean Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
0.9% of Empyrean Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.8% of Ascent Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 57.7% of Empyrean Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of Ascent Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Empyrean 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 Empyrean Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ascent Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Empyrean Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ascent Resources and 0 mentions for Empyrean Energy. Empyrean Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ascent Resources'average media sentiment score.
Empyrean Energy has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ascent Resources has a beta of 0.01, indicating that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ascent Resources beats Empyrean Energy on 7 of the 11 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:AST) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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