AST vs. SOU, MATD, 88E, ANGS, SOUC, LBE, TRP, EOG, PPP, and STAR
Should you be buying Ascent Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ascent Resources include Sound Energy (SOU), Petro Matad (MATD), 88 Energy (88E), Angus Energy (ANGS), Southern Energy (SOUC), Longboat Energy (LBE), Tower Resources (TRP), Europa Oil & Gas (EOG), Pennpetro Energy (PPP), and Star Energy Group (STAR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Ascent Resources vs. Its Competitors
Ascent Resources (LON:AST) and Sound Energy (LON:SOU) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and risk.
68.7% of Ascent Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Sound Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Ascent Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Sound Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ascent Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Sound Energy. Sound Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ascent Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ascent Resources has a beta of 0.01, indicating that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sound Energy has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sound 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 Sound Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Sound Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Ascent Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sound Energy and 1 mentions for Ascent Resources. Ascent Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Sound Energy's score of -0.24 indicating that Ascent Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Sound Energy beats Ascent Resources on 7 of the 13 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 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
