Ascent Resources (AST) Competitors

Wildcat Petroleum (LON:WCAT) and Ascent Resources (LON:AST) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in WCAT or AST?

3.1% of Ascent Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 63.6% of Wildcat Petroleum shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.3% of Ascent Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, WCAT or AST?

Wildcat Petroleum has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ascent Resources.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wildcat Petroleum	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ascent Resources	£1.94M	2.37	-£41.09M	-£0.22	-10.00

Which has more risk and volatility, WCAT or AST?

Wildcat Petroleum has a beta of -0.17, suggesting that its share price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ascent Resources has a beta of -0.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WCAT or AST?

Ascent Resources received 133 more outperform votes than Wildcat Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wildcat Petroleum	N/A	N/A
Ascent Resources	Outperform Votes 133 60.73%	Underperform Votes 86 39.27%

Is WCAT or AST more profitable?

Ascent Resources' return on equity of 4.99% beat Wildcat Petroleum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wildcat Petroleum	N/A	4.99%	2.75%
Ascent Resources	N/A	-214.17%	-122.61%

Do analysts prefer WCAT or AST?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wildcat Petroleum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Ascent Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to WCAT or AST?

In the previous week, Ascent Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Wildcat Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ascent Resources and 0 mentions for Wildcat Petroleum. Wildcat Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Ascent Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Ascent Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wildcat Petroleum	Neutral
Ascent Resources	Positive

Summary

Ascent Resources beats Wildcat Petroleum on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.