Ascent Resources (AST) Competitors

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AST vs. PXEN, BLOE, SOUC, RBD, and ANGS

Should you buy Ascent Resources stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Ascent Resources with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Ascent Resources include Prospex Energy (PXEN), Block Energy (BLOE), Southern Energy (SOUC), Reabold Resources (RBD), and Angus Energy (ANGS). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

How does Ascent Resources compare to Prospex Energy?

Prospex Energy (LON:PXEN) and Ascent Resources (LON:AST) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Prospex Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ascent Resources'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Prospex Energy	Neutral
Ascent Resources	Neutral

Prospex Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ascent Resources' net margin of -3,807.79%. Ascent Resources' return on equity of 764.54% beat Prospex Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Prospex Energy	N/A	-11.53%	-3.67%
Ascent Resources	-3,807.79%	764.54%	-114.93%

Prospex Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ascent Resources. Prospex 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Prospex Energy	N/A	N/A	-£764.74	-£0.67	N/A
Ascent Resources	£77K	37.83	-£2.87M	-£98.49	N/A

Prospex Energy has a beta of -0.49, meaning that its share price is 149% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Ascent Resources has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its share price is 99% less volatile than the broader market.

1.2% of Prospex Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ascent Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 21.9% of Prospex Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Ascent Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Prospex Energy beats Ascent Resources on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Ascent Resources compare to Block Energy?

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

Block Energy has a net margin of -41.63% compared to Ascent Resources' net margin of -3,807.79%. Ascent Resources' return on equity of 764.54% beat Block Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ascent Resources	-3,807.79%	764.54%	-114.93%
Block Energy	-41.63%	-9.99%	-3.56%

0.2% of Ascent Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.7% of Block Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Ascent Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Block Energy 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.

Ascent Resources has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Block Energy has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the broader market.

Block Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Ascent Resources. Block 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ascent Resources	£77K	37.83	-£2.87M	-£98.49	N/A
Block Energy	£6.06M	2.43	-£1.62M	-£0.31	N/A

In the previous week, Ascent Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Block Energy'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ascent Resources	Neutral
Block Energy	Neutral

Summary

Block Energy beats Ascent Resources on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Ascent Resources compare to Southern Energy?

Ascent Resources (LON:AST) and Southern Energy (LON:SOUC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Ascent Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Southern Energy. Southern 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ascent Resources	£77K	37.83	-£2.87M	-£98.49	N/A
Southern Energy	£18.45M	0.69	-£60.31M	-£1.00	N/A

In the previous week, Ascent Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Southern Energy'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ascent Resources	Neutral
Southern Energy	Neutral

Southern Energy has a net margin of -30.66% compared to Ascent Resources' net margin of -3,807.79%. Ascent Resources' return on equity of 764.54% beat Southern Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ascent Resources	-3,807.79%	764.54%	-114.93%
Southern Energy	-30.66%	-36.17%	-34.47%

0.2% of Ascent Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of Southern Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Ascent Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Southern Energy shares are held by 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 a beta of 0.01, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Southern Energy has a beta of 0.063, meaning that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the broader market.

Summary

Southern Energy beats Ascent Resources on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Ascent Resources compare to Reabold Resources?

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

In the previous week, Reabold Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ascent Resources'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Reabold Resources	Neutral
Ascent Resources	Neutral

Reabold Resources has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ascent Resources' net margin of -3,807.79%. Ascent Resources' return on equity of 764.54% beat Reabold Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Reabold Resources	N/A	-12.92%	-4.05%
Ascent Resources	-3,807.79%	764.54%	-114.93%

Ascent Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Reabold Resources. Reabold Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ascent Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Reabold Resources	N/A	N/A	-£5.50M	-£20.00	N/A
Ascent Resources	£77K	37.83	-£2.87M	-£98.49	N/A

Reabold Resources has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Ascent Resources has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its share price is 99% less volatile than the broader market.

11.1% of Reabold Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ascent Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 28.2% of Reabold Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Ascent Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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

How does Ascent Resources compare to Angus Energy?

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

0.2% of Ascent Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Angus Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Ascent Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 43.2% of Angus Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Ascent Resources has a beta of 0.01, indicating that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Angus Energy has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Ascent Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Angus Energy'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ascent Resources	Neutral
Angus Energy	Neutral

Angus Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Ascent Resources. Ascent Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Angus Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ascent Resources	£77K	37.83	-£2.87M	-£98.49	N/A
Angus Energy	£28.53M	0.41	£9.90M	£0.19	1.29

Angus Energy has a net margin of -19.73% compared to Ascent Resources' net margin of -3,807.79%. Ascent Resources' return on equity of 764.54% beat Angus Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ascent Resources	-3,807.79%	764.54%	-114.93%
Angus Energy	-19.73%	-11.33%	0.30%

Summary

Angus Energy beats Ascent Resources on 9 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

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.

AST vs. The Competition

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Metric	Ascent Resources	Oil & Gas E&P Industry	Energy Sector	LON Exchange
Market Cap	£2.91M	£1.91B	£10.12B	£2.80B
Dividend Yield	3.97%	7.56%	10.42%	6.18%
P/E Ratio	0.00	30.61	19.88	366.94
Price / Sales	37.83	2,430.37	751.12	86,476.21
Price / Cash	40.00	85.53	37.26	27.85
Price / Book	-1.31	2.39	4.17	7.77
Net Income	-£2.87M	£82.07M	£4.24B	£5.89B
7 Day Performance	-22.22%	-2.84%	-2.49%	0.76%
1 Month Performance	-36.36%	-6.08%	-4.67%	1.84%
1 Year Performance	-23.58%	37.84%	35.23%	73.86%

Ascent Resources Competitors List

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
AST Ascent Resources	N/A	GBX 0.35 -10.3%	N/A	-14.8%	£2.91M	£77K	N/A	7	Gap Down
PXEN Prospex Energy	N/A	GBX 3.30 -7.3%	N/A	-41.8%	£14.32M	N/A	N/A	7	Positive News Gap Down High Trading Volume
BLOE Block Energy	N/A	GBX 0.93 -2.1%	N/A	+1.3%	£13.67M	£6.06M	N/A	168
SOUC Southern Energy	N/A	GBX 3.65 -8.8%	N/A	+12.1%	£13.37M	£18.45M	N/A	19	Gap Down
RBD Reabold Resources	N/A	GBX 88.90 -2.6%	N/A	+70.6%	£12.89M	N/A	N/A	4	Positive News

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Ascent Resources (AST) Competitors

AST vs. PXEN, BLOE, SOUC, RBD, and ANGS

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Ascent Resources (AST) Competitors

AST vs. PXEN, BLOE, SOUC, RBD, and ANGS

How does Ascent Resources compare to Prospex Energy?

Does the media prefer PXEN or AST?

Is PXEN or AST more profitable?

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PXEN or AST?

Which has more volatility and risk, PXEN or AST?

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PXEN or AST?

Summary

How does Ascent Resources compare to Block Energy?

Is AST or BLOE more profitable?

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AST or BLOE?

Which has more volatility & risk, AST or BLOE?

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, AST or BLOE?

Does the media prefer AST or BLOE?

Summary

How does Ascent Resources compare to Southern Energy?

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AST or SOUC?

Does the media favor AST or SOUC?

Is AST or SOUC more profitable?

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in AST or SOUC?

Which has more risk and volatility, AST or SOUC?

Summary

How does Ascent Resources compare to Reabold Resources?

Does the media refer more to RBD or AST?

Is RBD or AST more profitable?

Which has higher valuation and earnings, RBD or AST?

Which has more volatility & risk, RBD or AST?

Do institutionals & insiders believe in RBD or AST?

Summary

How does Ascent Resources compare to Angus Energy?

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AST or ANGS?

Which has more volatility & risk, AST or ANGS?

Does the media refer more to AST or ANGS?

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AST or ANGS?

Is AST or ANGS more profitable?

Summary

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

Media Sentiment Over Time

AST vs. The Competition

Ascent Resources Competitors List

Related Companies and Tools

MarketBeat All Access Features

Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring

Stock Ideas and Recommendations

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