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Ascent Resources (AST) Competitors

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AST vs. ANGS, INDI, SOUC, UJO, CAD, LBE, STAR, PPP, EOG, and MSMN

Should you be buying Ascent Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ascent Resources include Angus Energy (ANGS), Indus Gas (INDI), Southern Energy (SOUC), Union Jack Oil (UJO), Cadogan Energy Solutions (CAD), Longboat Energy (LBE), Star Energy Group (STAR), Pennpetro Energy (PPP), Europa Oil & Gas (EOG), and Mosman Oil and Gas (MSMN). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Ascent Resources vs.

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

Ascent Resources received 98 more outperform votes than Angus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.73% of users gave Ascent Resources an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Angus Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ascent ResourcesOutperform Votes
133
60.73%
Underperform Votes
86
39.27%
Angus EnergyOutperform Votes
35
55.56%
Underperform Votes
28
44.44%

Angus Energy has a net margin of 34.71% compared to Ascent Resources' net margin of -3,901.89%. Ascent Resources' return on equity of 432.64% beat Angus Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ascent Resources-3,901.89% 432.64% -114.93%
Angus Energy 34.71%19.55%0.30%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ascent Resources£73.58K65.38-£2.87M-£0.98-1.63
Angus Energy£28.53M0.55£9.90M£0.191.71

17.8% of Ascent Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Angus Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 57.8% 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Angus Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Ascent Resources. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Angus Energy and 0 mentions for Ascent Resources. Angus Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Ascent Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Angus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ascent Resources Neutral
Angus Energy Positive

Ascent Resources has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Angus Energy has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Angus Energy beats Ascent Resources on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AST vs. The Competition

MetricAscent ResourcesOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£4.81M£1.54B£4.96B£2.62B
Dividend Yield3.97%8.23%9.80%5.03%
P/E Ratio-1.63177.3999.79160.16
Price / Sales65.38153,244.18105,866.74306,922.95
Price / Cash40.0089.7770.6927.80
Price / Book-5.991.663.105.14
Net Income-£2.87M£80.27M£10.09B£5.67B
7 Day Performance6.67%0.44%-0.68%3.27%
1 Month Performance-20.44%-2.36%-2.87%3.43%
1 Year Performance-38.46%51.42%28.25%33.90%

Ascent Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AST
Ascent Resources
N/AGBX 1.60
+3.2%
N/A-45.0%£4.81M£73,577.99-1.637Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ANGS
Angus Energy
N/AGBX 0.30
+1.7%
N/A-18.3%£13.26M£23.87M8.3328Positive News
INDI
Indus Gas
N/AGBX 7.21
+2.7%
N/AN/A£13.20M£42.93M90.18400Gap Up
SOUC
Southern Energy
N/AGBX 7.50
flat
N/A-28.9%£12.49M£15.37M-30.0019
UJO
Union Jack Oil
N/AGBX 10.85
-1.4%
N/A-29.9%£11.56M£3.82M1,085.004
CAD
Cadogan Energy Solutions
N/AGBX 4.50
-1.1%
N/A+78.2%£10.99M£10.09M450.0075Gap Down
LBE
Longboat Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£10.28MN/A-112.507
STAR
Star Energy Group
3.5295 of 5 stars
GBX 7.62
-4.4%
GBX 66
+766.4%
N/A£9.87M£48.91M-152.36145News Coverage
Gap Up
PPP
Pennpetro Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£9.58M£66,798.00-955.003Gap Up
EOG
Europa Oil & Gas
N/AGBX 0.84
+7.7%
N/A-25.7%£8.01M£4.38M23.502,850Gap Up
MSMN
Mosman Oil and Gas
N/AGBX 0.04
+5.3%
N/A+145.2%£7.80M£1.85M-0.56N/A

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This page (LON:AST) was last updated on 2/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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