AT vs. AEP, NFG, PAM, UTL, BHI, GMP, CTP, ET, PVR, and CEG
Should you be buying Ashtead Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ashtead Technology include Anglo-Eastern Plantations (AEP), Next 15 Group (NFG), Premier Asset Management Group (PAM), UIL (UTL), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHI), Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust (GMP), Castleton Technology (CTP), Establishment Investment Trust (ET), Providence Resources (PVR), and Challenger Energy Group (CEG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Ashtead Technology vs. Its Competitors
Ashtead Technology (LON:AT) and Anglo-Eastern Plantations (LON:AEP) are both small-cap utilities 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.
Ashtead Technology pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Ashtead Technology pays out 3.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays out 18.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Ashtead Technology has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anglo-Eastern Plantations has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations has higher revenue and earnings than Ashtead Technology. Anglo-Eastern Plantations is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashtead Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ashtead Technology currently has a consensus target price of GBX 720, suggesting a potential upside of 121.88%. Given Ashtead Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ashtead Technology is more favorable than Anglo-Eastern Plantations.
In the previous week, Ashtead Technology had 2 more articles in the media than Anglo-Eastern Plantations. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ashtead Technology and 1 mentions for Anglo-Eastern Plantations. Anglo-Eastern Plantations' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Ashtead Technology's score of -0.45 indicating that Anglo-Eastern Plantations is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations has a net margin of 17.74% compared to Ashtead Technology's net margin of 17.37%. Ashtead Technology's return on equity of 23.56% beat Anglo-Eastern Plantations' return on equity.
75.9% of Ashtead Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Ashtead Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.5% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are owned by company 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.
Summary
Ashtead Technology beats Anglo-Eastern Plantations on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:AT) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff