Ashtead Technology (AT) Competitors

Anglo-Eastern Plantations (LON:AEP) and Ashtead Technology (LON:AT) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AEP or AT?

7.7% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Ashtead Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.9% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Ashtead Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AEP or AT a better dividend stock?

Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Ashtead Technology pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays out 23.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ashtead Technology pays out 3.2% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AEP or AT?

Anglo-Eastern Plantations has higher revenue and earnings than Ashtead Technology. Ashtead Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anglo-Eastern Plantations, 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
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	£436.63M	1.11	£81.78M	£2.24	551.98
Ashtead Technology	£139.68M	2.04	£24.26M	£30.98	11.62

Which has more risk & volatility, AEP or AT?

Anglo-Eastern Plantations has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashtead Technology has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AEP or AT more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	17.74%	12.46%	7.34%
Ashtead Technology	17.37%	23.56%	13.14%

Does the media favor AEP or AT?

In the previous week, Ashtead Technology had 8 more articles in the media than Anglo-Eastern Plantations. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ashtead Technology and 0 mentions for Anglo-Eastern Plantations. Ashtead Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Anglo-Eastern Plantations' score of 0.00 indicating that Ashtead Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	Neutral
Ashtead Technology	Neutral

Do analysts rate AEP or AT?

Ashtead Technology has a consensus target price of GBX 646.25, suggesting a potential upside of 79.51%. Given Ashtead Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ashtead Technology is more favorable than Anglo-Eastern Plantations.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Ashtead Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Ashtead Technology beats Anglo-Eastern Plantations on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.