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Ashtead Technology (AT) Competitors

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GBX 325.50 -5.50 (-1.66%)
As of 08/15/2025

AT vs. AEP, NFG, PAM, UTL, BHI, GMP, CTP, ET, PVR, and CLP

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 Clear Leisure (CLP). 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

75.9% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 70.5% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ashtead Technology£139.68M1.85£24.26M£30.9810.51
Anglo-Eastern Plantations£461.13M1.23£81.78M£129.218.75

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

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
Ashtead Technology17.37% 23.56% 13.14%
Anglo-Eastern Plantations 17.74%12.46%7.34%

Ashtead Technology currently has a consensus target price of GBX 721.25, indicating a potential upside of 121.58%. Given Ashtead Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ashtead Technology is more favorable than Anglo-Eastern Plantations.

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

In the previous week, Anglo-Eastern Plantations had 4 more articles in the media than Ashtead Technology. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Anglo-Eastern Plantations and 0 mentions for Ashtead Technology. Anglo-Eastern Plantations' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Ashtead Technology's score of 0.00 indicating that Anglo-Eastern Plantations is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ashtead Technology Neutral
Anglo-Eastern Plantations Neutral

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 2.1%. 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.

Summary

Ashtead Technology and Anglo-Eastern Plantations tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AT vs. The Competition

MetricAshtead TechnologyOil & Gas Equipment & Services IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£258.14M£362.91M£7.76B£3.09B
Dividend Yield0.21%19.75%10.99%5.04%
P/E Ratio10.519.1873.41174.60
Price / Sales1.85108.3624,874.81282,733.39
Price / Cash59.2026.6935.8727.94
Price / Book2.362.734.185.38
Net Income£24.26M£38.57M£4.25B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-9.58%-1.95%0.22%-0.13%
1 Month Performance-27.75%-2.12%1.29%1.01%
1 Year Performance-59.67%12.02%8.92%64.41%

Ashtead Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AT
Ashtead Technology
2.2777 of 5 stars
GBX 325.50
-1.7%
GBX 721.25
+121.6%
-58.6%£258.14M£139.68M10.51559High Trading Volume
AEP
Anglo-Eastern Plantations
N/AGBX 900
-1.7%
N/A+79.9%£449.96M£461.13M6.9712,671High Trading Volume
NFG
Next 15 Group
3.6717 of 5 stars
GBX 271.50
-1.1%
GBX 580
+113.6%
-69.2%£274.01M£741.75M4.462,130
PAM
Premier Asset Management Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£194.15M£53.26M16.386,286Gap Down
UTL
UIL
N/AGBX 131.50
+0.8%
N/A+25.0%£116.30M-£16.90M-4.41520Dividend Announcement
BHI
BMO UK High Income Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£99.66M£3.93M40.952,980Gap Up
GMP
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust
N/AGBX 9.05
flat
N/AN/A£93.53M£540.33M31.12N/A
CTP
Castleton Technology
N/AN/AN/AN/A£77.42M£25.08M20.60169
ET
Establishment Investment Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£43.40M-£2.92M-10.9612,600Gap Up
PVR
Providence Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/A£34.84MN/A-3.192Gap Down
CLP
Clear Leisure
N/AN/AN/AN/A£24.23M£39K-13.504Gap Up

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This page (LON:AT) was last updated on 8/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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