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Ashtead Technology (AT) Competitors

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GBX 456.50 -11.00 (-2.35%)
As of 05/21/2025

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.

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

Ashtead Technology has a consensus target price of GBX 830, suggesting a potential upside of 81.82%. Given Ashtead Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

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 Plantations17.74% 12.46% 7.34%
Ashtead Technology 17.37%23.56%13.14%

Anglo-Eastern Plantations received 113 more outperform votes than Ashtead Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Ashtead Technology an outperform vote while only 68.51% of users gave Anglo-Eastern Plantations an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Anglo-Eastern PlantationsOutperform Votes
124
68.51%
Underperform Votes
57
31.49%
Ashtead TechnologyOutperform Votes
11
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Anglo-Eastern Plantations£461.13M0.82£81.78M£129.215.87
Ashtead Technology£139.68M2.59£24.26M£30.9814.74

In the previous week, Ashtead Technology had 3 more articles in the media than Anglo-Eastern Plantations. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ashtead Technology and 0 mentions for Anglo-Eastern Plantations. Anglo-Eastern Plantations' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ashtead Technology'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Anglo-Eastern Plantations Neutral
Ashtead Technology Neutral

Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Ashtead Technology pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays out 18.6% 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.

Summary

Ashtead Technology beats Anglo-Eastern Plantations on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AT vs. The Competition

MetricAshtead TechnologyOil & Gas Equipment & Services IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£362.04M£334.27M£7.28B£2.66B
Dividend Yield0.21%19.70%10.96%5.05%
P/E Ratio14.749.3054.45134.07
Price / Sales2.5952.6623,601.14213,407.41
Price / Cash59.2025.9435.5028.02
Price / Book3.312.273.533.79
Net Income£24.26M£10.66M£4.30B£5.88B
7 Day Performance-3.49%0.08%-0.76%0.38%
1 Month Performance-3.89%6.99%6.60%21.83%
1 Year Performance-45.26%6.55%178.64%120.81%

Ashtead Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AT
Ashtead Technology
2.0367 of 5 stars
GBX 456.50
-2.4%
GBX 830
+81.8%
-44.3%£362.04M£139.68M14.74559News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
AEP
Anglo-Eastern Plantations
N/AGBX 758
flat
N/AN/A£378.96M£461.13M5.8712,671
NFG
Next 15 Group
2.5557 of 5 stars
GBX 272.88
-2.7%
GBX 660
+141.9%
-71.4%£275.40M£741.75M4.482,130
PAM
Premier Asset Management Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£194.15M£53.26M16.386,286Gap Down
UTL
UIL
N/AGBX 117
+1.3%
N/A+11.7%£103.48M£-16,899,017.20-3.92520News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
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 8
flat
N/AN/A£82.67M£540.33M27.51N/AGap Up
CTP
Castleton Technology
N/AN/AN/AN/A£77.42M£25.08M20.60169
ET
Establishment Investment Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£43.40M£-2,924,000.00-10.9612,600Gap Up
PVR
Providence Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/A£34.84MN/A-3.192Gap Down
CEG
Challenger Energy Group
N/AGBX 8.05
-2.4%
N/A+5,420.0%£24.78M£5.19M-1.2013,400

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This page (LON:AT) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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