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Ashtead Technology (AT) Competitors

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GBX 331.50 +6.50 (+2.00%)
As of 10/20/2025

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. 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

Ashtead Technology currently has a consensus price target of GBX 646.25, indicating a potential upside of 94.95%. Given Ashtead Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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

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£139.68M1.88£24.26M£30.9810.70
Anglo-Eastern Plantations£436.63M1.16£81.78M£223.745.81

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

In the previous week, Anglo-Eastern Plantations had 1 more articles in the media than Ashtead Technology. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Anglo-Eastern Plantations and 0 mentions for Ashtead Technology. Ashtead Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Anglo-Eastern Plantations'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ashtead Technology Neutral
Anglo-Eastern Plantations Neutral

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%

75.9% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.7% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 53.9% 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Ashtead Technology pays out 3.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays out 0.2% 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 9 of the 17 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£262.90M£381.62M£7.70B£2.57B
Dividend Yield0.21%19.78%10.89%5.38%
P/E Ratio10.7010.8317.23500.32
Price / Sales1.8879.641,439.8298,879.59
Price / Cash59.2026.6936.1827.90
Price / Book2.402.324.608.15
Net Income£24.26M£38.57M£4.26B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-3.91%-0.54%-0.88%-0.31%
1 Month Performance-8.93%-0.92%1.11%0.81%
1 Year Performance-42.45%8.86%16.05%129.13%

Ashtead Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AT
Ashtead Technology
3.3854 of 5 stars
GBX 331.50
+2.0%
GBX 646.25
+94.9%
-43.6%£262.90M£139.68M10.70559High Trading Volume
AEP
Anglo-Eastern Plantations
N/AGBX 1,340
-0.4%
N/A+92.6%£523.98M£436.63M598.9112,671
NFG
Next 15 Group
2.6791 of 5 stars
GBX 365
-1.4%
GBX 498
+36.4%
-15.2%£368.38M£689.95M2,370.132,130
PAM
Premier Asset Management Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£194.15M£53.26M16.386,286Gap Down
UTL
UIL
N/AGBX 145.30
-0.5%
N/A+50.0%£134.23M£22.15M1,299.64520Positive News
Dividend 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 8.50
flat
N/AN/A£87.84M£540.33M29.23N/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
CEG
Challenger Energy Group
N/AGBX 12.60
+0.8%
N/A+107.8%£31.41M£1.63M-768.2913,400

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This page (LON:AT) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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