Ashtead Technology (AT) 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.

Do analysts recommend AT or AEP?

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, AT or AEP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ashtead Technology	£139.68M	1.88	£24.26M	£30.98	10.70
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	£436.63M	1.16	£81.78M	£223.74	5.81

Which has more volatility & risk, AT or AEP?

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.

Does the media prefer AT or AEP?

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

Is AT or AEP 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
Ashtead Technology	17.37%	23.56%	13.14%
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	17.74%	12.46%	7.34%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AT or AEP?

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.

Is AT or AEP a better dividend stock?

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.