Cadogan Energy Solutions (CAD) Competitors

Ascent Resources (LON:AST) and Cadogan Energy Solutions (LON:CAD) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in AST or CAD?

3.1% of Ascent Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.5% of Cadogan Energy Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.3% of Ascent Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.2% of Cadogan Energy Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AST or CAD?

Cadogan Energy Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Ascent Resources.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ascent Resources	£1.94M	2.49	-£41.09M	-£0.22	-10.55
Cadogan Energy Solutions	£6.25M	0.88	-£1.56M	N/A	N/A

Is AST or CAD more profitable?

Cadogan Energy Solutions has a net margin of 0.21% compared to Cadogan Energy Solutions' net margin of 0.00%. Ascent Resources' return on equity of 0.04% beat Cadogan Energy Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ascent Resources	N/A	-214.17%	-122.61%
Cadogan Energy Solutions	0.21%	0.04%	-2.42%

Do analysts recommend AST or CAD?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ascent Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Cadogan Energy Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AST or CAD?

Ascent Resources received 55 more outperform votes than Cadogan Energy Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.46% of users gave Cadogan Energy Solutions an outperform vote while only 60.73% of users gave Ascent Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ascent Resources	Outperform Votes 133 60.73%	Underperform Votes 86 39.27%
Cadogan Energy Solutions	Outperform Votes 78 64.46%	Underperform Votes 43 35.54%

Which has more risk & volatility, AST or CAD?

Ascent Resources has a beta of -0.02, meaning that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cadogan Energy Solutions has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to AST or CAD?

In the previous week, Ascent Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Cadogan Energy Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ascent Resources and 0 mentions for Cadogan Energy Solutions. Ascent Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Cadogan Energy Solutions' score of 0.22 indicating that Cadogan Energy Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ascent Resources	Neutral
Cadogan Energy Solutions	Neutral

Summary

Cadogan Energy Solutions beats Ascent Resources on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.