Hunting (HTG) Competitors

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

Is HTG or AT more profitable?

Ashtead Technology has a net margin of 17.37% compared to Hunting's net margin of 13.47%. Ashtead Technology's return on equity of 23.56% beat Hunting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hunting	13.47%	13.25%	4.21%
Ashtead Technology	17.37%	23.56%	13.14%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in HTG or AT?

63.2% of Hunting shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Ashtead Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.2% of Hunting shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Ashtead Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, HTG or AT?

Hunting has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashtead Technology has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HTG or AT a better dividend stock?

Hunting pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Ashtead Technology pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Hunting pays out 13.3% 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.

Does the media prefer HTG or AT?

In the previous week, Ashtead Technology had 1 more articles in the media than Hunting. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ashtead Technology and 0 mentions for Hunting. Ashtead Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Hunting's score of 0.00 indicating that Ashtead Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hunting	Neutral
Ashtead Technology	Positive

Do analysts recommend HTG or AT?

Hunting currently has a consensus target price of GBX 560, indicating a potential upside of 111.72%. Ashtead Technology has a consensus target price of GBX 830, indicating a potential upside of 83.83%. Given Hunting's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hunting is more favorable than Ashtead Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hunting	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ashtead Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher earnings & valuation, HTG or AT?

Hunting has higher revenue and earnings than Ashtead Technology. Hunting 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
Hunting	£1.15B	0.47	£154.42M	£59.99	4.41
Ashtead Technology	£139.68M	2.56	£24.26M	£30.98	14.58

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HTG or AT?

Hunting received 442 more outperform votes than Ashtead Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Ashtead Technology an outperform vote while only 60.40% of users gave Hunting an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hunting	Outperform Votes 453 60.40%	Underperform Votes 297 39.60%
Ashtead Technology	Outperform Votes 11 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Summary

Ashtead Technology beats Hunting on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.