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Hunting (HTG) Competitors

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GBX 351.50 +2.50 (+0.72%)
As of 10/24/2025 11:46 AM Eastern

HTG vs. AT, GMS, CNEL, PFC, TAND, POS, PRES, ADES, VLS, and THAL

Should you be buying Hunting stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hunting include Ashtead Technology (AT), Gulf Marine Services (GMS), China New Energy Limited (CNEL.L) (CNEL), Petrofac (PFC), Tan Delta Systems (TAND), Plexus (POS), Pressure Technologies (PRES), ADES International (ADES), Velocys (VLS), and Thalassa (THAL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.

Hunting vs. Its Competitors

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

75.9% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of Hunting shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Hunting shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Hunting had 8 more articles in the media than Ashtead Technology. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hunting and 1 mentions for Ashtead Technology. Ashtead Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Hunting's score of 0.50 indicating that Ashtead Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ashtead Technology
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hunting
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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
Ashtead Technology17.37% 23.56% 13.14%
Hunting 13.47%13.25%4.21%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ashtead Technology£139.68M1.92£24.26M£30.9810.91
Hunting£1.08B0.50£154.42M-£21.20-16.58

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

Ashtead Technology pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Hunting pays an annual dividend of GBX 11.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Ashtead Technology pays out 3.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hunting pays out -55.0% 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. Hunting is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Ashtead Technology currently has a consensus target price of GBX 646.25, indicating a potential upside of 91.20%. Hunting has a consensus target price of GBX 498, indicating a potential upside of 41.68%. Given Ashtead Technology's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ashtead Technology is more favorable than Hunting.

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
Hunting
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Ashtead Technology beats Hunting on 10 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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HTG vs. The Competition

MetricHuntingOil & Gas Equipment & Services IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£507.44M£410.39M£7.85B£2.66B
Dividend Yield2.82%19.75%10.82%5.35%
P/E Ratio-16.5811.2016.39400.09
Price / Sales0.5077.531,422.2098,316.31
Price / Cash5.5626.6936.7227.90
Price / Book0.612.254.477.26
Net Income£154.42M£38.57M£4.26B£5.88B
7 Day Performance13.02%2.32%2.65%1.07%
1 Month Performance2.93%-2.13%-0.06%1.36%
1 Year Performance16.20%12.19%17.69%121.87%

Hunting Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HTG
Hunting
3.5861 of 5 stars
GBX 351.50
+0.7%
GBX 498
+41.7%
+16.2%£507.44M£1.08B-16.582,341News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
AT
Ashtead Technology
3.7846 of 5 stars
GBX 345
flat
GBX 646.25
+87.3%
-42.6%£273.61M£139.68M11.14559News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
GMS
Gulf Marine Services
N/AGBX 15.10
-2.3%
N/A-9.8%£173.98M£173.84M487.105,480
CNEL
China New Energy Limited (CNEL.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£33.33MN/A-0.0879News Coverage
Gap Down
PFC
Petrofac
N/AN/AN/AN/A£26.88M£3.30B-0.058,600Gap Up
TAND
Tan Delta Systems
N/AGBX 27
+10.2%
N/A+0.0%£19.77M£1.08M-1,350.0011Gap Down
POS
Plexus
N/AGBX 7.64
-6.3%
N/A-25.8%£13.19M£10.51M-1,252.1338
PRES
Pressure Technologies
N/AN/AN/AN/A£12.88M£32.78M-25.20207News Coverage
ADES
ADES International
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.09M£452.11M26.62140
VLS
Velocys
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.50M£94K-27.3039
THAL
Thalassa
N/AGBX 22.75
-7.1%
N/A+0.0%£3.79M-£219.39K-175.005Gap Up

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This page (LON:HTG) was last updated on 10/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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