HTG vs. AT, GMS, EGY, TLW, DEC, PTAL, SQZ, SAVE, TGA, and SEPL
Should you be buying Hunting stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hunting include Ashtead Technology (AT), Gulf Marine Services (GMS), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Tullow Oil (TLW), Diversified Energy (DEC), PetroTal (PTAL), Serica Energy (SQZ), Savannah Energy (SAVE), Thungela Resources (TGA), and Seplat Energy (SEPL). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Ashtead Technology (LON:AT) and Hunting (LON:HTG) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
Ashtead Technology currently has a consensus price target of GBX 775, indicating a potential upside of 4.45%. Hunting has a consensus price target of GBX 407, indicating a potential upside of 14.81%. Given Ashtead Technology's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hunting is more favorable than Ashtead Technology.
In the previous week, Ashtead Technology had 9 more articles in the media than Hunting. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Ashtead Technology and 5 mentions for Hunting. Hunting's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Ashtead Technology's score of 0.35 indicating that Ashtead Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ashtead Technology pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Hunting pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Ashtead Technology pays out 476.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hunting pays out 1,454.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Hunting received 433 more outperform votes than Ashtead Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Ashtead Technology an outperform vote while only 59.65% of users gave Hunting an outperform vote.
Ashtead Technology has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hunting has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
86.3% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Hunting shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Hunting shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Ashtead Technology has a net margin of 18.85% compared to Ashtead Technology's net margin of 12.60%. Hunting's return on equity of 22.43% beat Ashtead Technology's return on equity.
Summary
Ashtead Technology beats Hunting on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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