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$12.02 -0.06 (-0.50%)
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ACNT vs. ASTL, FRD, HUHU, OCC, BWEN, APWC, INHD, AQMS, HWM, and MT

Should you be buying Ascent Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ascent Industries include Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Friedman Industries (FRD), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), Optical Cable (OCC), Broadwind Energy (BWEN), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC), Inno (INHD), Aqua Metals (AQMS), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), and ArcelorMittal (MT). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.

Ascent Industries vs. Its Competitors

Ascent Industries (NASDAQ:ACNT) and Algoma Steel Group (NASDAQ:ASTL) are both small-cap steel works companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Ascent Industries has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Algoma Steel Group has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

26.0% of Ascent Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of Algoma Steel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.3% of Ascent Industries 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.

Ascent Industries has a net margin of -2.51% compared to Algoma Steel Group's net margin of -13.51%. Ascent Industries' return on equity of -2.52% beat Algoma Steel Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ascent Industries-2.51% -2.52% -1.63%
Algoma Steel Group -13.51%-22.24%-10.20%

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ascent Industries
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Algoma Steel Group
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75

In the previous week, Algoma Steel Group had 9 more articles in the media than Ascent Industries. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Algoma Steel Group and 3 mentions for Ascent Industries. Ascent Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Algoma Steel Group's score of 0.30 indicating that Ascent Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ascent Industries
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Algoma Steel Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Ascent Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Algoma Steel Group. Ascent Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Algoma Steel Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ascent Industries$172.59M0.65-$13.60M-$0.29-41.45
Algoma Steel Group$2.49B0.19-$62.28M-$2.23-1.98

Summary

Ascent Industries beats Algoma Steel Group on 8 of the 14 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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ACNT vs. The Competition

MetricAscent IndustriesMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$112.60M$13.25B$7.84B$10.51B
Dividend YieldN/A24.45%4.60%4.80%
P/E Ratio-41.4522.12295.2227.36
Price / Sales0.656.861,267.63196.40
Price / Cash48.2117.3028.1461.53
Price / Book1.304.384.936.82
Net Income-$13.60M$498.10M$791.48M$276.89M
7 Day Performance-3.14%-0.79%0.02%0.27%
1 Month Performance-3.92%2.82%4.67%8.31%
1 Year Performance32.52%22.62%30.66%35.60%

Ascent Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACNT
Ascent Industries
0.3882 of 5 stars
$12.02
-0.5%
N/A+29.1%$112.60M$172.59M-41.45710
ASTL
Algoma Steel Group
2.6401 of 5 stars
$3.67
+2.8%
N/A-59.8%$385.09M$2.07B-1.652,844High Trading Volume
FRD
Friedman Industries
1.821 of 5 stars
$20.29
-1.4%
N/AN/A$143.23M$464.83M16.91100News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HUHU
HUHUTECH International Group
N/A$5.57
-3.1%
N/AN/A$117.25M$18.15M0.00N/APositive News
Gap Down
OCC
Optical Cable
0.5529 of 5 stars
$9.08
-3.7%
N/A+236.9%$80.54M$72.69M-64.85340
BWEN
Broadwind Energy
3.336 of 5 stars
$2.17
-2.3%
$4.50
+107.4%
+9.6%$50.00M$143.14M-21.70490
APWC
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable
0.6089 of 5 stars
$1.93
-5.9%
N/A+15.8%$39.79M$485.84M0.001,208Gap Down
High Trading Volume
INHD
Inno
0.7841 of 5 stars
$1.31
-2.2%
N/A-65.9%$14.34M$2.65M0.0011Gap Up
AQMS
Aqua Metals
2.2073 of 5 stars
$5.96
-5.2%
$30.00
+403.4%
-6.8%$8.38MN/A-0.1720News Coverage
Gap Down
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
4.471 of 5 stars
$191.26
+0.4%
$175.50
-8.2%
+87.9%$77.10B$7.72B55.9223,930Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MT
ArcelorMittal
3.5405 of 5 stars
$38.54
-1.0%
$33.45
-13.2%
+56.2%$31.57B$62.44B11.89125,416

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This page (NASDAQ:ACNT) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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