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Ascent Industries (ACNT) Competitors

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$12.61 +0.01 (+0.08%)
As of 06/30/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

ACNT vs. UAMY, LUD, FRD, HUHU, BWEN, APWC, OCC, INHD, AQMS, and HWM

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

Ascent Industries vs. Its Competitors

Ascent Industries (NASDAQ:ACNT) and United States Antimony (NYSE:UAMY) are both small-cap steel works companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ascent Industries$177.87M0.71-$13.60M-$1.03-12.24
United States Antimony$18.87M13.76-$6.35M-$0.04-54.50

In the previous week, Ascent Industries had 5 more articles in the media than United States Antimony. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Ascent Industries and 4 mentions for United States Antimony. United States Antimony's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Ascent Industries' score of 0.23 indicating that United States Antimony is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ascent Industries
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
United States Antimony
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Ascent Industries has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Antimony has a beta of 0.07, indicating that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.

United States Antimony has a consensus target price of $3.38, indicating a potential upside of 54.82%. Given United States Antimony's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe United States Antimony is more favorable than Ascent Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ascent Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
United States Antimony
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20

Ascent Industries has a net margin of -6.56% compared to United States Antimony's net margin of -45.32%. Ascent Industries' return on equity of -1.78% beat United States Antimony's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ascent Industries-6.56% -1.78% -1.12%
United States Antimony -45.32%-16.58%-14.69%

26.1% of Ascent Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.5% of United States Antimony shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.3% of Ascent Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of United States Antimony shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ascent Industries beats United States Antimony on 9 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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ACNT vs. The Competition

MetricAscent IndustriesMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$126.12M$12.83B$7.50B$8.90B
Dividend YieldN/A23.86%4.56%4.13%
P/E Ratio-12.2428.3924.5719.67
Price / Sales0.715.24113.14110.29
Price / Cash50.7916.3626.5327.49
Price / Book1.363.764.335.42
Net Income-$13.60M$521.16M$790.28M$248.34M
7 Day Performance-0.32%1.99%1.52%0.81%
1 Month Performance-2.17%7.12%4.53%5.01%
1 Year Performance36.32%36.62%31.08%18.10%

Ascent Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACNT
Ascent Industries
0.4763 of 5 stars
$12.61
+0.1%
N/A+29.2%$126.12M$177.87M-12.24710News Coverage
Positive News
UAMY
United States Antimony
2.0288 of 5 stars
$2.72
-0.4%
$3.38
+24.1%
+548.6%$323.96M$18.87M-68.0070
LUD
Luda Technology Group
N/A$6.09
+2.0%
N/AN/A$138.18M$44.86M0.00161Gap Down
FRD
Friedman Industries
N/A$16.20
-3.1%
N/AN/A$117.96M$444.60M18.84100News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
HUHU
HUHUTECH International Group
N/A$4.88
-9.6%
N/AN/A$113.67M$18.15M0.00N/A
BWEN
Broadwind Energy
3.7167 of 5 stars
$1.79
+1.1%
$4.13
+130.4%
-44.8%$40.16M$143.14M-44.75490
APWC
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable
1.1238 of 5 stars
$1.64
-1.6%
N/A+7.3%$34.35M$472.67M0.001,208
OCC
Optical Cable
1.6143 of 5 stars
$2.76
+2.2%
N/A+7.0%$22.22M$66.67M-7.26340Positive News
Gap Up
INHD
Inno
0.1472 of 5 stars
$1.39
-4.1%
N/A-78.5%$9.21M$1.56M0.0011
AQMS
Aqua Metals
2.3281 of 5 stars
$0.59
-6.3%
$21.50
+3,528.7%
-92.4%$5.65M$30K-0.1520Gap Up
High Trading Volume
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
4.4835 of 5 stars
$175.76
+1.4%
$142.13
-19.1%
+140.1%$69.97B$7.43B57.2523,930Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:ACNT) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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