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NYSEAMERICAN:AINC

Ashford (AINC) Competitors

$6.57
+0.46 (+7.53%)
(As of 09/25/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$6.05
$6.57
50-Day Range
$9.10
$10.80
52-Week Range
$5.84
$17.60
Volume
3,273 shs
Average Volume
1,844 shs
Market Capitalization
$21.09 million
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$13.50

AINC vs. LICN, NOM, CUBA, OPHC, EFBI, PPSF, HMG, MCVT, WVFC, and FPAY

Should you be buying Ashford stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ashford include Lichen China (LICN), Nuveen Missouri Quality Municipal Income Fund (NOM), The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund (CUBA), OptimumBank (OPHC), Eagle Financial Bancorp (EFBI), Peoples-Sidney Financial (PPSF), HMG/Courtland Properties (HMG), Mill City Ventures III (MCVT), WVS Financial (WVFC), and FlexShopper (FPAY). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Ashford vs.

Lichen China (NASDAQ:LICN) and Ashford (NYSEAMERICAN:AINC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

In the previous week, Lichen China had 1 more articles in the media than Ashford. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Lichen China and 1 mentions for Ashford. Ashford's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Lichen China's score of 0.00 indicating that Lichen China is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lichen China
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ashford
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

0.2% of Lichen China shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of Ashford shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.7% of Ashford shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Ashford has a net margin of 0.01% compared to Ashford's net margin of 0.00%. Ashford's return on equity of 0.00% beat Lichen China's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lichen ChinaN/A N/A N/A
Ashford 0.01%-17.46%9.74%

Ashford has a consensus price target of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 105.48%. Given Lichen China's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ashford is more favorable than Lichen China.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lichen China
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Ashford
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Lichen China has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ashford.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lichen China$33.81M0.92$7.82MN/AN/A
Ashford$644.43M0.03$3.65M-$12.18-0.54

Ashford received 143 more outperform votes than Lichen China when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lichen ChinaN/AN/A
AshfordOutperform Votes
143
61.64%
Underperform Votes
89
38.36%

Summary

Ashford beats Lichen China on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AINC vs. The Competition

MetricAshfordManagement consulting services IndustryFinance SectorNYSEAMERICAN Exchange
Market Cap$19.64M$2.57B$6.77B$845.20M
Dividend YieldN/A36.76%15.61%3.52%
P/E Ratio-0.5411.9080.587.31
Price / Sales0.036.753,497.36190.19
Price / Cash0.2116.4534.2315.96
Price / Book-0.083.232.102.22
Net Income$3.65M$112.47M$709.94M$59.78M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-1.18%-1.30%-12.82%
1 Month PerformanceN/A18.64%1.91%7.91%
1 Year Performance-43.75%-4.68%6.73%31.13%

Ashford Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LICN
Lichen China
0 of 5 stars
$1.13
+9.7%
N/AN/A$29.95M$33.81M0.00399Gap Down
NOM
Nuveen Missouri Quality Municipal Income Fund
0 of 5 stars
$9.55
flat
N/A-16.3%$22.44MN/A0.00N/A
CUBA
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund
0 of 5 stars
$3.50
+0.9%
N/A-11.3%$22.93MN/A0.00N/APositive News
OPHC
OptimumBank
2.4154 of 5 stars
$3.08
+1.0%
N/A-25.1%$22.30M$22.84M4.4648
EFBI
Eagle Financial Bancorp
0 of 5 stars
$17.20
flat
N/AN/A$23.05M$7.34M63.7137
PPSF
Peoples-Sidney Financial
0 of 5 stars
$19.00
flat
N/AN/A$22.23MN/A0.0036High Trading Volume
HMG
HMG/Courtland Properties
0 of 5 stars
$22.80
-3.8%
N/AN/A$23.19M$80,000.00-41.45N/ANews Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
MCVT
Mill City Ventures III
0 of 5 stars
$3.56
-0.6%
N/A+53.8%$22.04M$4.20M0.003Gap Up
High Trading Volume
WVFC
WVS Financial
0 of 5 stars
$12.25
flat
N/A-13.7%$23.40M$6.21M12.6323
FPAY
FlexShopper
2.0395 of 5 stars
$1.09
+0.9%
$4.00
+268.7%
-42.6%$23.60M$102.87M-3.29118

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This page (NYSEAMERICAN:AINC) was last updated on 9/26/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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