Reviewing Ashtead Group (ASHTF) and Its Rivals

Profitability

This table compares Ashtead Group and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ashtead Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ashtead Group Competitors	2.82%	-34.23%	3.61%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Ashtead Group and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ashtead Group	N/A	N/A	132.76
Ashtead Group Competitors	$6.36 billion	$355.21 million	24.20

Ashtead Group’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Ashtead Group. Ashtead Group is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

48.5% of Ashtead Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.8% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Ashtead Group pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Ashtead Group pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.9% and pay out 36.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Ashtead Group rivals beat Ashtead Group on 6 of the 9 factors compared.

About Ashtead Group

Ashtead Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the construction, industrial, and general equipment rental business in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. It provides pumps, power generation, heating, cooling, scaffolding, traffic management, temporary flooring, trench shoring, and lifting services. The company offers its products and services for facilities maintenance and municipalities, such as office complexes, apartment complexes, government, hospitals, data centers, parks and recreation departments, schools and universities, shopping centers, pavement/kerb repairs, and golf course maintenance; construction of airports, highways and bridges, office buildings, data centers, schools and universities, shopping centers, residential, remodeling, manufacturing plants, and green energy plants; emergency response for fire, hurricanes, flooding, tornadoes, winter, storms, residential and health emergencies, alternative care facilities, points of distribution, and mobile testing facilities; and entertainment and special events, including national events, concerts, sporting events, film and telvision production, theme parks, festivals farmers' markets, local 5k runs, and cycle races. It operates 1,094 stores in the United States, 119 stores in Canada, and 185 stores in the United Kingdom under the Sunbelt Rentals brand. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.