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Ashtead

LSE:AHT GB0000536739
25
  • Value
    15
  • Growth
    51
  • Safety
    Safety
    59
  • Combined
    18
  • Sentiment
    49
  • 360° View
    360° View
    25
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Company Description

Ashtead Group plc is an international equipment rental company. It operates under the brand name Sunbelt Rentals, offering a range of construction and industrial equipment. The company has national networks in the United States (with 1,157 stores across major metropolitan areas), Canada (in Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan), and the United Kingdom (with approximately 192 stores). In the last fiscal year, the company had a market capitalization of $27163 million and a revenue of $10792 million.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 25 (better than 25% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Ashtead are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half of the metrics below and half above average for Ashtead. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 59, which means that the share price of Ashtead is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 59% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 51, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. But the professional market sentiment is below average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 49. Professional investors are more confident in 51% other stocks. Worryingly, the company has risky financing, with a Safety rank of 15. This means 85% of comparable companies have a safer financing structure than Ashtead. ...read more

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
59 65 62 91
Growth
51 33 71 49
Safety
Safety
15 19 26 18
Sentiment
49 43 70 25
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360° View
25 22 71 45
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
15 35 72 27
Opinions Change
31 22 4 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 78 79 46
Market Pulse
71 55 67 50
Sentiment
49 43 70 25
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
59 65 62 91
Growth
51 33 71 49
Safety Safety
15 19 26 18
Combined
18 19 67 56
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
50 55 53 58
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
39 43 44 54
Price vs. Book (P/B)
34 40 39 54
Dividend Yield
72 78 82 79
Value
59 65 62 91
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
50 35 60 12
Profit Growth
35 24 52 58
Capital Growth
86 78 61 39
Stock Returns
39 41 71 95
Growth
51 33 71 49
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
12 18 16 17
Refinancing
34 19 22 22
Liquidity
40 55 62 48
Safety Safety
15 19 26 18

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