Ratings Ashtead Group plc

Equities

AHT

GB0000536739

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5,200 GBX +0.23% Intraday chart for Ashtead Group plc +3.05% -4.80%

Strengths

  • The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
  • The company returns high margins, thereby supporting business profitability.
  • Considering the small differences between the analysts' various estimates, the group's business visibility is good.
  • Historically, the company has been releasing figures that are above expectations.

Weaknesses

  • The company is in debt and has limited leeway for investment
  • The company's enterprise value to sales, at 3.6 times its current sales, is high.
  • The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.
  • The valuation of the company is particularly high given the cash flows generated by its activity.
  • The firm pays small or no dividend to shareholders. For that reason, it is not a yield company.
  • For the last four months, the sales outlook for the coming years has been revised downwards. No recovery of the group's activities is yet foreseen.
  • The average consensus view of analysts covering the stock has deteriorated over the past four months.

Ratings chart - Surperformance

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Sector: Business Support Services

1st Jan change Capi. Investor Rating ESG Refinitiv
-4.80% 28.84B
B-
+19.22% 45.38B
B+
+16.07% 16.8B
B
+1.24% 8.68B
C+
+11.09% 5.23B
B-
+6.16% 4.46B
B+
+2.57% 3.85B
C+
-0.41% 2.93B
B
+11.98% 2.08B
C-
+1.61% 2.07B
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Financials

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Consensus

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Business Predictability

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