GN Store Nord A/S (OTCMKTS:GNNDY – Get Free Report) and Ashtead Group (OTCMKTS:ASHTY – Get Free Report) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for GN Store Nord A/S and Ashtead Group, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| GN Store Nord A/S | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2.63 |
| Ashtead Group | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 |
GN Store Nord A/S presently has a consensus target price of $236.50, suggesting a potential upside of 221.16%. Ashtead Group has a consensus target price of $4,758.33, suggesting a potential upside of 1,579.91%. Given Ashtead Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ashtead Group is more favorable than GN Store Nord A/S.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| GN Store Nord A/S | $2.51 billion | 1.48 | $279.38 million | $2.34 | 31.47 |
| Ashtead Group | $9.67 billion | 3.21 | $1.62 billion | $14.64 | 19.35 |
Ashtead Group has higher revenue and earnings than GN Store Nord A/S. Ashtead Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GN Store Nord A/S, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares GN Store Nord A/S and Ashtead Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| GN Store Nord A/S | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Ashtead Group | 17.30% | 30.50% | 9.72% |
Risk & Volatility
GN Store Nord A/S has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashtead Group has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
0.5% of Ashtead Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dividends
GN Store Nord A/S pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Ashtead Group pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. GN Store Nord A/S pays out 19.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ashtead Group pays out 7.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
Ashtead Group beats GN Store Nord A/S on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About GN Store Nord A/S
GN Store Nord A/S develops, manufactures, and markets audio and video communications solutions for medical, professional, and consumer technology solutions in Denmark, rest of Europe, North America, and internationally. It operates in two segments, GN Hearing and GN Audio. The GN Hearing segment produces and sells hearing instruments and products. The GN Audio segment supplies headsets, video cameras, and speakerphones for professional use and consumer products. It offers its products under the ReSound, Beltone, Interton, Jabra, BlueParrott, FalCom, and Audigy brands. GN Store Nord A/S was founded in 1869 and is based in Ballerup, Denmark.
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 967 stores in the United States, 89 stores in Canada, and 177 stores in the United Kingdom under the Sunbelt Rentals brand. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
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