--- title: "Peel Hunt Reiterates Hold Rating for Ashtead Group (LON:AHT)" description: "Peel Hunt reiterated a \"hold\" rating for Ashtead Group with a target price of GBX 5,000, indicating a potential downside of 3.06%. Other analysts have also rated the stock, with a consensus \"hold\" rat" type: "news" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/269747203.md" published_at: "2025-12-15T16:14:52.000Z" --- # Peel Hunt Reiterates Hold Rating for Ashtead Group (LON:AHT) > Peel Hunt reiterated a "hold" rating for Ashtead Group with a target price of GBX 5,000, indicating a potential downside of 3.06%. Other analysts have also rated the stock, with a consensus "hold" rating and an average price target of GBX 5,460. Ashtead Group's stock traded up 0.2% to GBX 5,158, with a market cap of £21.56 billion. Ashtead Group (LON:AHT - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "hold" rating reissued by stock analysts at Peel Hunt in a research report issued on Monday,Digital Look reports. They presently have a GBX 5,000 target price on the stock. Peel Hunt's target price points to a potential downside of 3.06% from the company's current price. A number of other brokerages have also commented on AHT. Jefferies Financial Group lowered Ashtead Group to a "hold" rating and dropped their price target for the stock from GBX 5,900 to GBX 5,700 in a research note on Thursday, September 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a "no recommendation" rating on shares of Ashtead Group in a research note on Thursday, November 6th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada restated an "underperform" rating and issued a GBX 4,600 price objective on shares of Ashtead Group in a report on Friday, November 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of GBX 5,460. Get **Ashtead Group** alerts: **Check Out Our Latest Report on AHT** ## Ashtead Group Trading Up 0.2% Shares of Ashtead Group stock traded up GBX 12.80 during trading on Monday, reaching GBX 5,158. 9,577,441 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,372,638. The company has a quick ratio of 1.13, a current ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 146.30. The stock's fifty day moving average is GBX 4,968.62 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 4,949.82. The firm has a market cap of £21.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.32 and a beta of 1.22. Ashtead Group has a 1 year low of GBX 3,477 and a 1 year high of GBX 5,616. ## Ashtead Group Company Profile (Get Free Report) 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. 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