LEU vs. USLM, SLCA, UUUU, CMP, IPI, PLL, ATLX, LGO, SND, and ABAT
Should you be buying Centrus Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centrus Energy include United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Energy Fuels (UUUU), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Atlas Lithium (ATLX), Largo (LGO), Smart Sand (SND), and American Battery Technology (ABAT). These companies are all part of the "mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels" industry.
United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) and Centrus Energy (NYSE:LEU) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
United States Lime & Minerals has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrus Energy has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
United States Lime & Minerals has a net margin of 27.91% compared to United States Lime & Minerals' net margin of 23.94%. United States Lime & Minerals' return on equity of 2,962.50% beat Centrus Energy's return on equity.
27.1% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Centrus Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Centrus Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
United States Lime & Minerals received 182 more outperform votes than Centrus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.13% of users gave United States Lime & Minerals an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave Centrus Energy an outperform vote.
Centrus Energy has higher revenue and earnings than United States Lime & Minerals. Centrus Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United States Lime & Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, United States Lime & Minerals had 3 more articles in the media than Centrus Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for United States Lime & Minerals and 2 mentions for Centrus Energy. United States Lime & Minerals' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Centrus Energy's score of 0.34 indicating that Centrus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Centrus Energy has a consensus price target of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.81%. Given United States Lime & Minerals' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Centrus Energy is more favorable than United States Lime & Minerals.
Summary
United States Lime & Minerals beats Centrus Energy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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