DML vs. NXE, EFR, FCU, ISO, URE, URC, LAM, FUU, MGA, and GXU
Should you be buying Denison Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Denison Mines include NexGen Energy (NXE), Energy Fuels (EFR), Fission Uranium (FCU), IsoEnergy (ISO), Ur-Energy (URE), Uranium Royalty (URC), Laramide Resources (LAM), F3 Uranium (FUU), Mega Uranium (MGA), and GoviEx Uranium (GXU). These companies are all part of the "uranium" industry.
NexGen Energy (TSE:NXE) and Denison Mines (TSE:DML) are both mid-cap energy 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, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.
Denison Mines received 425 more outperform votes than NexGen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.74% of users gave Denison Mines an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave NexGen Energy an outperform vote.
Denison Mines has higher revenue and earnings than NexGen Energy. Denison Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NexGen Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NexGen Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$13.28, indicating a potential upside of 22.52%. Denison Mines has a consensus price target of C$3.14, indicating a potential downside of 3.68%. Given Denison Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe NexGen Energy is more favorable than Denison Mines.
In the previous week, Denison Mines had 2 more articles in the media than NexGen Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Denison Mines and 1 mentions for NexGen Energy. Denison Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat NexGen Energy's score of 0.25 indicating that NexGen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
52.4% of NexGen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% of Denison Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of NexGen Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Denison Mines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Denison Mines has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Denison Mines has a net margin of 1,986.78% compared to Denison Mines' net margin of 0.00%. NexGen Energy's return on equity of 13.47% beat Denison Mines' return on equity.
Summary
NexGen Energy and Denison Mines tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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