LEU vs. CMP, SLCA, PLL, IPI, ATLX, CLW, MTAL, GATO, MERC, and NFGC
Should you be buying Centrus Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centrus Energy include Compass Minerals International (CMP), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Atlas Lithium (ATLX), Clearwater Paper (CLW), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), Gatos Silver (GATO), Mercer International (MERC), and New Found Gold (NFGC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) and Centrus Energy (NYSE:LEU) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Compass Minerals International has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrus Energy has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Compass Minerals International currently has a consensus target price of $33.80, suggesting a potential upside of 159.20%. Centrus Energy has a consensus target price of $64.50, suggesting a potential upside of 55.16%. Given Centrus Energy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Compass Minerals International is more favorable than Centrus Energy.
In the previous week, Compass Minerals International had 13 more articles in the media than Centrus Energy. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Compass Minerals International and 3 mentions for Centrus Energy. Compass Minerals International's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Centrus Energy's score of 0.32 indicating that Centrus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Centrus Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Compass Minerals International. Compass Minerals International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centrus Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Compass Minerals International received 277 more outperform votes than Centrus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 42.94% of users gave Compass Minerals International an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Centrus Energy an outperform vote.
Centrus Energy has a net margin of 26.36% compared to Centrus Energy's net margin of -4.97%. Centrus Energy's return on equity of 4.56% beat Compass Minerals International's return on equity.
99.8% of Compass Minerals International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Centrus Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Compass Minerals International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Centrus Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Centrus Energy beats Compass Minerals International on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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