Calibre Mining (CXB) Competitors

NexGen Energy (TSE:NXE) and Calibre Mining (TSE:CXB) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NXE or CXB?

NexGen Energy received 2 more outperform votes than Calibre Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.38% of users gave NexGen Energy an outperform vote while only 57.69% of users gave Calibre Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NexGen Energy	Outperform Votes 32 60.38%	Underperform Votes 21 39.62%
Calibre Mining	Outperform Votes 30 57.69%	Underperform Votes 22 42.31%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in NXE or CXB?

54.8% of NexGen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of Calibre Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of NexGen Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Calibre Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, NXE or CXB?

NexGen Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Calibre Mining. NexGen Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Calibre Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NexGen Energy	N/A	N/A	C$148.05M	C$0.26	33.58
Calibre Mining	C$404.24M	4.78	C$22.75M	C$0.05	60.03

Do analysts recommend NXE or CXB?

NexGen Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$13.22, suggesting a potential upside of 50.73%. Calibre Mining has a consensus price target of C$3.63, suggesting a potential upside of 13.19%. Given NexGen Energy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NexGen Energy is more favorable than Calibre Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NexGen Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Calibre Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Does the media prefer NXE or CXB?

In the previous week, NexGen Energy and NexGen Energy both had 3 articles in the media. NexGen Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Calibre Mining's score of 0.57 indicating that NexGen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NexGen Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Calibre Mining	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, NXE or CXB?

NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calibre Mining has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NXE or CXB more profitable?

Calibre Mining has a net margin of 5.63% compared to NexGen Energy's net margin of 0.00%. NexGen Energy's return on equity of 14.22% beat Calibre Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NexGen Energy	N/A	14.22%	-4.99%
Calibre Mining	5.63%	3.75%	6.25%

Summary

NexGen Energy beats Calibre Mining on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.