LEU vs. USLM, SLCA, UUUU, CMP, IPI, PLL, ATLX, LGO, SND, and FEAM
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 5E Advanced Materials (FEAM). These companies are all part of the "mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels" industry.
Centrus Energy (NYSE:LEU) and United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.
50.0% of Centrus Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Centrus Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
United States Lime & Minerals has a net margin of 27.91% compared to Centrus Energy's net margin of 23.94%. Centrus Energy's return on equity of 2,962.50% beat United States Lime & Minerals' return on equity.
In the previous week, Centrus Energy and Centrus Energy both had 4 articles in the media. United States Lime & Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Centrus Energy's score of 0.40 indicating that United States Lime & Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
United States Lime & Minerals received 183 more outperform votes than Centrus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.75% of users gave United States Lime & Minerals an outperform vote while only 26.67% of users gave Centrus Energy an outperform vote.
Centrus Energy has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Lime & Minerals has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Centrus Energy currently has a consensus target price of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 57.83%. Given Centrus Energy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Centrus Energy is more favorable than United States Lime & Minerals.
Centrus Energy has higher revenue and earnings than United States Lime & Minerals. United States Lime & Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centrus Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Centrus Energy and United States Lime & Minerals tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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