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MTAL vs. NXE, NGD, HBM, LEU, TTAM, TMC, AESI, ERO, IPX, and SGML

Should you be buying MAC Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MAC Copper include NexGen Energy (NXE), New Gold (NGD), HudBay Minerals (HBM), Centrus Energy (LEU), Titan America (TTAM), TMC the metals (TMC), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Ero Copper (ERO), IperionX (IPX), and Sigma Lithium (SGML). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

MAC Copper vs. Its Competitors

NexGen Energy (NYSE:NXE) and MAC Copper (NYSE:MTAL) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

NexGen Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MAC Copper.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NexGen EnergyN/AN/A-$56.60M-$0.25-27.28
MAC Copper$340.74M2.93-$81.69MN/AN/A

42.4% of NexGen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of MAC Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of NexGen Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of MAC Copper shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, NexGen Energy had 12 more articles in the media than MAC Copper. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for NexGen Energy and 3 mentions for MAC Copper. NexGen Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat MAC Copper's score of 0.60 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
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MAC Copper
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

MAC Copper has a consensus target price of $12.63, suggesting a potential upside of 4.17%. Given MAC Copper's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MAC Copper is more favorable than NexGen Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NexGen Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.29
MAC Copper
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MAC Copper has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

MAC Copper's return on equity of 0.00% beat NexGen Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NexGen EnergyN/A -18.88% -13.23%
MAC Copper N/A N/A N/A

Summary

NexGen Energy beats MAC Copper on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MTAL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MTAL vs. The Competition

MetricMAC CopperMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$999.17M$6.30B$3.34B$20.90B
Dividend YieldN/A1.95%5.17%3.57%
P/E RatioN/A16.15118.2928.03
Price / Sales2.93528.2829,967,650,242,465,400.0054.84
Price / Cash122.7630.2224.0323.95
Price / Book1.808.936.075.23
Net Income-$81.69M$282.11M$148.86M$994.11M
7 Day Performance0.29%1.52%1.29%1.77%
1 Month Performance0.58%5.85%3.60%2.02%
1 Year Performance3.06%48.18%33.52%12.78%

MAC Copper Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTAL
MAC Copper
1.2943 of 5 stars
$12.12
+0.1%
$12.63
+4.2%
+5.7%$999.17M$340.74M0.002,021Short Interest ↑
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.1371 of 5 stars
$6.91
+1.0%
N/A+15.1%$3.90BN/A-27.3060
NGD
New Gold
2.6202 of 5 stars
$4.88
+0.0%
$4.38
-10.2%
+113.8%$3.87B$1.03B37.591,570Positive News
HBM
HudBay Minerals
2.9871 of 5 stars
$9.71
+1.7%
N/A+46.7%$3.81B$2.02B25.372,803Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
LEU
Centrus Energy
2.6842 of 5 stars
$222.00
+1.3%
$202.09
-9.0%
+414.2%$3.74B$436.90M49.72280
TTAM
Titan America
N/A$14.70
-2.0%
$17.07
+16.1%
N/A$2.71B$1.63B0.002,742
TMC
TMC the metals
2.6867 of 5 stars
$5.34
-0.1%
$7.33
+37.3%
+451.3%$1.91BN/A-22.8930Earnings Report
Gap Down
AESI
Atlas Energy Solutions
3.293 of 5 stars
$11.64
-0.5%
$19.06
+63.7%
-41.9%$1.44B$1.06B83.451,143Analyst Forecast
ERO
Ero Copper
4.0939 of 5 stars
$13.60
-2.5%
$23.50
+72.8%
-27.2%$1.41B$470.26M9.953,374
IPX
IperionX
1.2922 of 5 stars
$38.82
+3.1%
$28.00
-27.9%
+166.0%$1.26BN/A0.00N/APositive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
SGML
Sigma Lithium
3.3893 of 5 stars
$6.29
-5.8%
$18.00
+186.2%
-36.2%$693.05M$152.36M-16.83250News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up

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