NXE vs. EU, UROY, CCJ, LEU, DNN, UEC, URG, MP, SQM, and HBM
Should you be buying NexGen Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NexGen Energy include enCore Energy (EU), Uranium Royalty (UROY), Cameco (CCJ), Centrus Energy (LEU), Denison Mine (DNN), Uranium Energy (UEC), Ur Energy (URG), MP Materials (MP), Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM), and HudBay Minerals (HBM).
NexGen Energy vs. Its Competitors
enCore Energy (NASDAQ:EU) and NexGen Energy (NYSE:NXE) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings and dividends.
NexGen Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to enCore Energy's net margin of -143.28%. NexGen Energy's return on equity of -18.88% beat enCore Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, enCore Energy had 3 more articles in the media than NexGen Energy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for enCore Energy and 6 mentions for NexGen Energy. NexGen Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat enCore Energy's score of 0.83 indicating that NexGen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
20.9% of enCore Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of enCore Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
enCore Energy presently has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.89%. Given enCore Energy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe enCore Energy is more favorable than NexGen Energy.
enCore Energy has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NexGen Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than enCore Energy. NexGen Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than enCore Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
NexGen Energy beats enCore Energy on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NXE) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff