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NexGen Energy (NXE) Competitors

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$5.40 +0.03 (+0.56%)
As of 05/20/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

NXE vs. SQM, SUM, KNF, MP, HBM, NGD, TTAM, AESI, LEU, and ERO

Should you be buying NexGen Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NexGen Energy include Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Summit Materials (SUM), Knife River (KNF), MP Materials (MP), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), New Gold (NGD), Titan America (TTAM), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Centrus Energy (LEU), and Ero Copper (ERO). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

NexGen Energy vs.

NexGen Energy (NYSE:NXE) and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.

NexGen Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's net margin of -6.74%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity of 16.12% beat NexGen Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NexGen EnergyN/A -6.54% -4.94%
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile -6.74%16.12%7.15%

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has higher revenue and earnings than NexGen Energy. NexGen Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NexGen EnergyN/AN/A$59.87M-$0.16-33.75
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile$4.53B2.16$923.19M-$1.40-24.48

NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile received 362 more outperform votes than NexGen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NexGen Energy an outperform vote while only 56.04% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NexGen EnergyOutperform Votes
9
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Sociedad Química y Minera de ChileOutperform Votes
371
56.04%
Underperform Votes
291
43.96%

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a consensus target price of $45.43, suggesting a potential upside of 32.56%. Given Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile 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)
3 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

In the previous week, NexGen Energy had 10 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for NexGen Energy and 5 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat NexGen Energy's score of 1.18 indicating that Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NexGen Energy
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

42.4% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of NexGen Energy shares are owned 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.

Summary

NexGen Energy beats Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NXE vs. The Competition

MetricNexGen Energymetal ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.08B$2.52B$3.10B$19.70B
Dividend YieldN/A0.24%5.08%3.84%
P/E Ratio36.0037.1974.3435.13
Price / SalesN/A1,577.0526,914,679,906,498,300.0034.12
Price / CashN/A34.0124.3617.51
Price / Book4.663.225.214.78
Net Income$59.87M$20.81M$154.55M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.40%-1.68%1.56%1.62%
1 Month Performance20.27%24.37%4.65%13.00%
1 Year Performance-33.00%-24.49%15.14%5.59%

NexGen Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.4615 of 5 stars
$5.40
+0.6%
N/A-33.5%$3.08BN/A36.0060News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
SQM
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
1.9194 of 5 stars
$36.01
+3.3%
$45.43
+26.1%
-29.9%$10.29B$4.53B-32.456,080Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
SUM
Summit Materials
0.3814 of 5 stars
$52.54
+0.2%
$50.67
-3.6%
+30.0%$9.23B$2.62B64.074,800High Trading Volume
KNF
Knife River
3.0035 of 5 stars
$99.60
+4.9%
$110.40
+10.8%
+35.7%$5.64B$2.92B28.144,389Positive News
Gap Down
MP
MP Materials
1.2487 of 5 stars
$21.09
-3.9%
$23.61
+11.9%
+14.5%$3.45B$203.86M-35.75490High Trading Volume
HBM
Hudbay Minerals
3.1045 of 5 stars
$8.33
+8.0%
$14.00
+68.2%
-18.1%$3.29B$2.02B46.252,500Positive News
High Trading Volume
NGD
New Gold
2.3568 of 5 stars
$3.81
-8.9%
$4.04
+6.1%
+93.9%$3.02B$941.50M29.311,570Positive News
High Trading Volume
TTAM
Titan America
N/A$14.44
+4.3%
$17.29
+19.7%
N/A$2.66B$1.63B0.002,726Gap Up
AESI
Atlas Energy Solutions
4.6508 of 5 stars
$13.20
+5.0%
$20.81
+57.7%
-46.6%$1.61B$1.16B16.71490Positive News
High Trading Volume
LEU
Centrus Energy
2.7063 of 5 stars
$94.71
+1.2%
$143.40
+51.4%
+86.9%$1.59B$471.40M21.48280Positive News
ERO
Ero Copper
3.8244 of 5 stars
$13.64
+1.7%
$26.33
+93.1%
-43.5%$1.41B$489.55M80.212,460Positive News

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