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NXE vs. EU, UROY, CCJ, LEU, DNN, UEC, URG, MP, SQM, and KNF

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 Knife River (KNF).

NexGen Energy vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, NexGen Energy had 14 more articles in the media than enCore Energy. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for NexGen Energy and 0 mentions for enCore Energy. enCore Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat NexGen Energy's score of 0.42 indicating that enCore Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
NexGen Energy Neutral
enCore Energy Very Positive

enCore Energy has a consensus price target of $3.38, indicating a potential upside of 25.46%. Given enCore Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe enCore Energy 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)
4 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33
enCore Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.67

NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, enCore Energy has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

42.4% of NexGen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.9% of enCore Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of NexGen Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

NexGen Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to enCore Energy's net margin of -142.32%. enCore Energy's return on equity of -16.08% beat NexGen Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NexGen EnergyN/A -18.32% -13.06%
enCore Energy -142.32%-16.08%-13.96%

NexGen Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NexGen EnergyN/AN/A-$56.60M-$0.25-27.90
enCore Energy$58.33M8.63-$61.39M-$0.37-7.27

Summary

NexGen Energy beats enCore Energy on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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NXE vs. The Competition

MetricNexGen EnergyMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.06B$6.09B$3.27B$20.70B
Dividend YieldN/A2.04%5.18%3.66%
P/E Ratio-27.9022.15107.4428.65
Price / SalesN/A527.9135,179,415,501,999,500.0068.85
Price / CashN/A28.6823.9223.59
Price / Book4.628.425.994.32
Net Income-$56.60M$278.61M$148.72M$995.66M
7 Day Performance7.65%6.59%3.24%1.91%
1 Month Performance5.70%12.28%4.11%-0.54%
1 Year Performance27.65%55.61%36.66%14.76%

NexGen Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.0496 of 5 stars
$6.98
-1.9%
N/A+29.5%$4.06BN/A-27.9060Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
EU
enCore Energy
2.1601 of 5 stars
$2.68
+5.5%
$3.38
+25.9%
-14.3%$501.32M$46.18M-7.24N/APositive News
UROY
Uranium Royalty
1.6295 of 5 stars
$2.59
+3.2%
$4.00
+54.4%
+23.3%$346.12M$15.60M-86.3310
CCJ
Cameco
3.646 of 5 stars
$75.21
+3.1%
$82.65
+9.9%
+100.4%$32.75B$2.29B86.452,884Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
LEU
Centrus Energy
1.9157 of 5 stars
$210.05
+0.8%
$178.64
-15.0%
+453.5%$3.58B$471.40M47.63280Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DNN
Denison Mine
2.0612 of 5 stars
$2.13
+4.4%
$3.00
+40.8%
N/A$1.91B$2.88M-26.6393News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
UEC
Uranium Energy
2.5248 of 5 stars
$9.21
+6.2%
$10.13
+9.9%
N/A$4.09B$220K-54.1760Analyst Forecast
URG
Ur Energy
2.7566 of 5 stars
$1.23
+6.0%
$2.48
+101.2%
N/A$448.73M$33.71M-9.4610Analyst Revision
MP
MP Materials
2.0115 of 5 stars
$65.51
+2.9%
$57.88
-11.7%
+577.8%$10.71B$215.98M-100.78490Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Up
SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
2.1066 of 5 stars
$36.35
+1.5%
$42.50
+16.9%
+11.1%$10.38B$4.48B17.238,344Positive News
Gap Up
KNF
Knife River
2.6914 of 5 stars
$84.53
+1.4%
$114.17
+35.1%
+24.8%$4.79B$2.90B26.674,761Earnings Report

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