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NXE vs. EU, UROY, CCJ, LEU, DNN, UEC, URG, SQM, MP, 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), Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM), MP Materials (MP), and HudBay Minerals (HBM).

NexGen Energy vs. Its Competitors

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

enCore Energy has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.26%. Given enCore Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17
enCore Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NexGen EnergyN/A -18.88% -13.23%
enCore Energy -143.28%-19.23%-16.22%

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-$0.25-33.56
enCore Energy$58.33M8.37-$61.39M-$0.35-7.46

In the previous week, enCore Energy had 5 more articles in the media than NexGen Energy. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for enCore Energy and 3 mentions for NexGen Energy. NexGen Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat enCore Energy's score of 0.66 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
enCore Energy
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, enCore Energy has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its stock price is 84% 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. Comparatively, 3.9% of enCore Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

NexGen Energy beats enCore Energy on 10 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

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NXE vs. The Competition

MetricNexGen EnergyMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.75B$6.65B$3.57B$21.58B
Dividend YieldN/A1.93%5.08%3.49%
P/E Ratio-33.5619.10157.0230.17
Price / SalesN/A611.0217,828.9554.68
Price / CashN/A89.0625.7024.62
Price / Book5.567.106.554.58
Net Income-$56.60M$279.19M$149.17M$1.00B
7 Day Performance6.47%3.32%1.54%0.88%
1 Month Performance19.18%11.65%10.65%5.45%
1 Year Performance46.68%57.06%47.31%15.94%

NexGen Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.2742 of 5 stars
$8.39
+1.6%
N/A+45.6%$4.75BN/A-33.5660Positive News
EU
enCore Energy
1.7628 of 5 stars
$2.52
+13.0%
$4.00
+58.7%
-27.9%$417.22M$58.33M-7.20N/A
UROY
Uranium Royalty
1.3797 of 5 stars
$3.60
+14.6%
$4.00
+11.1%
+61.1%$419.62M$11.19M-360.0010Earnings Report
CCJ
Cameco
4.2557 of 5 stars
$86.27
+10.4%
$89.55
+3.8%
+103.1%$34.01B$2.29B99.162,884Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
LEU
Centrus Energy
1.791 of 5 stars
$243.48
+9.6%
$202.09
-17.0%
+477.5%$4.43B$436.90M55.21280Positive News
Gap Up
DNN
Denison Mine
2.3484 of 5 stars
$2.58
+8.9%
$3.00
+16.3%
N/A$2.12B$2.88M-43.0093
UEC
Uranium Energy
3.6357 of 5 stars
$13.17
+11.0%
$10.97
-16.7%
N/A$5.27B$220K-77.4760News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
URG
Ur Energy
3.3307 of 5 stars
$1.55
+6.2%
$2.48
+59.7%
N/A$532.65M$33.71M-9.1210Positive News
High Trading Volume
SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
2.6843 of 5 stars
$43.41
+3.4%
$45.08
+3.9%
+12.7%$11.99B$4.53B25.998,344Positive News
MP
MP Materials
2.056 of 5 stars
$65.99
+3.9%
$66.88
+1.3%
+369.8%$11.25B$203.85M-104.75490Positive News
HBM
HudBay Minerals
3.5087 of 5 stars
$13.88
+2.6%
N/A+78.9%$5.35B$2.02B19.012,803

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